Bits and Pieces 50

Bits and pieces of Paseo Del Mar in San Pedro got real huge as they fell off the cliff, yesterday.

With a very wet season possibly in our future, it looks like the city of Los Angeles and the city of Rancho Palos Verdes have common problems in multiple sites that will only cost all of us more, much more.

Rain is forecasted for Thanksgiving day and while we watch repair work along 'our' slide area along Palos Verdes Drive South, we can all only stand, sit and watch more land, mud and roadway movement continues.

For reasons that my all get placed back to human interaction and development in several areas, Mother Earth reminds us that she is truly in control of many human actions.

The city of Los Angeles could not afford the necessary repair costs associated with San Ramon Canyon and the Terrapaca landslide long before last March when engineers began monitoring small fissures and other cracks appearing and growing along Paseo Del Mar, in San Pedro.

Now, looking at the photo of Paseo Del Mar, we can clearly see that the money L.A. did not have to work on San Ramon Canyon and 25Th Street, certainly won't be there to deal with 'their' new road loss.

Here again and now more than ever, I want to plug The Corner Store on the corner of 37Th Street and Barbara, in San Pedro.

That small business has taken a horrific business toll because 'tourists' who might visit that store/cafe/meeting place while they drove along the San Pedro coast on Paseo Del Mar, now can't make that drive.

While there might be some 'looky-loos' visiting the area, all the 'regulars' know that business is down, way down, at a community place that is a real treasure, many of us think.

So, if you want to be a 'looky-loo' at the carnage of that landslide, please access it via the easterly way so you can treat yourself to some food and/or beverage at The Corner Store.

O.K., now I might be going to get some eastern Rancho Palos Verdes residents very mad at me.

Just recently, the PVPUSD School Board once again rejected the idea of stadium lighting being provided to Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (PenHi).

Many residents of "The Hill" remain outraged for various reasons that stadium lighting can't be placed at the high schools so that there could be real "Friday Night Lights" for football games and other night activities. No 'home' games under the lights for PenHi or Palos Verdes High School.

But wait, wait! There happens to be a football stadium, with lights, on "The Hill". I know this is true because I can see the bright glow from my house when they are turned on.

As I hope you all know, Miraleste Intermediate School was first built to be what it was for many years; Miraleste High School.

Might some of you be getting my drift?

I know there would be lots of 'bugs' to work out and there would need to be some studies done and many opinions collected, but what if both big P.V. high schools could play their 'home games' under the lights at Miraleste?

Traffic would be horrible and I take that into consideration because I live on a popular access route between P.V. Drive East and Western Avenue.

Then there is the noise, glare, and many other issues.

But we all know that there are high school students living on 'our' side of The Hill that would love to attend their high school home games 'under the lights', so 'our' side has stakeholders with students, parents and the case of Miraleste residents, taxpayers who fund P.V. schools.

The lights are already there. The Palos Verdes Peninsula School District owns the school.

Perhaps 'home' games would require attendees to gather at either PenHi or P.V. High to be shuttle bused to Miraleste, but that could be arranged and it might also help fund P.V. Transit more.

I am quite sure that local R.P.V. eateries along Western Avenue and even Francesco's in Miraleste Plaza would not mind more business from fans attending 'home' games at Miraleste.

That's good business for R.P.V., isn't it?

The parking lot at Miraleste I.S. was built for high school parking needs.

If there are residents on 'The Hill' that really want and 'need' Friday Night Lights for PenHi, it should also make sense that many of those same folks would want the same for P.V. High.

One solution that should be studied and would be less expensive and help local R.P.V. businesses just might be having both big high schools having their home games played at Miraleste.

What do think about that?

The huge Christmas Tree that signals you are at the Christmas Tree lot on the corner of 9Th Street and Western Avenue in San Pedro, is currently laying on its trailer, at the lot.

The pumpkin patch is long gone.

I hope everyone has a safe, joyous, and festive Thanksgiving Day.