Since Long Beach Studios’ purchase of Boeing land fell apart in March, the former airliner factory has been wooed by four suitors–including Long Beach Studios

PHOTO COURTESY OF TESLA MOTORS
When the deal to transform 79 acres of land at The Boeing Company into the city’s first movie studio in 86 years collapsed March 6, Long Beach [...]

Rodney Bardin, Renaissance Man

PHOTO by LOUIE HUESMANN
“M’m! M’m! Good!” These three words changed Rodney Bardin’s life forever.
Bardin, a Long Beach native, is one of those people everyone seems to know. For those who meet him, it’s difficult to comprehend the many stories he tells about his past. Walk down Second Street with him, though, and [...]