FIRST ACRES, NOW MAIN LIBRARY READY FOR CLOSURE
Is Long Beach’s Main Library slated to be closed? Lots of people around City Hall are saying so, although mostly under their breath. Nobody’s anxious to officially break the latest—and perhaps most outrageous–bad news about Long Beach’s ever-ghostlier downtown.

Business group says state government dead, bring on corporate control
A group of business and political leaders based in Southern California says state government is pretty much dead.
“[R]elying on the government to fund our critical infrastructure needs . . . is no longer a viable option,” says the Southern California Leadership Council, which includes [...]