Call it what you will

By Kevin Roderick | May 7, 2009 11:57 PM

Most people who live or spend much time in San Pedro pronounce the community name as San Peedro, but not the recorded greeting on the new LAPD division's phone. There it's San Paydro. The Pipeline


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