he Long Beach Public Library Foundation has announced that the selection for the 9th Annual Long Beach Reads One Book is The Soloist– A Lost Dream, An Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez. Long Beach Reads One Book is a community-focused cultural initiative designed to bring people together and raise [...]
Entries from January 29th, 2010
LB Reads One Book program selects ‘The Soloist’
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Community, Education, Literature, Uncategorized
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Letter to the Editor
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Letters to the Editor
Scouting help
I would like to make your readers aware of an effort underway to send earthquake backpacks and children’s stuffed animals to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. An urgent race is underway to gather these supplies. Boy Scouts from all over Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Cerritos, Bellflower and Avalon haven taken on [...]
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Thoughts from the Copy Editor
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Thoughts From The Publisher
You’d Think I’d Be Used to This Kind of Thing
By Cory Bilicko
Being a Southern man who relocated to So Cal almost exactly 15 years ago, my experience with seismic activity is rather limited. In fact, my earliest recollection of “California” is from an early-1970s television program about earthquakes. It showed an animated graphic of the [...]
Around Town
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
CALIFORNIA CLASS
Rancho Los Cerritos’s 2010 lecture series will explore myths and realities in California during the period between 1821and 1848, when the state was part of the young nation of Mexico. Presentations will take place on Saturday mornings January through March, beginning at 10am; doors will open at 9:30am for light refreshments. Cost is $5 [...]
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The Campaign Trail
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · News
The Long Beach Democratic Club recently announced that it has endorsed Assistant City Auditor James Johnson for City Council, 7th District. “It has been an honor to work with the Democratic Club over the past ten years and to have their support in this race,” Johnson said. “I look forward to working with the Club [...]
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