{"id":24535,"date":"2021-05-15T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000020159"},"modified":"2021-05-14T15:06:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:06:57","slug":"downtown-reopening-pictures-hope-long-beach-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/downtown-reopening-pictures-hope-long-beach-gallery","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES: As COVID wanes, signs of normal life are coming back to Downtown Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Beach is in the yellow tier<\/a> of coronavirus rules, and you know what that means: You can finally sit inside, you don\u2019t need to order food with your drink, and most importantly, Long Beach is coming back to life.<\/p>\n

After a long year, there is light at the end of the tunnel, and a beer at your favorite bar that can finally reopen is waiting for you.<\/p>\n

Our photographers captured Downtown Long Beach in the midst of its grand reopening. From a bustling Pine Avenue to the return of that infamous Southern California traffic, Long Beach is full of hope this May.<\/p>\n

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Cars drive across Shoreline Drive and Pine Avenue, as the Pike ferris wheel lights up. Photo by Tess Kazenoff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People eat and drink at Waters Edge Winery on Pine Avenue in Downtown Long Beach. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A group of bikers ride down Pine Avenue while customers dine in outdoor parklets. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A skateboarder rides past 7-Eleven on Pine Avenue in Downtown Long Beach. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A man exits a parking structure on Fourth Street in Downtown Long Beach. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A woman waits at a food truck on Ocean Boulevard in Downtown Long Beach. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A father and son ride a Lime scooter through Shoreline Aquatic Park. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Traffic returns to the freeways as the vehicles zoom down the 405 through Long Beach. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple makes their way around the Rainbow Lagoon on a cool day in Long Beach. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A man and his dog split lanes as they make their way through Pine Avenue in Downtown. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Melziah Brooks, who goes by the name Musa Dia, pauses as he makes his way through Downtown. Musa Dia is a local hip-hop artist. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple exits a parking garage as they head off to Pine Avenue. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A family plays bocce ball at Shoreline Aquatic Park. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Patio lights illuminate the parklets along Pine Avenue while a man enjoys his drink in Downtown Long Beach. Photo by Brandon Richardson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From a bustling Pine Avenue to the return of that infamous Southern California traffic, Long Beach is full of hope this May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":71571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"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":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31847],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[31860],"class_list":["post-24535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-photo-gallery-saturday","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24535"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=24535"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=24535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}