Environmental experts, local health advocates, urban designers, and citizens took a bus around Long Beach on November 14 in what the Communities for a Better Environment call their Toxic Tours, an educational experience they have been offering throughout California since 1995.

After completing an undergraduate education, the common expectation is that you will find a job welcoming you with open arms and a decent wage, that you will earn enough to find your own apartment and have enough left over to enjoy yourself on the weekends. More and more recent graduates are realizing this is more of a myth than anything.

Bixby Knolls and California Heights residents should plan their commutes along Atlantic Ave. with care since the major artery will undergo a repaving project that begins Wednesday, October 8 at 7AM and is expected to last 60 days.

A sprawling 1954 home with later alterations made by Paul Edward Tay home has recently been listed for sale in the Park Estates neighborhood of Long Beach.

Instead of the presumption derived from earlier reports that Mr. Kim might have been entirely responsible for the accident, the fact that he is provided the legal right to cross if done safely should provide some greater context to the incident. This is not to cast guilt on this accident but to provide the foundation for attempting to prevent it from happening again.

by Cameron Crockett | Last week, the Long Beach City Council voted to approve the Civic Center RFQ selection and proceed to the next stage of progression, the RFP from the three presenting teams. It was a complete endorsement of a single idea: that the only way to fix the endemic problems with the Main Library and City Hall tower is to create a ground up, entirely new Civic Center complex as part of a public private partnership with a yet-to-be determined team. But is this the right thing to do?

Construction begins today on Long Beach's first entirely ADA-accessible community garden, The Children's Gateway Garden, at Cesar Chavez Park on the west side, with volunteers asked to visit this weekend to help build and plant.