Front Street. Offleash dog park on Front Street is just north of Swinford Street and the onramps/overpasses to the Vincent Thomas Bridge and the 110 (Harbor) Freeway. The fenced-in park is located back from the street, on the east side of Front at the base of Knoll Hill in San Pedro. Separate areas for small and large dogs, hours dawn to dusk. Free parking on gravel lot next to the park. For information, call the Port of Los Angeles, 310-732-3503. View Larger Map

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Misty Copeland, former student at San Pedro High and soloist for the American Ballet Theater visits San Pedro High School.  Misty attended San Pedro High School before moving to New York to become a professional ballerina. She was honored by Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino who also attended San Pedro High School.

Keller Williams Palos Verdes Realty, Red Day

Give Where You Live, May 12^th, 2011

Rolling Hills Estates, April, 26, 2011: On May 12th 2011, thousands of Keller Williams Realty agents across the country, choose to put their businesses on hold, put their “Red” shirts on and focus their time, energies and resources, towards giving back to their local communities – in honor of our 3rd Annual Red Day.

This year, our Keller Williams Palos Verdes Realty office, is facilitating a food drive to benefit two local charities who are very much in need, Harbor Interfaith in San Pedro and House of Miracles in Redondo Beach.

Harbor Interfaith assists 12,000 people annually to get up and get away from poverty and back on the road to self-sufficiency.

House of Miracles is also a non-profit organization that focuses on helping people achieve a sober and successful lifestyle on their road to recovery.

To help, we need donations of non-perishable groceries as well as hygienic products. This includes canned goods, pastas, basic staples like rice and pastas, soups and any other food items that promote a healthy diet. They also need personal hygiene items such as tooth paste, tooth brushes, shampoo and soap. You may find that you already have some of these items in your pantry. Or perhaps, you may be reminded of it on your next trip to the grocery store.

Then, May 12th, you can either drop them off from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm at Ralph’s on Hawthorne Blvd. at Crest Road in Rancho Palos Verdes or Pavilions on Silver Spur Road in Rolling Hills Estates. Or, if you can’t make it to the store that day, you can also call the Keller Williams Palos Verdes Realty office to have an agent pick up the items from your house. Whatever it takes, we are here to help!

Pavilions

7 Peninsula Court

Rolling Hills Estates, CA  90274

Ralphs

30019 Hawthorne Blvd

Rancho Palos Verdes,  CA  90275

 

Join us in our 3rd annual Red Day Give Where you Live Event this May 12th. For more details or to have an agent pick up your donation call our office at (310) 544-6100. Thanks again for your support.

-        All Keller Williams offices are independently owned and operated. Keller Williams Palos Verdes Realty is one of the top Real Estate offices in the South Bay Area of Los Angeles  with over 160 active agents.  For more information call (310) 544-6100.

-        The mission of Harbor Interfaith Services is to empower the homeless and working poor to achieve self-sufficiency by providing support services, including shelter, transitional housing, food, job placement, advocacy, childcare, education and life-skills training.  www.harborinterfaith.org.

-        House of Miracles in Redondo Beach has a mission to provide a safe and substance free transitional residence in which women can learn and refine new living skills that will enhance lasting recovery through the tenets of the twelve step program. http://houseofmiracles.org

Step 1) Find out if you qualify for one of the Government foreclosure relief programs (Making Home Affordable)

Step 2) Apply for relief with your lender.

Step 3) Consult a Real Estate Professional who works with Short Sales (Not all Agents have these skills and training).

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Summer/Fall Schedule – June 01, 2010 – December 31, 2010

Daily

• 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. -One song plays every 30 minutes with periodic mini-shooter activity.
• 12:00 Noon. to 1:00 P.M. – Noon show – One song plays every 10 minutes.
• 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. – One song plays every 10 minutes.
• 10:00 P.M. – Fountain closed.

Note: Shows may be interrupted due to fountain maintenance.

Free one-hour parking is available at the Los Angeles Cruise Ship Promenade parking lot located just past the Catalina Express Terminal gate.

