Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site, 4600 Virginia Rd., will host “Summer Adventures,” weeklong historically themed camps for children ages 6 to 11, beginning July 15. The camps, which are designed to allow children who live in urban areas to learn about history by “doing” history, will include historic crafts and activities, games, stories, and special…
Members of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association of Long Beach (USCPFA-LB) and their guests were treated to a seven-course lunch at the Seafood Palace Restaurant in Westminster last Saturday, May 4, after which they were entertained by a trio of students from Professor Sheng-Tai Chang’s Mandarin language class at Long Beach City College.
Signal Hill-based Hofman Hospitality Group (HHG), owners of Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que and Hof’s Hut restaurants, announced Tuesday the opening of their first Spin! Neapolitan Pizza in Orange on May 20. As the chain’s first franchisee, the restaurant represents HHG’s first foray into operating a fast-casual dining experience built around a successful Midwest concept that has…
Leonardo Poareo Editorial Intern “I’ve got to get ready– he’s too good. He’s like a professional soccer player,” coach Ricardo Caparelli says as a child gets ready to kick the ball in the goal Caparelli’s guarding at Long Beach Futsal’s indoor soccer facility. The child kicks and misses, but it doesn’t matter– what matters on…
Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach will have LGBTQers and their allies strut and float along its concrete path this Sunday to celebrate the 30 years that the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride (LBLGP) Parade has existed. That first parade in 1984 had some 5,000 revelers that harnessed the pride they held in their community–…
The City of Long Beach will host a dedication and opening ceremony on Tuesday, May 21 at 11am for Harvey Milk Promenade Park, the first park in America to be named after the slain civil-rights and LGBT leader. It will also be the first park in the city of Long Beach to be named after…
With its beginnings in 1983, the Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival now attracts more than 80,000 revelers a year. The mission in that first year, in the words of Pride co-founder Bob Crow, was simple– “To break the shackles of the oppression of homophobia in the community and the general population.” And despite…
Brandy Soto Editorial Intern Art has always been and continues to be a life lesson for local painter Joan Sanders. She values her own creativity as well as the works of others. Sanders was born in Portland, Oregon. She says she was an attentive child who, despite hardships, was always sure that she would pursue…
The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) has in custody two suspects connected to a fraud ring that targeted a local big-box chain store and is asking for the public’s help in identifying three additional suspects. The two suspects currently in custody are identified as 43-year-old Ayesha Wilson of Long Beach and 34-year-old Nanette Macon of…
Long Beach City College (LBCC) faculty member David Morse was recently elected as vice president of the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges (ASCCC). Morse, a member of the ASCCC Executive Committee since 2009, served as Academic Senate secretary from 2011 to 2013. Morse was a member of the LBCC Academic Senate from 2001…
The California Conference for Equality and Justice (CCEJ) hosted its 50th Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner at The Renaissance hotel in downtown Long Beach on May 15, celebrating the organization’s many partnerships for public-service work in the community throughout the past half-century. Founded in 1963, the nonprofit organization partners with various groups, foundations, institutions and government…
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Sean Belk Staff Writer Signal Hill Vice Mayor Ed Wilson announced last week that he plans to run for California’s 70th State Assembly district next year. Wilson, who narrowly won a fifth four-year term on the City Council just two months ago in the March 5 election, officially made the announcement May 1 on his…
Sean Belk Staff Writer This year marks the 50th anniversary of the California Conference for Equality and Justice (CCEJ), which for decades has collaborated behind the scenes with various groups and government agencies to confront “bias, bigotry and racism” in the Long Beach area. Originally part of the National Conference for Christians and Jews, CCEJ…
Sean Belk Staff Writer The Boy Scouts of America Long Beach Area Council (LBAC) has put its 10-acre Will J. Reid Scout Park in north Long Beach back on the market after ending a deal with The Trust for Public Land, which had assured the property would be kept as open space but struggled to…