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Senator Lara Recognized by White House with Harvey Milk Champion of Change Honor

By Brian Addison | 05.22.13

California State Senator Ricardo Lara has been honored today by the White House as a Harvey Milk Champion of Change, a recognition given to open LGBTQ appointed officials. California State Senator Ricardo Lara has been honored today by the White House as a Harvey Milk Champion of Change, a recogn...

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Wednesday is Now Whiskey Day at The Stave

By Alex Roman | 05.22.13

Building on its mission to be a classic-style full bar, Downtown Long Beach’s The Stave recently launched Whiskey Wednesdays, which will feature rotating flights of the tasty distilled beverage. Above: The Stave's new whiskey selection. Photo courtesy of The Stave. Below: Whiskey ...

Pride 2013

IN PICTURES: Long Beach Pride Festival 2013

By Tim Nguyen | 05.22.13

For the thirtieth year in a row, tens of thousands of people from all over Southern California congregated on Shoreline Village Park to celebrate the annual Pride Festival. For the thirtieth year in a row, tens of thousands of people from all over Southern California congregated on Shoreline ...

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Visual Anthropology Showcase Features Culture, Film And New Media

By Sander Roscoe Wolff | 05.22.13

This Friday night, the CSULB Anthropology Department is presenting the 2013 annual Visual Anthropology Showcase at the Historical Society of Long Beach. This Friday night from 6PM to 9PM, the CSULB Department of Anthropology is presenting the 2013 Visual Anthropology Showcase at the His...

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Fingerprints Reels In Customers With New and Used Tape Cassettes

By Angela Ratzlaff | 05.22.13

Along the left wall that faces rows of CD displays in the 4th St. record shop Fingerprints, two cassette displays showcase both used and new releases in a format that many thought had died out decades ago. But cheap production and a local record label are spurring a resurgence. The cassette s...

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A Look Inside How LBPD's Courageous Canines Crush Crime

By Matt Cohn | 05.22.13

Last night, in another installment of 5th District Councilmember Gerrie Schipske's "Open Up Long Beach" program, the public had the chance to see the inner workings of the Long Beach Police Department's Police Service Dog Unit (PSDU). Last night, in another installment of 5th District Council...

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Long Beach's Thriving E-Cigarette Businesses Turn Smokers Into Vapers

By Jason Ruiz | 05.22.13

With their two shops flanking LBCC, Vapes of Wrath and Revolver represent hubs for what is a growing vaping community in Long Beach. Along with a handful of other local e-cigarette shops, they would be hurt by the possible passage of a California Senate Bill that would classify electronic cig...

Pride 2013

LBUSD to Show Pride in Parade for the First Time Ever

By Brian Addison | 05.22.13

As Pride hits its 30 year anniversary, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) will mark a first in its history: partaking in a LBUSD-sponsored trip down Ocean Boulevard for Pride. As Pride hits its 30 year anniversary, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) will mark a first in it...

Pride 2013

Discovering Our Transgender Pride

By Justine May Calma | 05.22.13

For most of us, a doctor assigned us a gender after taking one look at what was or was not present below the waist. For some, however, the gender assigned at birth becomes a prison caging one’s true self, a mismatch between what others see and what they know in their heart. For most of us, a do...

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When Causing a Scene Might Be the Right Idea

By Greggory Moore | 05.22.13

During Act Two I told a complete stranger to shut up. But that was nothing to the public scene that came later. During Act Two I told a complete stranger to shut up. But that was nothing to the public scene that came later. I can't recall the last time I seriously told someone to shut ...

Pride 2013

IN PICTURES: Long Beach Pride Parade 2013

By Shelby Dereszynski | 05.22.13

For the thirtieth year in a row, members and supporters of Long Beach's LGBTQ community strutted down Ocean Boulevard in the Pride Parade. Tens of thousands of onlookers googled and goggled at the array of floats, costumes, dancers and organizations that, even if just for a brief moment, let their...

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Chained for Pride: Escape Artist Curtis Lovell to Perform from the Bottom of Hotel Maya Pool

By Brian Addison | 05.22.13

He has been dropped into the Singapore River by crane, buried alive twice, and has cut Paris Hilton in half--just to name a few things. And now former Long Beacher Curtis Lovell II will return back once again to be handcuffed, shacked to chains, and tossed into the bottom of the Hotel Maya pool. ...

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Meeker-Baker Renovation Begins With Groundbreaking Ceremony

By Brian Addison | 05.21.13

Millworks inaugurated the official groundbreaking of the second phase of its North Pine Avenue development at the historic Meeker-Baker Building Monday. Photo by Sarah Bennett Millworks inaugurated the official groundbreaking of the second phase of its North Pine Avenue development at the hi...

