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Mar 27 7:00 am
  • real estate

Building where Cedar House ruled is on the market for $1.55M

Tim Grobaty

At Cedar House, there was always a pot of coffee on and soup was always simmering in the kitchen, so the place smelled wonderful.

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Mar 23 6:00 am
  • restaurants

Money to burn: Restaurants feeling the strain of increased gas prices

Tim Grobaty

Right now, restaurants are getting hit with the same sort of astronomical gas bills that regular residents have through, but the restaurant bills are writ large because of the high volume of natural gas required to prepare food and to keep customers comfortable.

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Mar 20 7:00 am
  • real estate

It’s still the mid-century era in the East End’s Ranchos

Tim Grobaty

It’s Ranchos Redux in Long Beach’s East End, where some 700 Cliff May-designed mid-century modern homes are found north of Spring Street and east of Studebaker Road.

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Mar 13 6:00 am
  • real estate

The price we pay to not live in Texas

Tim Grobaty

People are fleeing California for the warm embrace of Texas, which seems analogous to a goldfish jumping out of its bowl for the warm embrace of the carpet.

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Mar 10 7:00 am
  • long beach earthquake

The 1933 Long Beach quake, a disaster followed by resilience and rebuilding

Tim Grobaty

A good part of the immediate post-quake work was the further destruction of the quake-crippled buildings that were beyond repair and constituted a peril as aftershocks continued to work at crumbling structures, sending masonry crashing to the streets in thundering salvos.

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Mar 6 7:00 am
  • real estate

Spanish-style estate with a solid rock history in Belmont Heights is for sale at $4.45M

Tim Grobaty

Coved arches abound, as do high ceilings with exposed beams. Hardwood floors are found throughout. The formal living room and dining rooms have a fireplace, and the great family room has built-in shelving and another fireplace.

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Feb 27 8:00 am
  • real estate

More than 43% of homes for sale in Long Beach are listed over $1 million

Tim Grobaty

What does a million-dollar house look like in Long Beach in 2023? Here are a few listings at or just slightly above the $1 million mark.

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Feb 22 11:50 am
  • weather

Cold and rain coming to Long Beach; how about some snow?

Tim Grobaty

The most recent frigid event in Long Beach that the NWS has deigned to call snow came in mid-January 1949, when an arctic blast from Alberta, Canada made it down to Long Beach.

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Feb 20 4:00 am
  • real estate

ZIPping around Long Beach: 90815, from Los Altos on up

Tim Grobaty

The homes in 90815 were built for middle-class families, with their cost in the 1950s mostly under $15,000 for a well-constructed three-bedroom, two-bath home. Today, these go for upward of $750,000

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Feb 17 7:00 am
  • local history

Local history: Heartwell Park was Long Beach’s civic line of defense

Tim Grobaty

From today’s vantage, you can see Lakewood continually banging its civic head against the Carson Street boundary as defended by Heartwell in what would be a vain attempt to significantly expand its size.

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