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Paul Conrad’s barbed editorial cartoons landed him on President Nixon’s...
1972 cartoon by Paul Conrad. (Credit: Conrad cartoons are used with permission of the Conrad Estate) Longtime Rancho Palos Verdes resident Paul Conrad often claimed that making President Richard...
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How Torrance’s municipal plunge got its name
The Torrance municipal plunge opened in 1956. (Photo by Sam Gnerre) The post-World War II suburban boom in areas such as Torrance forced many municipalities to scramble to provide services and...
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Tracking the history of the Olympic Velodrome in Carson
The interior of the Olympic Velodrome at the California State Dominguez Hills campus in March 2000. (Daily Breeze file photo) When Los Angeles won the Summer Olympics for 1984, the city already had in...
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Living with the Newport-Inglewood Fault
Red arrows indicate the path of the Newport-Inglewood Fault. (Credit: California Dept. of Conervation via Curbed Los Angeles website) At its closest point to Los Angeles, the San Andreas Fault passes...
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Cinema meets miniature golf at Hawthorne’s Plaza Theater
Exterior view of the Mission Revival-style Plaza Theater, located at 12788 Hawthorne Blvd. in Hawthorne. This image captures the theater’s grand opening on November 28, 1927, as indicated by...
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“Miss Maggie” created an education powerhouse on the Peninsula
Chadwick School sits atop a barren Palos Verdes Peninula hill in 1950. (Daily Breeze file photo) Chadwick School, the first high school on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, was founded by a woman whose life...
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Airplane enthusiasts can pick their spots at LAX
Plane spotters, from left, Mark Ollier, Endaf Buckley and Julian Elnasser, shoot photos of a jet taking off from LAX from a vantage point in Clutter Park in El Segundo on Sunday, January 3, 2016....
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The long road to Manhattan Beach’s landmark library
The glass walls of the Manhattan Beach library give it a striking profile. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre) Manhattan Beach was a thriving beach town when it officially incorporated on Dec. 2, 1912, but...
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San Pedro’s Marine Mammal Care Center a byproduct of Marineland’s demise
The Marine Mammal Care Center opened in San Pedro in October 1992. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre) Few were happy with the actions of Marineland of the Pacific’s new owner, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,...
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Clark Stadium has served Hermosa Beach’s recreation needs since 1937
The stands behind home plate at Clark Field, Clark Stadium’s main baseball field. (Aug. 2018 photo by Sam Gnerre) Clark Stadium, Hermosa Beach’s longtime recreational hub, came off the drawing board...
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Meet Milton Kauffman, whose company built thousands of houses in Torrance
Milton Kauffman Milton Kauffman, whose firm built a good portion of Torrance’s residential housing base, was born in Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 10, 1882. His parents, Isidor and Teany, moved the family...
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San Pedro’s Sunken City began with shifting earth in 1929
The Sunken City landslide area near Point Fermin is filled with people on a Sunday morning despite being off-limits. May 03, 2015. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) When South Bay and Harbor Area...
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A&P, Shopping Bag, Jim Dandy just a few of departed past grocery chains
Portion of a Roth’s Market ad for its downtown Torrance grand opening. Torrance Herald, Aug. 3, 1950, Page 5. (Credit: Torrance Historical Newspaper and Directories Archive database, Torrance Public...
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No South Bay History blog post this week
The South Bay History blog is on vacation this week, but will return with a new post next week. Thanks for reading!
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The Point Vicente lighthouse has served as a coastal beacon since 1926
Aerial view of Point Vicente lighthouse looking toward the southeast in 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) Point Vicente on the Palos Verdes Peninsula was named for Father Vicente Santa Maria, who...
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Relocation during World War II changed everything for Japanese Americans
Former dwellings of fisherman of Japanese ancestry, situated on Terminal Island in Los Angeles Harbor. The village was razed after its residents were relocated. April 5, 1942 photo by Clem Albers....
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The islands of L.A. Harbor: Dead Man’s Island and Rattlesnake Island
Undated postcard shows a closer view of Dead Man’s Island topography. Before a modern harbor and mammoth shipping complex occupied the coast from San Pedro to Long Beach, the area’s offshore waters...
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The islands of L.A. Harbor: Mormon Island and Smith’s Island
Map circa 1890 shows the two inner islands, with Smith’s highlighted in purple and Mormon just to its right, behind the unlabeled Rattlesnake Island. (Credit: Materials Testing Library Photograph...
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Five soccer boosters and the founding of the AYSO in Torrance
Kaleb James, 5, eyes distant goal as he dribbles ball during opening day of AYSO soccer at new Field of Dreams soccer complex in San Pedro in September 2002. (Daily Breeze staff file photo) Roughly 2.3...
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Torrance’s Mira Loma Turkey Ranch sold homegrown birds for holiday feasts
Collage of ads and family photos from the Mira Loma Turkey Ranch. Daily Breeze, Nov. 26, 1986, Page B4. Here’s one way to tell that you’ve had an influence on the community you live in: the city names...
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