Long Beach Creative Group celebrates anniversary, gallery renovations
The Long Beach Creative Group (LBCG) is celebrating its fourth anniversary and Annual Show—a batch of diverse art…
Readers rejoice: Literary Women’s Festival of Authors returns
Long Beach-based nonprofit Literary Women invites local bookworms to crawl out of their favorite reading spot for the…
This Long Beach business is raffling a luxury car to build an orphanage in Colombia
When Otto Rafael Peñarredonda went to visit his homeland of Colombia for the first time since immigrating to…
Long Beach’s Black Restaurant Week returns for second iteration, bigger and better
The best part about Nickey McKnight’s southern-style crab legs, shrimp and crawfish at The Boujie Crab? Upon first…
Get spirited away to a Whisky Wonderland at Roxanne’s this January
Spirits will run loose and warm up bodies this January at Roxanne’s annual Whisky Wonderland event, which will…
Operation Jump Start is looking for college-graduate mentors
Operation Jump Start is looking for Long Beach residents who want to donate their time, knowledge and hard-earned…
Community Hospital will function as winter homeless shelter through the end of March
There will be 81 more beds available by the end of the week for those experiencing homelessness, as…
Council chooses design for COVID-19 memorial in Shoreline Aquatic Park
City council approved an $850,000 design for a COVID-19 memorial, “Twin Arches” that will flank the two sides…
Life in the slow lane: 104 Long Beach streets will receive speed limit reductions
Residents in Long Beach have less than a year to practice slower driving before speed limits for over…
In ‘Photo-synthesis’ artist imitates artist
It’s often said that life imitates art, and vice versa. In Cory Bilicko and Tony Barrera’s new exhibit…