Gas already got you down? Salvage your summer with these 20 local events

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JUNE 14 | PAUL OAKENFOLD World-famous DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold sails over to the Queen Mary for a special set of hits and remixes (likely sourced from his recent release of the same name, which showcases Oakenfolded versions of the [...]

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster had his hands full addressing two separate rooms of business folk simultaneously at this afternoon’s packed East Anaheim Street Business Alliance monthly meeting, but he managed to stand in the connecting doorway and work two rooms.
Foster praised his hosts, the newly minted Business Improvement District, but he also offered some [...]

This probably won’t be the last any of us hears of plans to tear down the vacant Roberts department store on Atlantic Avenue and put up a Marshalls store, but at yesterday’s Redevelopment Agency board meeting, the board approved what the Press-Telegram’s Karen Robes calls “third-stage design plans” for the Marshalls.

You can kill the Assemblyman’s rail yards bill, but his heart will go on … talking air quality

It was 10 a.m. Tuesday morning and eighteen hours earlier, Assembly Bill 2332–fledgling 55th District Assemblyman Warren Furutani’s (D-Long Beach) try at banning construction of new or expanded railyards within a quarter-mile of schools–had rather quietly burned to [...]

City officials weigh the look and future of a Bixby Knolls shopping center

THE PROPOSED BUILDING
Many people in Long Beach blame the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) for knocking down one stylish, historic building after another. But for a few minutes during an April 21 RDA board meeting, it seemed like the agency was in the historic preservation [...]

Chroma Glass Designs, the stained glass emporium and art gallery that helped start Bixby Knolls’ First Fridays Long Beach artwalks, will mark its last First Friday on Feb. 1.
That’s this Friday.

The plan to create a pedestrian zone on one block of First Street in the East Village
A plan to close First Street to vehicle traffic between Elm and Linden Avenues in the East Village Arts District–creating a so-called pedestrian zone–got one of its first airings at Wednesday night’s East Village Association meeting, and the neighborhood [...]

The Historical Society of Long Beach’s new Bixby Knolls  home helps legitimize the area’s Midcentury Modern roots

JULIE BARTOLOTTO by RUSS ROCA
By the time you arrive at the new home of the Historical Society of Long Beach you’ve probably already experienced the most important message of its inaugural exhibit: The trip up to Bixby Knolls—which is [...]

The Los Angeles Times drops in on the Halloween beating story
You might have missed this, amid the remains of the fire coverage.
But on Sunday–traditionally considered a good reading day by the daily papers–the Los Angeles Times parachuted in for its own story on last year’s Halloween-night beating of three young white women by a group [...]

Le Yen hangs on to tradition

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Though it’s been years since my first trip to Le Yen, I still spend most of my time there the same way: pressed up against a window, eyes trailing the cars streaking down Atlantic Avenue. It’s a habit I can’t quite explain, but it’s also telling of [...]