{"id":453649,"date":"2026-09-04T19:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453649\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:10:08","slug":"downtown-san-pedros-colorful-new-crosswalk-hailed-with-celebration-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453649\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown San Pedro\u2019s colorful new crosswalk hailed with celebration \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two artistic, brightly colored crosswalks<\/a> drew crowds this week in downtown San Pedro during the community\u2019s First Thursday celebration.<\/p>\n

The artwork \u2014 paying homage to San Pedro\u2019s rich commercial fishing history \u2014 was formally unveiled on Thursday, Sept. 3, during the outdoor celebration, where themed merchandise was also being sold, reflecting the new addition at Mesa and Sixth streets.<\/p>\n

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Citycouncil man Tim McOsker and Linda Grimes, executive director of the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District, honor the artists Lua Kobayashi and Randy Weston for the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City Councilman Tim McOsker and fellow volunteers try out Taiko drumming before the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The artists Lua Kobayashi and Randy Weston are honored for the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d after an unveiling and ribbon cutting in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Taiko<\/p>\n

Taiko Improv drummers perform during the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The artists Lua Kobayashi and Randy Weston are honored for the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d after an unveiling and ribbon cutting in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The artist Lua Kobayashi is honored for the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d during an unveiling and ribbon cutting in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cQueenie\u201d the Pug attends the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Taiko<\/p>\n

Taiko Improv drummers perform during the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"City<\/p>\n

City officials join Taiko Improv drummers and the public for the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Taiko<\/p>\n

Taiko Improv drummers perform during the unveiling of the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d designed by the artist Lua Kobayashi, at 6th and Mesa Streets in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Citycouncil man Tim McOsker and Linda Grimes, executive director of the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District, honor the artists Lua Kobayashi and Randy Weston for the new crosswalk titled \u201cFurusato: Home Sweet Home,\u201d in San Pedro on Thursday September 3, 2026. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The swimming blue fin tuna design was a personal one for the artist, Lua Kobayashi, whose great-grandparents were Japanese immigrants who came to San Pedro and spent time in internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II.<\/p>\n

The artwork is titled \u201cFurusato,\u201d literally \u201chometown\u201d or \u201cbirthplace\u201d in Japanese, and evoking the sentiment of \u201chome sweet home.\u201d It depicts an earlier era in the port town that once was a hub of the booming tuna fishing industry, with small boats and canneries pre-dating what is now the busiest shipping container port in the western hemisphere.<\/p>\n

Grant money totaling $39,000 for the art project came from the Port of Los Angeles and the Arts United Coalition, with the project sponsored and overseen by the San Pedro Waterfront Arts District.<\/p>\n

The requirements called for the design to include elements of San Pedro\u2019s history as a maritime port; the biodiversity of the marine environment; the variety of the town\u2019s arts and culture; and a color pallet that would be limited to four large blocks of color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two artistic, brightly colored crosswalks drew crowds this week in downtown San Pedro during the community\u2019s First Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,100,1438],"class_list":["post-453649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-news","tag-port-of-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}