Robert “Bob” Morey, whose father started Morey’s Music Store in 1924–in Long Beach–is dead at age 80, the Press-Telegram reports.
“He was a human computer when it came to music,” Martha Morey, his wife of 56 years, told reporter Brenda Duran. Not at first, though.
One of six Morey sons, Bob Morey came to work in his [...]

Snoop Dogg talks to Councilman Dee Andrews about giving back to Long Beach
He wasn’t there to bemoan the possible loss of our concretinous Main Library if it closes due to budget cuts, but rapper-actor-football coach Snoop Dogg spent more than two hours Friday in the library’s Admiral Room, considering ways to give back to Long [...]

Thursday was a busy day in Main Library history. The city aired its new proposed budget in public meetings at two of our toniest semi-private locations–Long Beach Yacht Club, and the Petroleum Club–at both of which the library could theoretically be discussed.
Then, out of public view, City Manager Pat West met with the so-called Library [...]