The Waterfront Red Car Line operates from 12 p.m. (noon) to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Fanfare at San Pedro Gateway Facts

• The water feature (fountain) has 58 total nozzles
•  MiniShoters® that have water streams 100 feet high
• 18 Oarsmen® that have water streams 70 feet high
• The main feature (fountain) is 250 feet long and 100 feet wide, which is 3/4 of an acre. This is the largest water feature in the state of California.
• 400,000 gallons of recycling water fill the feature, which is potable and safe for people, birds, and other animals.
• The main fountains are synchronized to music and lights to create beautiful water shows for viewers.
• The fountain is obliquely bisected by a 12-foot walkway that sits 12 inches below the basin level of the fountain.
• A black granite edge creates a waterfall over the basin ledge and into a trough flowing under the walkway, giving visitors an unforgettable experince of walking through water.
• Cost for the main fountain, reflection pool and children’s fountain was approximately $14 million. As a self supporting and non-taxpayer supported department of the City of Los, expenditures for the fountains are from the Port’s revenue fund.

Flickr Photo From Nemo's Great Uncle

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The largest animal on the planet is off Long Beach, CA. The Aquarium of the Pacific and Harbor Breeze Cruises invite the public to set sail for the chance to see and hear endangered blue whales. The nonprofit Aquarium now features a new whale-listening device onboard, becoming one of the few places in the world where the public can listen to the blue whales and dolphins they see.

“A female blue whale in Hawaii can hear the song of a male calling from California. Now visitors will have the chance to listen in on this phenomenon,” said Michele Sousa, Aquarium of the Pacific senior mammal expert. Through the Blue Whale combo ticket, the public can embark on the new whale watch and also visit the Aquarium to explore its newest exhibit about whale communication.

Inside the Aquarium, guests can learn more about the largest whale and now also about the smallest and most critically endangered. The Aquarium recently unveiled a new vaquita whale kiosk featuring conservation educational materials and rare footage of this elusive animal found only in Mexico’s Gulf of California. It is part of the Aquarium’s award-winning Whales: Voices in the Sea exhibit. The update was made possible by the Pacific Life Foundation, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and the NOAA Fisheries Service and was developed by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with the Aquarium of the Pacific and Cortina Productions.

Guests can now explore this bilingual English-Spanish kiosk exhibit at the Aquarium to learn more about various whale species and discover the new blue whale-listening device onboard the boat. “Through these trips and the exhibit, we hope to connect the public to whales like never before and to inspire them to help protect our ocean,” said Sousa. The public can visit the Aquarium of the Pacific and embark on Harbor Breeze Cruises for a three and a half hour whale watch excursion with Aquarium experts daily at 11:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.

Excursions take place onboard a specialized whale watching, high-speed catamaran docked next to the Aquarium. The Blue Whale & Sea Life Cruise combo ticket is available for purchase on-site at Aquarium of the Pacific and may be purchased in advance by calling 562-590-3100. Prices are $62.95 adult 12+, $54.95 senior 62+, and $38.95 child (includes whale watch & Aquarium admission). For more information, click here.

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As part of our Going Green series, we are taking a look at different ways to make our homes and lives more energy efficient here in the Los Angeles South Bay.

One way is to install a simple Energy Usage Monitor. The idea is the more you know how your energy (and money) is spent. The more “power” you have to make changes.

This monitor allows you to see real time how much power is used by that power strip behind the entertainment center…even when everything is turned off. It allows for quick calculations of how much energy is used for half loads of laundry or the dishwasher. You can monitor your energy usage when the thermostat is set for 76 verses 73 degrees.

One of the best parts about these devices is it offers an opportunity to teach your kids about the importance of saving electricity, or perhaps they will teach you! Kids seem to love the real time updates to their impact on the energy consumption.  We’ll post an update on how this device affects our own usage. Would also love to hear what you think!

Also, we found these products on Amazon for half the price shown in the video.

If you or someone you know is behind on their mortgage and facing foreclosure the government’s new HAFA program may be a way to make a fresh start and avoid the pitfalls of foreclosure. Contact our office today for additional information.

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The following are listed as open houses here in the South Bay.