Amid budget-related service reductions, is City Hall spending over $10K per year on bottled water? –
Mayor Rex Richardson and City Budget Manager Rebecca Bernstorff consuming bottled water at FY2027 budget press conference. On…
LB Fresh Week of Actions: “urban acupunctures” to unblock Long Beach’s grass-roots food chi –
Nick Mann (far right) leads an urban foraging class at Grow2Zero Farm on the inaugural day of LB…
Tim McOsker Takes Aim at Three Longstanding Public Safety Threats in Council District 15 –
Rancho LPG, Jones Chemicals and Harbor Gateway Street Takeovers Finally Face a More Aggressive City ResponseBy Rick Thomas,…
“One Mass Shooting A Day”: Ports New Agreement Doesn’t Change The Daily Cost Of Port Pollution –
Whitney Amaya of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (Left) and Maya Golden-Krasner of the Law Institute at…
Service reductions, layoffs cornerstones of addressing Long Beach’s $58M budget shortfall –
Mayor Rex Richardson addresses the media about FY2027 budget “This is certainly a tough day,” City Manager Tom…
Long Beach Shakespeare Co. camps up “The Importance of Being Earnest” to great effect –
Photo by Mark Chen In my early 20s — a long time ago in a galaxy far, far…
A postmodern “Godspell” that’s a complete triumph –
(credit: Michael Hardy Photography) Prior to my seeing the production that is the subject of this review, my…
Can You Hit the Pause Button?―Former Courthouse Parcel Becomes Battleground Over San Pedro’s Next Chapter –
By Devonte Barr, Columnist “Can you hit the pause button?” Elise Swanson, president of the San Pedro Chamber…
Queen Mary turns 90, promises new “golden era” –
A beautiful shp (and her lesser companion) In the middle of May 27’s day-long event to commemorate the…
Up the rabbit hole: Sunshine Rabbit Center celebrates one year of filling a pet-care gap –
Sunshine Rabbit Center co-founder Bo Ruberg (second from right), flanked (L to R) by Leo Alvarado, Elsa Sanchez,…
LB Playhouse cast capably handles Wildesque repartee of “The Lion in Winter” –
Amanda Karr as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Noah Wagner as Richard II (photo by Mike Hardy) Having not…
After Years of Complaints, Harbor Gateway South’s Fight Against Jones Chemicals Reaches Washington –
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (left) as Rep. Barragan rips him a new one. By Rick Thomas, Columnist “Now…