ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
Jim and Chris Italiano, brokers and co-owners of Coldwell Banker Coastal Alliance—the No. 1 real estate office in Long Beach, they say—are a successful real estate team (and husband and wife). With over 40 years of combined area experience, this power couple knows their way around the city. We asked the two [...]

What you got here is our annual—if by “annual” you mean first—celebration of the annual—if you mean the “24th”—Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival. And by “celebration” we don’t mean that everything listed on these pages is good, or even very welcoming of gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals—looking at you, Mr. and Mrs. Long Beach Police. [...]