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The Cars For Stars Car Show is headed back to San Pedro in 2025!

Taking place at Mary Star of the Sea High School, this benefit event is hosted by Knights of Columbus Council 1740 to support Mary Star of the Sea Elementary. It brings together a colorful lineup of classic cars, customs, and community spirit, all in one place for a good cause.

Expect a relaxed, family-friendly setup with food, live music from Mid Life Crisis Band, and plenty of standout vehicles on display. Awards will be handed out, and spectators can enjoy the show for free. Whether you’re there to enter your car or just stroll the lot, there’s something to check out at every turn.

It’s a local event with a big heart, where cool cars meet community support in a laid-back schoolyard setting.

Cars For Stars Car Show - Los Angeles County, California

Location: Mary Star of the Sea High School, 2500 N. Taper Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731Starts: 8:00 AMEnds: 2:00 PMAdmission: FreeVehicle Registration: HERE

*Please note: iDriveSoCal is not hosting this car show. To learn more contact Cars For Stars Car Show event organizers HERE . Including details about attending and displaying your car. Also about becoming a car meet vendor or sponsor.

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Details

Date:

June 7

Time:

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Event Categories:

Annual Show

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Organizer

Knights of Columbus Council 1740

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Tuolumne County, CA—Lake Don Pedro remains open to boaters this Memorial Day weekend despite the Golden Mussels invasion as its recreation agency asks boaters to self-inspect their craft before entering the lake.

Noting that boaters play an important role in keeping golden mussels at bay, the Don Pedro Recreation Agency (DPRA) says currently “none of those mussels have been identified at the lake.” Multiple Mother Lode reservoirs have closed boat launches or limited access for precautionary measures, as earlier reported here.

“Don Pedro Recreation Agency remains diligent in our work to educate ourselves and guests of the reservoir on the issue and what can be done to prevent the spread,” stated agency officials, adding, “In addition to regular inspections in and around the reservoir, DPRA staff continues to test the water to identify conditions optimal to golden mussel survival as well as the presence of golden mussels, engage in meetings with California Department of Fish and Wildlife and sister recreation agencies and reservoirs and to promote the use of the boaters Self-Inspection Form to prevent the transmission of the mussels from one reservoir to the next.”

DPRA urges boaters to utilize the self-inspection form (click here) to guide their watercraft inspections, as well as to clean, drain, and dry their boats and recreational equipment between uses at various reservoirs. For more information on the Golden Mussel invasion situation, click here.

Bernard and Phuong Hoang took a "leap of faith" when they opened their first restaurant in Los Angeles. Now, they're expanding to San Pedro.

Fernando Haro, Patch Staff

|Updated Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:57 am PT

SAN PEDRO, CA — Growing up as first-generation Vietnamese-Americans in Southern California, Bernand and Phuong Hoang felt there weren't many restaurants around the South Bay that represented their experience, food or culture.

So when the opportunity presented itself for them to open up their own restaurant, they wanted to create a place rooted in the Vietnamese-American experience, the San Pedro couple said.

"We also saw a lot of ethnicities and backgrounds dabbling in pho restaurants, but we didn't have any Vietnamese restaurants to tell our story through food," Phuong told Patch. "That's what inspired us."

In 2016, Bernard and Phuong, along with her brother, Nhien Tran, and sister An Tran, opened up their own Pho Saigon Pearl on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, which they believe was the Vietnamese restaurant in the area at the time. Although learning how to operate a restaurant was "brutal" the first few years, according to Bernard, Pho Saigon Pearl has been successful, and even made an appearance on the Los Angeles Times' "11 must-try spots in L.A. for a comforting bowl of pho" earlier this year.

"We just took a leap of faith," Phuong said.

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Despite Pho Saigon Pearl's success, the last year has been one of their most difficult, Phuong said. It's been one marked by lasting impacts of the Los Angeles wildfires, rising costs, and the daily struggles of keeping a family-run restaurant afloat, Phuong said.

Still, that same grit, determination and love for community that helped make Pho Saigon Pearl a success is what's driving them to open up Saigon Oi Cafe — a casual coffee and street-food focused outpost in San Pedro, Phuong said.

The name of the restaurant is inspired by the chorus of the song Saigon Dep Lam, a piece celebrating the beauty of what was once the capital of South Vietnam, Phuong said.

The couple said they chose San Pedro as the city to open Saigon Oi Cafe because they wanted to create a space that offered the community high-quality meals while adding to the melting pot of Asian foods in the area.

"There are a lot of people who have never had pho before," Bernard said. "We want to fill that void and bridge that gap between two cultures."

Bernard said he's always had a passion for cooking, which started when he first saw the Food Network as a child. Although he wanted to attend culinary school, his parents thought it'd be best for him to go to college instead, he said.

After college, he worked in the gaming industry but was laid off in 2014. Phuong, meanwhile, worked in the fashion industry, doing e-commerce and marketing.

One day, Phuong's brother, Nhien Tran, approached Bernard and told him that he should use his passion for cooking to partner with him in opening up a Vietnamese restaurant. Bernard took the opportunity to make his childhood dream come true and has since been working with Phuong, along with her brother and sister, to provide an eating experience unlike any other, according to the couple.

"Our pho isn't just authentic, it's elevated," Phuong said. "We source high-quality meats. That sets us apart from others. We don't cut corners."

On the menu is a pho with a bone broth that Bernard cooks for over 20 hours, filet mignon cuts of meat, a "fall-of-the-bone" oxtail and a couple of fusion dishes, including a Vietnamese twist on the popular Peruvian dish lomo saltado.

The new San Pedro cafe, which the couple hopes to open by mid to late June, will also have Vietnamese coffee, made through the traditional brewing method called cà phê phin. Cà phê phin involves using a metal drip filter developed during the French colonial era and has since become unique to Vietnamese culture, Phuong said.

"We just want to bring flavor to San Pedro," Phuong said. "We want to build this new Saigon Oi Cafe for people like us — people who didn't grow up seeing their culture on restaurant menus but knew the magic of a hot steaming bowl at home."

Saigon Oi Cafe San Pedro will be located at 407 Sixth Street in the city's historic downtown area.

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