Long Beach Briefs: $25 Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers & Proposed FY Budget Unveiled

3 years ago

Long Beach City Council Votes to Set a $25 Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers The Long Beach City Council Aug.…

Join Carson’s Relay for Life 5K Tiki Kiki, Aug. 13

3 years ago

Relay For Life aims to empower communities to fight cancer. Funds raised help ACS fund and conduct breakthrough research and…

Food of Marathoners

3 years ago

Every year, the growers will bring their frizzy-headed fennel bulbs to the farmer’s market. And then they’ve got some explaining…

Random Letters: 8-4-22

3 years ago

Peck Park Shooting: Mayberry RFD Reacts to Crime in San Pedro So, yesterday (July 26) I attended a community forum…

Jan. 6 Hearings End — Not With A Bang, But A Whimper

3 years ago

The Jan. 6 Committee hearings ended not with a bang, but a whimper. “I don’t want to say the election…

Rep. Barragán’s Community Projects Advance in House

3 years ago

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 21 Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) voted to pass House of Representatives 8373, the Right…

Get Ready for the 33rd Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival

3 years ago

The celebrated event is the only Southern California jazz festival staged on a gorgeous grassy knoll within a beautiful waterfront…

Life After Mother — Talk About Elder Abuse

3 years ago

“This is elder abuse!” Some staffer exclaimed, barging into an examining room at my mother’s HMO.  My mother was waiting…

My Recycled Life: Doll Doctoring

3 years ago

People who repair dolls are called doll doctors, and their businesses are called doll hospitals. I needed one because my…

Life After Mother — Probate Doesn’t End, Just Fades Away

3 years ago

Probate doesn’t end in a way that calls for marking the occasion. In my case anyway, it looks to be…