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LB Red Cross chapter announces layoffs, cutbacks, reduced hours
Citing current economic conditions, the Greater Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross recently announced that effective…
February 5, 2009
Atlantic Avenue to be repaved, revamped with new gutters, ramps in Bixby
The repaving of Atlantic Avenue (from Bixby Road to San Antonio Drive) is set to begin on Monday,…
February 5, 2009
Community visioning session planned for Bixby Knolls
Businesses and residents interested in the future of Bixby Knolls are invited to a community “visioning” session on…
February 5, 2009
Exhibit to include memorabilia that serve as reminder of African-American injustices
In celebration of Black History Month, the “Forgotten Images” exhibit will be on display Saturday, February 7 from…
February 5, 2009
LB Shakespeare Company adapts huge musical into intimate theatre
Adapting a 60-person, full-scale Gilbert & Sullivan musical into the small, 40-seat Richard Goad Theatre, The Far Gone-doliers…
February 5, 2009
Nonprofit uses art to keep kids on right track
Shortstop graduate Richard Wills and his brother, student volunteer Bruce Wills, with a recently completed mural. Since its…
February 5, 2009
More freeway closures planned for this weekend
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has another extended-weekend freeway closure scheduled on the Long Beach Freeway (I-710)…
February 5, 2009
Blinds seller helps ‘let the sunshine in’ at local shelter
Taryn Garbut (left), case worker at the Lydia House, and Robin McCauley (far right), director of Women’s New…
February 5, 2009
Children’s Cancer Center gets $100,000 grant
St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, has awarded a grant…
February 5, 2009
Films, live music, theater highlighted at First Fridays
Art, music, film, food, theater and the Big Red Bus mark the kick-off to the 2009 First Fridays…
February 5, 2009