Asked for the facts about a city official’s weekend vacation with a lobbyist, City Manager Pat West spins a bunch of bedtime stories

This was supposed to be the story of a decent man and dedicated public official taking a courageously principled stand to protect the integrity of local government. That’s what seemed to be happening [...]

Credit Press-Telegram reporters John Canalis and Karen Robes-Meeks for breaking the story that Long Beach’s most-powerful development official—Craig Beck heads both the city’s Development Services Department and its Redevelopment Agency—received a special deal on accommodations during a weekend in Napa. On Nov. 13-14, Beck stayed at a boutique hotel owned by a company hoping to [...]

Long Beach lost its most notable culinary star with the recent closure of Tracht’s. Although Suzanne Tracht operated more as a chef-in-absentia than one with an active hand in the nightly grind, her modern chophouse in the Renaissance Hotel (spun-off of the supremely successful Jar in LA) capably handled her new American classics. The restaurant’s [...]