Hello San Pedro
117 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHello San Pedro is a local weekly podcast about the community that lives and thrives in San Pedro, California. We focus on the people: locals, community-leaders, business-owners and visitors – and their stories. We examine the blurred line between San Pedro’s deeply-rooted culture and its revitalization. Listen as we explore the culture, history and charm that make this LA port town a hidden gem.
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E17: Stephanie Trevizo-Lopez
January 17, 2019 08:17 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBIn this week's episode Stephanie and I explore the tiny house lifestyle, the possibilities of real estate investing and explore the idea of more people of the community investing in the community. I give a lengthy intro and do my best to prepare the listeners for the conversation that Stephanie and I are about to have. I discuss the changes we are seeing in our town and the likelihood of lower income families being priced out of the community as home values and rents begin to rise. This ...
E16: Stacy Trevizo - Owner of Cryptospace
January 10, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBOur guest in this week's episode is also our sponsor! Meet the owner of our local crypto currency lounge Cryptospace located in downtown San Pedro. In the beginning of this episode I update our listeners on the LAUSD Teacher Strike that was originally supposed to take place today starting January 10th. I reached out to Jennifer McAfee from Episode 13 for an update and she informed us that the strike was pushed to the 14th. She also wanted to thank the San Pedro community for being so incr...
E15: Angela Romero - San Pedro's Historian
January 04, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBOur guest from episode one has returned to start us off in the new year! She tells us her personal story and shares her journey to becoming San Pedro's local historian. You might remember Angela Romero from our very first episode. In that episode she tells us why San Pedro is so special and what makes it different from other cities in LA. In this episode she tells us what led her to become San Pedro's local historian and why its history is in need of preservation. Angela when I asked if...
E14: Yolanda Regalado - Owner of Sirens Java & Tea
December 27, 2018 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBMeet the owner of Sirens Java & Tea, listen to her personal story and how her dream of opening a coffee shop came to fruition. After she retired from the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department Yolanda Regalado wanted to fulfill a long time dream of hers to open an upscale coffee shop. Since then she has awed us all with her latest entrepreneurial endeavors and is continuing to grow within the community as we speak. She was also the recipient of the 2018 Women of Distinction Award for the 70th D...
E13: Why LAUSD Teachers Are Ready To Strike with Jennifer McAfee
December 20, 2018 08:28 - 1 hour - 95.7 MBHear why LAUSD teachers are ready to strike as early as mid January, 2019 from someone with 20 years of experience as a teacher and sits on the UTLA Board of Directors. My guest in this episode is born and raised in San Pedro, and a Dodson Middle School English teacher of 20 years, achieving her 20th year this year. She is a representative of her school as an active union member as well as an advisor for the student council class which plans all the activities on campus. She sits on the UTL...
E12: Cristal & Nancy Bueno - Local Latina Makers of Bueno Designs
December 13, 2018 08:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBMeet the local makers behind the Mexican culture inspired business, Bueno Designs: The Bueno Sisters, Cristal and Nancy Bueno. We sat down for delicious hot chocolate at Sirens Java & Tea and talked about the recent local Dia De Los Muertos event in downtown San Pedro. Nancy mentioned how she felt that the Mexican tradition seems to be a little more approachable in recent years. We spent a lot of time talking about how the Disney animated movie "COCO" might've helped with that change as wel...
E11: San Pedro Food Scene with Gio Koletty
December 06, 2018 08:18 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBWhat are the most iconic food spots in San Pedro? Listen to me and my cohost, world traveling chef and local foodie, Gio Koletty talk about all things food in San Pedro. So I knew my friend, Gio Koletty, is a big local foodie. I didn't know that early in his career he spent time in Australia as a chef in the Sydney Opera House. He tells us why he chose food as his career and blames his career as a chef for an incurable itch to travel. He is passionate about food; creating it, eating it a...
E10: The Local Fruit Trading Scene in SP with Army Linderborg
November 29, 2018 08:50 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBDid you know there is a local fruit trading scene in San Pedro? In this tenth episode Army Linderborg joins me to tell us about all the amazing fruit that is being grown literally in our backyards. Army Linderborg is not from here but she's definitely a Pedro Girl now. She's a wife, mom, San Pedro homeowner and a proud fruit picker. Army moved here from Venice after it became overly gentrified and she was priced out of the area. Of course, seeking cheaper home prices on a coast, she landed ...
