LB vocational school goes down in bankruptcy filing
Six weeks ago, the P-T’s Joe Segura reported the closure of a Long Beach helicopter school that stranded 150 students. The bankruptcy crash-landing of Silver State Helicopters (I clicked on the company’s website, but damn if I could open it) made headlines in Nevada (where the company is [...]

The city sues longtime Queen Mary director Joseph Prevratil. Now we can wonder whether legal action will change Long Beach’s political culture of favoritism for insiders

PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
Oldtimers still tell of the days when Joseph Prevratil roamed the 14th floor of City Hall—where City Council members have their offices—possessed of a confidence and [...]

The Queen Mary’s new lease on life — well, technically, its life with a new leaseholder – was scheduled to begin Monday, Oct. 22, but LBreport.com says a judge has delayed things at least a month.  Apparently, one of the subtenants of previous leaseholder QSDI, which drove Long Beach’s icon into bankruptcy under the self-serving reign of Joseph Prevratil and Howard [...]