Local News in Brief : Bogdanovich Park Celebration

The late Martin J. Bogdanovich, founder of Star-Kist Foods and a San Pedro community activist, will once again have a park named in his honor. In a ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, officials, including Los Angeles Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores and Los Angeles County Supervisor Deane Dana, are scheduled to rename San Pedro Park the Martin J. Bogdanovich Recreation Center, marking the end of a lengthy quest to find a suitable namesake for Bogdanovich.

There was a community uproar last April when the original Bogdanovich recreation center on 25th Street was turned over to the military for housing. A community advisory committee identified San Pedro Park, off Western Avenue adjacent to Rancho Palos Verdes, as a replacement.