The mayor and the city manager explain why the city should—nay, must—close our largest temple of knowledge

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
Thirty-two years ago, city officials were so bullish about the grim new Burton W. Chace Civic Center that they threw open the doors before it was finished, just for a day: July 4, 1976.
“It was kind [...]

PROPOSED RAIL LINE COURTESY CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY
Take a trip to the California High Speed Rail Authority’s site and everything comes up as optimistic as ever: “Fly California without ever leaving the ground.”
It’d be nice to hop on a train and get to San Francisco in two and half hours, but the AP reports [...]

Turns out that we’re all just as safe as we need to be, Port of Long Beach included…
We found that it wouldn’t require much in the way of planning, money or resources for a single person to wreak havoc at the Port of Long Beach.
But there is nothing to worry about, because according to the [...]