E9: Homelessness in San Pedro with Amber Sheikh Ginsberg
November 22, 2018 08:41 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBIn this episode Amber Sheikh Ginsberg and I have a serious discussion about one of the community's most heated topics: homelessness. She is probably one of the most informed and qualified people in the area I could possibly have this discussion with as she has worked closely with those experiencing homelessness for much of her career. Amber is an LA based non-profit consultant with Thurlow/Associates and San Pedro Resident of about a decade. Prior to becoming a consultant she worked in home...
E8: Cindy Bradley - The Ballet Teacher Behind Misty Copeland
November 15, 2018 08:04 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBInterview guest, Cindy Bradley, sits down with me to share her history with ballet, her coming-to-San-Pedro story, and how she knew Misty Copeland was destined for greatness from the start. Cindy and I chat about the podcast and she immediately brings up the "Misty's episode" (Episode 3: Fan-Girling Over Misty Copeland with Megan Barnes). She actually says that Misty loved the episode (!!!) and I basically die. I pull it together and continue with the interview. Cindy shares her childhood...
E7: Ryan Hart & Michael Ortiz - Head Coaches of SPHS Boys Soccer Team
November 08, 2018 08:35 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBInterview guests Ryan Hart and Michael Ortiz share with me their hope for the San Pedro High School Boys soccer team as they take on their first year as Co-Coaches. Michael and Ryan have both grown up together in San Pedro and even attended the same schools since Jr. High. Michael grew up on a military base off of 25th Street and surprisingly never left during his primary school years. He later joined the military himself and is now living with his wife at Fort Macarthur here in San Pedro. ...
E6: Mike Real - A Local Artist Highlighting Real Issues
November 01, 2018 07:08 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBInterview guest, Mike Real, tells me about his upbringing in the Rancho San Pedro Projects and how growing up around gang violence motivated to spread positivity through his music. Mike Real is a native San Pedran, his mom being from San Pedro and his father from Wilmington, grew up with family from both areas. He shares his personal story and what it was like to grow up in the San Pedro projects. His family was heavily involved with gangs in both San Pedro and Wilmington and he remembers not...
E5: Homesick for Pedro with Marissa Haney
October 25, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBCo-host Marissa and I talk about what its like to miss San Pedro. She, living on the east coast now, describes the details of her hometown that she misses most and what it's like being so far from home. Marissa Haney, my life-long best friend, was born and raised in San Pedro and moved away when she first went to study at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. There she met her husband and together they live on the East Coast in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She doesn't...
E4: Julie Bender - The Artist Behind The 25th St. Mural
October 18, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBIn the intro I make a PSA reminder to register to vote if you haven't already. Oct. 22nd is the last day to register to vote (link below). Julie and I sat down with our Siren's coffee in her former art studio, her artwork still hanging on the walls. She and I first talked about her initial impressions of San Pedro when she moved here over thirty years ago with her husband, then what it was like becoming one of LA's first fire women. We talk about the challenges she faced early on in her car...
E3: Fan-Girling Over Misty Copeland with Megan Barnes
October 11, 2018 07:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBMegan and I are huge fans of Misty Copeland but Megan knew of her before she was a ballerina and later she had the privilege of actually interviewing her a couple times at the top of her career as a dancer. Together we discuss her first time trying ballet in our humble Boys & Girls Club and her first two years of training at our local ballet school. We discuss her time with her first ballet teachers, the Bradleys, as a child prodigy and her upbringing in San Pedro. Her schooling took place in...
E2: Wolf Bradley - Lead Singer of Local Band The Habits
October 04, 2018 05:59 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIn this episode we talk about growing up as a dancer in San Pedro, how it prepared him for being in a band and where the inspiration came from for their latest single "Robber In A Dress". Wolf grew up as a ballet dancer, dancing in almost every local performance of the Nutcracker since he was a child. His parents, Cindy and Patrick Bradley own the local ballet school and they were also the couple that took in a prodigy dancer who would go on to become a celebrity ballerina. Wolf tells me how ...
E1: 1ST EPISODE! Why SP Is So Special w/ Angela Romero
September 28, 2018 06:43 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBIn this introduction episode hear what inspired me to start a local podcast and what makes San Pedro so special with local historian and columnist for San Pedro Today magazine, Angela "Romee" Romero. Romee and I talk about what makes San Pedro so special and what set's it apart from other towns. She tells us a little about San Pedro's history, first as it's own city and when it became Los Angeles. Romee informs us on how we got our name and even gives us some insight on why it may be pronounc...