By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
The Signal Hill City Council and Redevelopment Agency (RDA) is giving much needed assistance to a restaurant deemed vital to the city’s economy and image. During its meeting last Tuesday night, the Council, along with the RDA, voted to pay Delius’s rent for the next three years as the upscale eatery struggles to overcome the effects of declining sales due to the recession. [Read more →]
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By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Long Beach’s April 13 citywide municipal primary election is slightly more than nine weeks away, and candidates are intensifying their campaigns. With the office of mayor and five city council seats on the ballot, the election has the potential of installing a new majority in the group that serves as the city’s policy makers. [Read more →]
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By Brett Ashley Hawkins
Editorial Intern
Nearly a hundred people gathered on one side of Atlantic Avenue between 35th Street and Bixby Road to lend their hands to Boy Scouts of America member Gregory Reilly (pictured left) and Citizen Forester mentor John Royce for the planting of 34 crape myrtles last Saturday. Two weeks prior, those affiliated with Reilly’s Eagle Scout Project perfected 34 tree wells in preparation for the planting. [Read more →]
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Andrea Testa (pictured), owner of FreeSpirit Yoga, 3910 Atlantic Ave., organized and hosted a “Help Haiti Recover” silent auction last Saturday to help raise money for Doctors Without Borders. “I felt compelled to rally our instructors, friends and local businesses to raise some money and help in anyway we could,” Testa said. “It was the obvious thing to do.” Music was provided by Temple Bhajan Band, and information about sponsoring food packages for Haiti was also provided. The event raised $4,600 in two hours with more promised donations to follow.
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By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
With no sharp differences on policy issues, the four candidates running for election to the 7th District seat of the Long Beach City Council seemed to be focusing primarily on which one is most trustworthy and which one would be more effective in improving the quality of life in the district and in the city. The four spoke at a candidates forum Monday, Feb. 1 that was sponsored by the Wrigley Association and the Californian Heights Neighborhood Association. The event at the recreation center of Veterans Park was attended by about 100 people, including present and former local elected officials, appointed officials, candidates for other offices, and a bevy of community activists. [Read more →]
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