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Rachel Reeves

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Peter’s Garden Center’s Peter Serrato remembered
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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 […]

Rachel Reeves