Next Neighborhood Watch meeting will be decided soon.

Officer Wight attended South Shores Homeowners Annual Meeting and is setting up the program.

Email questions to Officer Eve Wight at 37814@lapd.lacity.org.  Cell phone: (310) 869-2168.

We all need to be conscious of intersection safety in our neighborhood.  I almost got hit by a car while walking back up Anchovy Ave on my way home from the beach with a friend Sun. eve. at 25th & Anchovy.  The driver was waiting at the signal coming down Anchovy & was set to make a L/H turn onto 25th St.

As I entered the crosswalk when the light turned green, the driver proceeded to make his left hand turn seemingly unaware of our presence.  Luckily, I jumped out of the way and after he realized the near miss, he gestured greatly that he was sorry.  His field of view to the left was partially hampered by the L/H side windshield post plus it was dark and he just didn't manage to see us.
 
I should have known better and been more vigilant as a few month's back the roles were reversed.  I was driving to work on a foggy morning and a lady was walking across the street with her small dog (exact same spot) wearing a black outfit and I just didn't see her until coming really close--then I was the guy doing all of the apologizing.

A cascading of events could have led to something really bad:  Morning groggyness, foggyness combined with her black outfit giving a more monotone presence plus the position of windshield post which obscured the corner of the intersection where she was standing waiting for the light to turn green.  The moral of the story is never assume the other person sees you!

Richard Welsh
SSHOA Vice President

The Bureau of Street Services just released new guidelines for vegetation that can be planted without permits for residential parkways (the area between the curb and the sidewalk). Now residents can plant 20 approved drought tolerant species including two types of strawberries, Chamomile and Thyme.

I would like to nominate Loa Sprung for a South Shores HA Good Neighbor Award. She is a wonderful neighbor to artists and art appreciators in San Pedro.

Loa is a talented watercolor artist, who loves to share her enthusiasm for painting.  Her artwork is experimental and she tries to approach each painting in a new way.  She regularly opens her home and studio to the community and in 2009 she hosted the SSHA Annual Reception.  Loa taught art to adult and high school students for many years.  When she left teaching 25 years ago, she missed the community of artists and opened her home studio to artists and wannabe artists to come paint with her on a weekly basis.  She continues to paint with different groups of friends three or four days a week and always offers encouragement and helpful suggestions.  Her studio also houses a large printing press that friends of hers frequently use.

Loa is an enthusiastic promoter of the National Watercolor Society, a national organization that has its headquarters right here in San Pedro at 915 S Pacific Ave. The NWS building was a former restaurant that has been transformed into a beautiful gallery and workshop space, under Loa’s aegis.  Loa has been on the NWS board of directors while dreams for the gallery were being realized. She has served as Recording Secretary, President, Third Vice President, Membership and Communications Chairman, Building Director and Member Show Chairman.

-- Joy Gonzalez

On behalf of the residents of South Shores, we, the South Shores Homeowner's Association, are hereby pleased to have the opportunity to dedicate this “Artscape” to the residents of South Shores. This dedication ceremony is conducted with the good intention of enhancing the daily lives of our community members by fostering a sense of “pride in belonging” to the South Shores community.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the artistic designers and creators, Theodora Kurkchiev and Dimitri Lazaroff of TND Studios Inc., for their most excellent work and do here-by acknowledge final acceptance of said “Artscape” by the South Shores Homeowners’ Association. That being said it is my pleasure to present you with a check for final payment. Thank you Teddy & Dimitri.

Thanks also to the homeowner, Mrs. Dana Carozza who has most graciously granted us permission to install this “Artscape” on her property. Dana has been so very helpful and supportive, always responding to my email questions in a most timely manner and with such positive responses. Thank you Dana.

Last but not least, thank you to the SSHOA board members who supported this project and helped to bring it forth from concept to reality. Thank you SSHOA board members.

Special thanks go to Mrs. Joyce & Mr. Vern Hall who put together the original concept and presented it to the SSHOA board for consideration. They have also worked closely with Teddy & Dimitri from the very beginning concepts, to the final installation, to ensure the ultimate success of this noteworthy project. Thank you Joyce & Vern.

-- Fred Burkholder, President, South Shores Homeowners Association

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South Shores was first developed in the 1950’s. It is bounded on the north by Morse and Cumbre Drives, on the east by Western Avenue, on the south by the Pacific Ocean (Paseo Del Mar and Warmouth Street) and on the west by the Los Angeles/Rancho Palos Verdes city boundary.

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Within these boundaries are commercial properties along 25th Street and Western Avenue, several apartment complexes, three condominiums and about 1,450 single family homes.

Western and Paseo Del Mar
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For more information, click info@southshoresha.org.

Here's some demographic data: According to the 2000 Census...

• There were 3,615 people living in the South Shores community.
• Their median age was 51.6 years.
• The ratio of males to females was 46.6% to 53.4%.  
• There were/are 1,590 households in the neighborhood, of which 87.6% were owner occupied.
• The median household income was $78,946.
• The median home price was $404,900. At a compounded rate of 15% per year, that would make the median price $814,400 today. (Too high?...Too low?)
• In the year 2000, there were 28 homes valued in excess of $1 million. Wonder what it is today?

Click here for much more data: http://factfinder.census.gov/. Just enter your address or Census Tract 2974.

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