Gift ideas for the new homeowner on your Christmas list
The ideas are for people who have just recently attached themselves to the newfound joys of living in a thing that thrives on your checkbook.
Even with starter homes, the down is the high hurdle
You’re going to have to forego waterfront living, a pool, a “spare” bedroom and most other frills that come with homes well above the $639,000 median house price.
Live the high life atop the Insurance Exchange Building for $2.9 million
The $2.9 million Insurance Exchange penthouse comes with a kitchen with an island and granite counters, stocked with high-end appliances, two bedrooms and two baths in 2,810 square feet of living space.
Acorn assaults, dusty leaves and other problems vexing the 5th District
After a day of working the phones in the 5th District council office, I found it isn’t easy to appease residents in East Long Beach.
Some low-cost, out-of-state burgs where you get more bang for your housing buck
Here are some places you might consider as you beat tracks out of the state you insist on referring to as Cali.
Veterans Day Parade attendance has dwindled as nation moves from peace to endless war
With wars losing their clear-cut purposes following something short of triumphant victories in Korea and Vietnam, coupled with the loss of the Navy and defense jobs in Long Beach, the city’s enthusiasm for martial displays and celebratory patriotism waned to the point that a couple of decades passed with no Veterans Day parades at all.
Giant, 80-foot ribbon will put a bow on this year’s Christmas Tree lighting ceremony
The custom-made ribbon will stretch along the roof of the complex and will come to life when its lights are turned on during the Dec. 4 tree-lighting ceremony from 5 to 8 p.m. on the Terrace Theater Plaza, 300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Opinion: For Garcia, a missed opportunity to comfort his city
We’re not asking the mayor to stop having a good time in his life; we’re just saying there’s a time to at least keep things under his social media hat. There is, as Ecclesiastes has reminded us, a time to mourn and a time to dance.
A trick question: Do you know where you live?
When an area attains a name, it’s often an organic process which may arise from residents feeling that their community is in need of a jazzier remake, such as some residents of the South of Conant neighborhood rallying to adopt SoCo.
At halfway mark, restoration work is rosy at First Congregational Church
“It’s typical of these kinds of restoration programs where someone has a little bit of money to take care of the stained glass, then the glass guys say you’ve got cracks in the terra cotta, and then you’ve got to replace the terra cotta with some that’s the right color.”