When I met Ryan Smolar 11 years ago, he seemed an unlikely candidate for the Long Beach connector extraordinaire he…
Editors Note: the following artist’s statement was disallowed by Long Beach Museum of Art : In 2015 there have been…
It was during a routine physical sometime around 1960 that the then-teenage David Braunstein was alerted to the fact that…
By Janet Gunter, Community Activist and Member of the San Pedro Homeowners Association The recent large oil spill at Refugio…
The term 'graffiti' is a bit like the term 'drugs,' in that many people negatively over-generalize the concept. The government…
President Barack Obama spoke before thousands on March 7, during a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the events of…
Long Beach has long lacked a true downtown. For decades the phrase "downtown Long Beach" denoted little more than city…
It Even Happened in America By Matt Wuerker, Cartoonist As we bury the brave, martyred cartoonists of Paris (yes, they’re…
Let Us Do Our Jobs By Robert (“Bobby”) Olvera Jr., President of ILWU Local 13 The Port of Los Angeles,…
By William C. Below Jr. At 10:30 on Wednesday morning, January 7, I was slogging through my routine at the…