Wailing in San Pedro By Jim Shneer
Beginning with World War II and continuing into the Cold War, U.S. cities installed air raid sirens to alert the citizenry of, at first, a Japanese invasion and later a Soviet bomber strike. Los Angeles, as well as other American cities, installed a network of sirens throughout the city including five in San Pedro, four of which still exist and we will take a driving tour beginning at the north end of San Pedro and working our way south to visit them all. The sirens were numbered when they were installed and those are the numbers we will be using.
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Why Do We Celebrate Stephen Foster Memorial Day Each January 13? By Anne Destabelle
President Harry Truman in October 1951 dedicated the date of January 13 to commemorate Stephen Foster, the Father of American music. Stephen passed away in 1864. It took only 87 years for our country to acknowledge his greatness. The day was only made official in 1966, another 15 years later. Many cities in our nation organize special events in his honor.
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Who Wouldn’t Like to Fly These Beautiful Balloons? By Steve Tabor
The Goodyear blimps have become the icons of the sky across the United States and other parts of the world for nearly a century. It all began at a time when the aviation industry was turning its interest from balloons and other Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) aircraft, to powered aircraft capable of flying unimaginable speeds and heights.
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National Tulip Day By Dianne Gowder
One of my favorite flowers!
Every year on the third Saturday of January is National Tulip day, and what a great idea to celebrate such a spectacular flower.
We won’t see any blooming just yet here but it won’t be long
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Hometowns to Hollywood: Betty White By Annette Bochenek, Ph.D.
Betty White was an American actress and comedian who has worked across many different mediums and is a beloved icon today. He career has spanned over nine decades within the entertainment industry, with her having the distinction of being one of the first women to produce a sitcom and executing creative control both in front of the camera and behind it.
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A Great Way to Start the New Year is with the Rose Parade Bandit Run! By Kate McKena
It's a different way to experience the floats, seeing them up close to really appreciate the fabulous designs, intricate details. and the stunning beauty. In a nutshell, we run the parade route from the end to the beginning, peruse the floats, and then run back, all before the parade starts as you have to be off of Colorado Boulevard when the parade starts.
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Hollywood History in Palos Verdes: Dana Andrews By Annette Bochenek, Ph.D.
Dana Andrews was a key Hollywood star throughout the 1940s. Shining as a romantic lead in many dramatic films, Andrews worked with many top actresses of the day. Though he appeared in several notable films, he is most celebrated for offering some of the many moving performances in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
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Brushing up on the Red Planet with Chesley Bonestell By Douglass M. Stewart, Jr. Producer/Writer/Director
In just a few days, the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars. The mission will include the search for signs of ancient life, experiment with converting Martian atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen and even gathering rock and soil samples to be retrieved on a future Mars mission. This impressively ambitious rover also carries a little helicopter by the name of “Ingenuity.” Sometime after touching down in Jezero Crater, the rover will deploy Ingenuity to attempt the first powered test flight on another world. Read on to learn about another special passenger who’s also on board.
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From Making Commercials to Writing Commercial Fiction: Local Author’s Dream Comes True with Debut Novel Beware the Mermaids By Carrie Talick
When I was a kid, my mom would take me on road trips around the US. Wherever we went I would send postcards to my dad back home. My goal was to make him laugh and to tell him I loved him in equal measure. I learned how to write from my heart but I’m pretty sure those postcards are where my sarcasm blossomed.
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New Research Suggests that Cognitive Decline with Age is Reversible By Eric Haseltine, Ph.D.
When you reach a certain age, as I have at 70, you start watching for signs that you’re losing it: forgetting where you put things, taking longer to solve problems that were once easy, or struggling to understand something you just read.
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A Valuable Lesson About Reverse Aging…..By Chris Gilbert, MD, PhD
We all age but can we reverse aging?
The answer is yes.
What is the recipe?
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Trivia – National Trivia Day is January 4th. Here’s a Little Fun Trivia Challenge By Dana Graham
Do you know the answers to the following trivia questions?
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Shooting Stars - South Bay Icons By Tim Truby
Each week on social media you’ll see South Bay images taken from Manhattan Beach Pier down to the Cabrillo Breakwater. Many are of spots we all recognized, some are just great photos of places we routinely overlook. A location like Manhattan Beach Pier is practically a genre of unto itself.
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Horseless Carriage Club Holiday Excursion Rings Out 2021 and Rings In 2022 By Dana Graham
On the last Sunday of each year, the Southern California Horseless Carriage Club has a much-anticipated meeting and drive around Pasadena, San Marino, and environs.
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A Thankful Tribute to the Late Moryann Motley as She Continues to Make Malaga Cove More Magical By Joan Davidson
If you drive into the Malaga Cove Plaza and enjoy its’ beauty and pristine ambiance you need to give huge credit to a Palos Verdes Estates resident Morynne Motley.
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Whales – The Friendly Giants are Making Their Annual Migration By Brenda Cash
Can you imagine travelling 5,000 miles for a date? A chance ‘hook-up?’
Luckily for we humans, that’s not the norm. It is for the Gray whale.
It’s migration season. Every year from mid-December thru late April, Gray whales make a 10,000-mile round trip from their Artic feeding grounds south to the lagoons of Baja Mexico. It is one of the longest migrations of any mammal. And we get to see it right in our backyard! Sometime calves are born along the way and are carefully guided by their very protective moms to the waters of Baja.
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“At The Movies and All About Eve (as in Arden)” Vol. III, No. 1 January 2022 By Stephanie Mardesich
It’s a new year and time of resolutions and assessing status quo from attitudes to relationships, who to fraternize with, who to trust, who to share time with.
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