Misspelled Gaffey Street typo sends San Pedro into frenzy to correct

By Jeffrey Thomas DeSocio

Published April 13, 2017 10:29pm PDT

FOX 11 Los Angeles

SAN PEDRO, Calif. (FOX 11) - Typos can be difficult to spot.

That's why we occasionally hear screams from the newsroom when a misspelled banner pops up on the screen.

But in San Pedro...one such error went un-noticed for almost a week.

New signs went up along the historic Gaffey Street in San Pedro. But only one problem - there's was a typo in the actual spelling of the street.

Lauren Sivan gives us a 'sign' with what the city is doing to fix this.

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