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Melissa Evans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal. Reach her at [email protected], @melissaevansLBP or 562-512-6354.

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New investors push Long Beach to compete in upended economy of college sports

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Jane Close Conoley’s advice for the next CSULB president in a fraught moment for higher ed

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Monday Morning Coffee: New laws that impact local businesses

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The man leading the fight to keep fireworks in Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay

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As the space business scales in Long Beach, major companies say they need workers

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Tim Grobaty is retiring. It might be real this time.

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Long Beach is getting 156 acres of new wetlands; work begins to convert oil field into public space

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Day Nursery serves up tea and a side of history at fundraiser

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Doing Good in the LBC: Loving thy neighbors

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Doing Good in the LBC: The power of women speaking truth

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