Remembering but Moving Forward, One Year Later
Long Beach Post co-founder Shaun Lumachi died one year ago today. One of his friends reflects on our lost leader. Read More
Local Board Members Remember Shaun
Most people knew that Shaun Lumachi volunteered his time for many worthy causes, but he also served on many boards of local charitable and artistic organizations. I reached out to some of his fellow board members, and asked for memorable anecdotes. Not surprisingly, I received some. Read More
Remembering Shaun as a True Individual
When we have little interaction with someone who has passed, it tends to be the abstractions — husband, son, publisher, graduate, advocate, award-winner — that fix the person in our imaginations. Read More
OP-ED: Robert Garcia: Shaun Was Awesome
As you may have heard, Long Beach lost one of its finest yesterday. Shaun Lumachi, publisher of the Long Beach Post, and President of Chamber Advocacy, passed away in a car crash while representing Long Beach at a conference in Miami, Florida. Read More
For Our Shaun
It’s been almost two weeks since we’ve posted a new article and we usually get something out, but like everyone else at the Long Beach Post and in the Long Beach community, we were shocked, angered, and ultimately saddened by Shaun Lumachi’s sudden death. Read More
OP-ED: Randy Gordon on Shaun Laumachi’s Chamber Legacy
Shaun Lumachi worked for the Chamber for over a decade, as our VP of Governmental Affairs for three years and the last seven years as a Public Policy Consultant. I knew when I hired this 23-year-old right out of Sacramento State that he was something special — but never did I ever dream he would one day be the community leader than is today. Read More
OP-ED: Jack Mapes on Shaun’s Mecca of Fitness
“I assure you I had rather be first in a village than second in Rome.” – Julius Caesar Read More
Long Beach Educational Foundation Announces Shaun Lumachi Leadership Award
The Long Beach Educational Foundation, started in 1989, has announced the Shaun Lumachi Leadership Award, a new scholarship that will be granted to a graduating high school senior who has been admitted into any California State University. Read More
Photos from Shaun’s Celebration of Life
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Shaun’s Memorial Truly Reflected a Celebration
The sky was dusted with gloom but the sun wasn’t needed for light. Speckles of rain painted the Hotel Maya but even nature’s tears couldn’t stop human ones from shedding. Read More
Driver Involved in Shaun Lumachi’s Death Sentenced
Keith Weitzman, the truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel on December 3 of last year, incidentally hitting the car carrying former Long Beach Post publisher and innovator, Shaun Lumachi, attended court for his sentencing in the accident in Florida. Weitzman, who turned 26 on March 13 and lives in Tampa, was fined $500 and told to perform 50 hours of community service by County Judge Peary Fowler. These fines and service requirements are the maximum punishment that can be alloted for Weitzman’s citation: failure to drive in a single lane involving a fatality. Read More
Shaun Lumachi, Co-Founder and Publisher of the Long Beach Post, Dead at 33
Shaun Lumachi, our publisher, leader, our little engine always looking for little way we could, was killed today in a car crash in Florida. Read More