The city auditor’s office salutes our longest-serving leader. You have no idea
It’s tough to praise famous Long Beach city auditors. There are 11, but until Tuesday, who could name them? Ira S. Hatch, anybody? What about Harvey Durkee? And what about Myrtelle L. Gunsul?
Gunsul, commemorated at a celebration Tuesday marking the centennial of the auditor’s [...]

As John Canalis reports in today’s Press-Telegram, the question of whether Main Library will actually close–as recommended by City Manager Pat West and Mayor Bob Foster in the proposed Fiscal Year 2008-2009 budget, released Friday–is far from resolved.
For one thing, Long Beach City Council hasn’t even begun debating the budget yet–and ultimately, the Council is [...]

Can you beat this? More unpaid bills for Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach), and this time they’re big ones.
As reported by Capitol Weekly’s Anthony York (and tipped here locally by Kevin Roderick’s LAObserved.com), Richardson’s Sacramento house–which she purchased in January 2007, shortly after being elected to State Assembly–has been foreclosed on.
Why? Turns out Richardson, [...]