Long Beach has its own Siem Reap–the noted Cambodian restaurant on Anaheim Street, which is packed every year during the Cambodian New Year parade.
But it’s named for the real Siem Reap, the town outside the temples of Angkor–which houses and feeds the temples’ 1 million visitors a year.
New York Times travel writer Naomi Lindt visits, [...]

Despite what folks at the city told us Monday, one of Acres of Books’ owners said this afternoon that they do want to keep the store open after its pending $2.8 million sale to the city’s Redevelopment Agency.
In fact, with some luck–and another building–one of Long Beach’s oldest businesses could remain here for years to [...]