
Mary Davis and Chester Powelson, each influential Redondoans throughout the last half of the last century, died recently, within a week of one another.
The two occupied opposite ends of both the political and social spectrum. Davis owned the Portofino Marina in King Harbor for nearly three decades and was a forceful advocate of business interests. Powelson worked in the harbor for three decades as a city laborer and was an outspoken political watchdog.


