Facts about Memorial Day

3 years ago

Memorial Day began as a response to the Civil War. Memorial Day was a response to the unprecedented carnage of…

“Gun Control” at the Pentagon? Don’t Even Think About It.

3 years ago

The concept of curtailing the U.S. military’s arsenal is such a nonstarter that it doesn’t even get mentioned. Yet the…

The Women of Machista

3 years ago

By Vera Magana, Dining and Cuisine Reporter The Indian room, then Auggie’s Tavern Bar, used to be on the corner…

Celery on Steroids

3 years ago

I first felt the power of lovage in a box of Rapunzel brand vegetable bouillon with herbs. After my first…

Random Letters: 5-26-22

3 years ago

Fort Bragg Is a Drag After the White supremacist terrorist massacre in Buffalo, New York on May 14, isn’t it…

Music By the Sea Back After a Three-Year Hiatus

3 years ago

Music by the Sea started 27 years ago, when five people sat in a room at Angel’s Gate Art Center,…

Bass and the Billionaire

3 years ago

An epic battle for the soul of Los Angeles If these were normal times, the regular exercise at the ballot…

Meals on Wheels Feeds More People with Less Money

3 years ago

“If we didn’t feed these people no one would.” Prior to the pandemic, the San Pedro chapter of Meals on…

War and Remembrance: The Death of Joseph Anzack Jr.

3 years ago

By Doug Shepardson     It was 15 years ago this month that Joseph Anzack Jr., private first class, United States Army,…

Catching the Fire Next Time

3 years ago

By Chris Villanueva, Photojournalist My colleague, Raphael Richardson, or Raph, called moments after I saw the alert. The police scanner…