San Pedro is a town that loves its history.
Among those enthralled with the waterfront town’s stories — from the quirky to the profound — was Angela “Romee” Romero, who died in April 2022 at the age of 43 from cancer complications.
At the time, she was working to establish a San Pedro Heritage Museum.
And now, that nonprofit venture will get some new life as those who are carrying on the vision end what’s been a yearlong hiatus in the ongoing effort.
A kick-off fundraiser is planned for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, when “San Pedro on Film” will be presented at the Warner Grand Theatre, 478 W. Sixth St. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $40 for VIP entrance, which includes a “Tell the World About San Pedro” anchor-design T-shirt based on a 1920-21 booster campaign seeking to attract residents and developers to the town.
For those who have ever caught scenes in a television show or movie and said, “Hey, isn’t that San Pedro?” the program will include clips, interviews, commentary, historical fun facts and anecdotes about the port town’s history with Hollywood. Among the locales are downtown San Pedro, Point Fermin Park, Sunken City, Paseo Del Mar, the LA Waterfront, the Vincent Thomas Bridge and the Warner Grand Theatre.
Kris Bunting, a film location manager, will speak during the event, hosted by the museum organization’s president, Joshua Stecker, who was also editor and publisher of San Pedro Today, which carried Romero’s column for 10 years, and Amanda Silva of the Hello San Pedro podcast.
Romero, a member of the San Pedro Bay Historical Society, where she honed many of her research skills, launched the San Pedro Cultural Heritage Museum effort in 2018 as a way to more publicly share the treasure trove of information the society has collected and organized over so many years at its location in the old City Hall building, 638 S. Beacon St. She had also collected an array of memorabilia that she kept in storage,…
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