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OP-ED: Could Craft Beer Become Long Beach’s Newest Growth Industry?

By Sarah Bennett | 05.15.13

Craft beer has become a major source of tourism money for cities from San Diego to Torrance. Should Long Beach be taking advantage of the popularity of locally made beer and encouraging this new economic resource? Photo by Lydia Chain This past weekend, hundreds of people from across t...

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East Village Businesses to Host Pre-Summer Sidewalk Sale

By Brian Addison | 05.15.13

This Saturday will welcome the first sidewalk sale hosted by a group of established and new East Village Arts District stores to celebrate the coming of summer. This Saturday will welcome the first sidewalk sale hosted by a group of established and new East Village Arts District stores to celebra...

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Outlet Mall Planned for The Pike at Rainbow Harbor

By Carlos Villarreal | 05.09.13

New development plans for the Pike at Rainbow Harbor were revealed last week and it appears that the latest plan is to turn the maligned waterfront complex into a destination outlet mall. New development plans for the Pike at Rainbow Harbor were revealed last week and it appears that the late...

Updated 1957 Tay Home Hits Park Estates

By Brian Addison | 05.09.13

Another Paul E. Tay--this one an entirely original Tay design--home has hit the Long Beach market in Park Estates along El Parque Street, this one a more prominent example of Tay's impeccable work. All photos courtesy of CRMLS. Another Paul E. Tay--this one an entirely original Tay design--h...

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OP-ED: Rail Project Makes Sense for the Region

By People Post | 05.08.13

By Dave Arian | Economically, the SCIG project is critical to the competitiveness of both the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, ensuring that the tens of thousands of jobs supported by the cargo industry remain in this region. Environmentally, SCIG reduces air pollutants associat...

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Outlet Mall Planned for The Pike at Rainbow Harbor

By Carlos Villarreal | 05.09.13

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OP-ED: Could Craft Beer Become Long Beach’s Newest Growth Industry?

By Sarah Bennett | 05.15.13

Updated 1957 Tay Home Hits Park Estates

By Brian Addison | 05.09.13

east village

East Village Businesses to Host Pre-Summer Sidewalk Sale

By Brian Addison | 05.15.13

Molina Healthcare

Meeker-Baker Renovation Begins With Groundbreaking Ceremony

By Brian Addison | 05.21.13

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Names and Numbers and Notes and Quotes All From Black Napkins

By Dan Barber | 05.22.13

Notes on My Napkin time again, maybe for the duration of the summer sporting slumber. Disclaimer: If our info seems a little off kilter, it is likely because nowadays the caterers use those black napkins which makes our notes very hard to read. Notes on My Napkin time again, maybe for the duratio...

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Highlanders Come Down From the Riverside For Three at the Beach

By Dan Barber | 05.17.13

Location, location, location. At least that’s mantra for folks in the real estate game. UC Riverside, where the temps can be wickedly warm, trades it all for the sea breezes and big outfield of Blair. Location, location, location. At least that’s mantra for folks in the real estate game. UC River...

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Pepp and the Beach: Objects in Your Baseball Mirror May Be Closer Than You Think

By Dan Barber | 05.14.13

As different as they are--one large and inexpensive state university, one small and expensive private university--Pepperdine and Long Beach State seem to mirror each other at times at least this spring in baseball. As different as they are--one large and inexpensive state university, one small an...

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This Week In LBSU Athletics: May 13, 2013

By Staff Reports | 05.13.13

The week that was and will be in LBSU athletics. THIS WEEK Tuesday, May 14 Baseball vs. Pepperdine | 6PM | Blair Field Friday, May 17 Baseball vs. UC Riverside | 6PM | Blair Field Saturday, May 18 Baseball vs. UC Riverside | 2PM | Blair Field Sunday, May 19 Baseball vs. UC Riverside | 1PM...

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Back at Blair, the Beach Boys are Battling the Bows in a BWC Set

By Dan Barber | 05.10.13

With a body of baseball work totaling 22-24, Long Beach State baseball has finally arrived home, to stay. For the first of seven home games, it will be the struggling Hawaii Rainbows who come in at 11-31 but are just a weekend away from a series win over Pacific. With a body of baseball work...

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Alphabet Super From A to Z and Points in Between

By Dan Barber | 05.08.13

When your inbox stack of facts and figures range from A to Z (Alabama, site of that Sand Volleyball championship to Zator, as in Hillary the, 10,000 meter star for the track team) it must be time for another session of the wildly (or mildly) popular Notes on My Napkin. Beach volleyball nation...