Community Voices

Special Report from the 11th arrondissement

On the Street at Place de La République, Paris William Below, Jr., Paris Bureau   It’s hard to describe the…

11 years ago

Buscaino’s School-Zone Drag Strip

By David Weaver, Parent of a White Point Elementary School Student San Pedro streets are getting narrower—25th Street and Pacific…

11 years ago

Long Beach Lands a Ringer for Uptown Renaissance

When I met Ryan Smolar 11 years ago, he seemed an unlikely candidate for the Long Beach connector extraordinaire he…

11 years ago

TOO MANY NAMES

Editors Note: the following artist’s statement was disallowed by Long Beach Museum of Art : In 2015 there have been…

11 years ago

Two Men, One Kidney, and a Bond for Life

It was during a routine physical sometime around 1960 that the then-teenage David Braunstein was alerted to the fact that…

11 years ago

Santa Barbara Spill Illustrates Safety Loopholes at Rancho LPG

By Janet Gunter, Community Activist and Member of the San Pedro Homeowners Association The recent large oil spill at Refugio…

11 years ago

Long Beach Graffiti Remediation Sometimes Misses the Mark

The term 'graffiti' is a bit like the term 'drugs,' in that many people negatively over-generalize the concept. The government…

12 years ago

Obama on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

President Barack Obama spoke before thousands on March 7, during a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the events of…

12 years ago

A Question of Assets: How One Long Beach Lot Can Help Downtown

Long Beach has long lacked a true downtown. For decades the phrase "downtown Long Beach" denoted little more than city…

12 years ago

The Cartoonists vs. The Fundamentalists

It Even Happened in America By Matt Wuerker, Cartoonist As we bury the brave, martyred cartoonists of Paris (yes, they’re…

12 years ago