{"id":88061,"date":"2026-01-22T12:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=88061"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:40:13","slug":"a-coffee-shop-born-out-of-grief","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/a-coffee-shop-born-out-of-grief","title":{"rendered":"A coffee shop born out of grief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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If you haven’t heard, Sala Coffee & Wine Bar in Bixby Knolls isn’t having the best start to the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday night, a two-car crash sent a Tesla tumbling through one of its walls.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an online fundraiser<\/a>, a chef connected with the business wrote that the city “deemed Sala inoperable at this time until permits, repairs, and all inspections have been finalized and approved.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fundraiser is hoping to raise $20,000 for “uninsured and indirect impacts of the closure” such as payroll support for staff, rent and utilities, outstanding invoices and operational costs associated with reopening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of midday Thursday, the fundraiser had more than $9,200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>After a drunk driver killed his girlfriend, boyfriend opens coffee shop honoring her memory<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Volunteers were out in force on Monday for MLK Day of Service. In this photo, Grant Hermonne, left, and Sean Sun dig into the soil to plant a bush in a planter along First Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Theater News: Insights on music and storytelling from talent in \u2018The Simon & Garfunkel Story\u2019 and \u2018STOMP\u2019 at Cerritos Center<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eat. See. Do. Your weekly guide to restaurants, bars, art, culture, music and events in Long Beach. FOOD MUSIC ART INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE If you haven’t heard, Sala Coffee & Wine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","disable_auto_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32198],"tags":[],"newspack_nl_advertiser":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-88061","newspack_nl_cpt","type-newspack_nl_cpt","status-publish","hentry","category-newsletters","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/88061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/88061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88162,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/88061\/revisions\/88162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88061"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=88061"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}