NEWS
Parking Rot
Belmont Shore parking commissioner Kurt Schneiter has words—kinda mean and nasty words—for city activist Mike Ruehle. Let’s all say them together. Or not. And Chris Ziegler wonders if anyone will answer Ray Bradbury’s questions about Acres of Books. Plus muskrats in Control Z and Criminy! and I, Fink.
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Petal Pusher
Sarah Bennett [...]

NEWS
Endangerous?
The endangered California Brown Pelican could prevent the reconfiguration of the Long Beach Breakwater. But is it really all that endangered? Jenny Stockdale reports. Also, Premium-Unleaded Booby in Control Z plus Criminy! and I, Fink.
FEATURE
A Fish Tale
As the Aquarium of the Pacific celebrates its 10th anniversary, Dave Wielenga finds out whatever happened to [...]

FEATURE
The Right Woman For the Job?
Laura Richardson’s run over a lot of people, ignored a lot of rules and run her finances into the ground on the way to her lifelong dream of being a United States Congresswoman. Does that necessarily mean she shouldn’t be there? Dave Wielenga wonders.
FOOD+DRINK
Forever Changes
Miles Clements watches Renu [...]

NEWS
The Spanking of the Flying Judge
Car-loving Long Beach Superior Court Judge Joseph E. Di Loreto has been paddled twice by the state’s Commission on Judicial Performance for using official letterhead to conduct unofficial business—and yet he was unceremoniously returned to office June 3 because no one ran against him. Will Swaim meets the man [...]

FEATURE
Tattoo, You!
Tattooist Opie Ortiz tells Theo Douglas about inking Long Beach’s most famous tattoo ever: the word “SUBLIME” on Sublime singer Brad Nowell’s back. Then, we introduce you to the winners of our Best Tattoo Ever contest, and photographer Susan Sabo exposes you to famous tattoos she has known—all because the fifth annual Ink-N-Iron [...]

NEWS
Star Trek The Blooper
Theo Douglas explains how Star Trek The Tour spent two months on exhibit outside the Queen Mary—then two more months on lockdown until its owners paid the ship’s owners $200,000 extra for security, food and lodging. Plus a freelance goat slaughterhouse in Control Z and Operation Rock Pile in Criminy!
FEATURE
Race Against [...]

NEWS
Lobstergang
Dave Wielenga updates us on the city’s recent hour-long gang study session—held a mere hour after a 17-year-old was injured in a gang-style shooting. Also, Len Cutler stays off the streets at DG Boxing and Control Z covers the breaking lawsuit Dude v. Come On. And Criminy!

FEATURE
Memorialize This!
Rachel Powers hangs out with Iraq War [...]

NEWS
The Missing Jawlenskys
Some time in the past 10 years, two paintings by Russian master Alexej Jawlensky went missing from the Long Beach Museum of Art. Theo Douglas examines why—and why after all these years, their disappearance may figure in an upcoming city audit of the museum. Also, dedicated evilists Control Z and a reader-submitted [...]

NEWS
And Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest
They only made one Chris Gaffney, and now we’ve lost him to liver cancer. Chris Ziegler and Theo Douglas remember the 58-year-old roots-rock singer-songwriter, who was equally at home with Cal Smith and the Intruders. Also, Criminy! and Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugg in Control Z.
FEATURE
I, the Detective
When someone stole Jenny Stockdale’s [...]

NEWS
Shop On?
Bixby Knolls is still slated to get a Marshalls, once they knock down the vacant midcentury modern Roberts department store. But Redevelopment Agency board members are wondering what it will bring to the shopping center besides sales tax revenue. Also, Criminy! and the Department of Uncomfortable Symbolism in Control Z.
FEATURE
Labor Pains
Eighty-five years ago, [...]