
Palos Verdes
Peter’s Garden Center’s Peter Serrato remembered
by Rachel Reeves In 1939, when Peter Serrato moved to Redondo Beach from Boyle Heights, plots of land were $50, the drugstore was closed on Sundays, and Mexican-Americans like him had to sit in the corner of the classroom if teachers overheard Spanish words. A truck selling vegetables came through neighborhoods, announcing itself with the […]