Obama snaps up Virginia with ease and is doing the same in Maryland and D.C. Clinton continues to write off Obama’s relatively small-state wins and is looking ahead to March 4th and the contests in Texas and Ohio. When the night is all over, however, Obama will have a definitive delegate lead. Hillary is putting [...]

Thanks to the research of city staffers and the memories of two organizers, we’re learning about the field trips to Washington, D.C. which Congresswoman Laura Richardson spearheaded back when she was Long Beach’s Sixth District Councilwoman.

Help us remember the winners of the essay contest that Congresswoman Laura Richardson forgot
Here’s what we know:
Before she was a congresswoman, Laura Richardson was a state Assemblywoman, and before that she represented LB’s Sixth District–and there she helped organize essay contests for the city’s kids, including one offering a fabulous prize for the winners: [...]