As city manager Pat West forgives the $37,000 debt owed to the city by the Sea Festival, Parks and Rec head Phil Hester would like us to forget that it ever happened

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
City manager Pat West is letting the Sea Festival Association off the hook for $37,000 that city auditor Laura Doud says [...]

An upcoming audit will shape the Long Beach Museum of Art’s future, and possibly shed some light on two long-lost paintings by the Russian master

JAWLENSKY: GONE MISSING?
Buried in the city’s 2006 audit of the Long Beach Museum of Art, there’s this sentence, a brief one —and boring (“Discussion with Foundation staff and review of documentation [...]

A city hall insider leaves two high profile gigs and lots of questions

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Chris Pook was yukking it up pretty good in the foyer of city council chambers on April 15. Inside, city auditor Laura Doud had just told the council that Pook had stiffed the city for $37,000 while operating the Long [...]