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Car Club Pays It Forward to Get Back Something Precious By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
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his time we chose to profile the Legends Car Club, a local group known for its annual car show with the Lion’s Club. Legends raises thousands of dollars on their own for charitable organizations throughout the Harbor Area. The club’s founders, David Lomeli and Pat Califano, started the club in 2002 with the intention of giving younger generations a glimpse of the San Pedro in which they grew up while also supporting local charities and service agencies. “Our goal for the car club was to help our community, help all the charities. Any good cause, we were there to help our community,” Pat said.
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From Villaraigosa to Garcetti By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
Legends Car Club first president, David Lomeli, pictured with his Chevy in 2009. Photo by Terelle Jerricks
May 31 – June 13, 2013
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he last thing you might expect from Los Angeles’ first Latino mayor in the modern era is a civil rights lawsuit—and that very well may be the last thing he leaves behind. The Natural Resources Defense Council senior lawyer David Pettit warned the Los Angeles City Council about such a lawsuit shortly before it approved BNSF Railway’s off-dock railyard project, whose worst impact, fell on “neighboring
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Mayor Elect Eric Garcetti on election night, May 21. Photo by Jesse Marquez
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