Business

• Tim Grobaty

November 14, 2018

Shannon’s owner wants more pizzazz on Pine Avenue

by Tim Grobaty    in Business

Shannon's owner Ron Hodges wants Pine Avenue to be for Long Beach what the Gaslamp District is to San Diego, and the French Quarter is to New Orleans.

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Commentary

• Tim Grobaty

November 13, 2018

When you get old, your TV won’t let you forget it

by Tim Grobaty    in Commentary

When you're older than AARP, the only advertisers that care about you anymore are companies that make drugs and denture products. You want to feel young? Change the channel.

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Local history

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November 11, 2018

Touching memories from friends, family and fellow servicemen of Long Beach men who died in Vietnam

by Tim Grobaty    in Local history

Long Beach suffered the loss of 113 men in the Vietnam War. Most had only a handful of memories when they marched off in the late 1960s: High school dances, hanging out with young friends, partying after football games....

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City

• Tim Grobaty

November 9, 2018

Battleship Iowa and Long Beach VA celebrate 100th anniversary of WWI armistice

by Tim Grobaty    in City

The day’s highlight will be the firing off of the ship’s 5-inch guns in a salute at 11 a.m. to mark the occasion of active battle ending at that time on Nov. 11, 1918.

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Commentary, Politics

• Tim Grobaty

November 7, 2018

California deepens its blue hue in its continuing battle against Trump

by Tim Grobaty    in Commentary, Politics

California, already heavily blue, has to increase its role from being at the country’s vanguard in terms of resisting the current administration, to going on the offensive in moving the country forward.

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Arts & Culture

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November 6, 2018

Young Landmark Theatre Company going big with ‘Little Women’

by Tim Grobaty    in Arts & Culture

"We had this across-the-board pool of talent — actors, musicians, costumers, lighting and stage people.," says Landmark's executive director Mark Wheeler. "It just seemed wrong to have all this talent and not use it."

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Commentary

• Tim Grobaty

November 5, 2018

Marchers in the Shore aren’t helping, they’re hurting, the homeless problem

by Tim Grobaty    in Commentary

What’s particularly difficult to listen to are those people who say the homeless enjoy being homeless. It’s a glorious hobo’s life, complete with swiping apple pies cooling on window sills.

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Commentary

• Tim Grobaty

November 1, 2018

A rabbi urges understanding despite hatred, fear after Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

by Tim Grobaty    in Commentary

"If you want to be secure, never leave your house, but no one wants to live in a fortress. We have to balance risk with living life," says Rabbi David Cantor.

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Arts & Culture

• Tim Grobaty

October 30, 2018

Neil deGrasse Tyson to explain ‘Cosmic Collisions’ at the Terrace

by Tim Grobaty    in Arts & Culture

Tyson will explain how things that run into each other is a big part of life on the planet, from creating our moon, to killing dinosaurs (thereby paving the way for human beings to succeed), to what could eventually...

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Commentary

• Tim Grobaty

October 29, 2018

‘No on BBB’ video is a filling look at The Mayor Who Ate Long Beach

by Tim Grobaty    in Commentary

At last, the viewer is urged to vote no on BBB if for no other reason than to stop Mayor Robert Garcia from continuing to wolf down more of his city's fine culinary offerings.

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