Los Angeles Times reporters Louis Sahagun (who’s written about the wetlands, and Main Library) and Dan Weikel, who’s also covered Long Beach in the past, weigh in today with a follow-up on privatizing Long Beach Airport.
Turns out, it’s no road to riches.
“Local governments that have tried to privatize airports in the past have found it [...]

Mmm, could be for rent–or, to be precise, for lease.
As City Manager Pat West told the Press-Telegram’s Paul Eakins late last week, during the closed session portion of its meeting tomorrow night, Long Beach City Council will consider what West would only describe as “leasing opportunities” for Long Beach Airport.
Eakins’ piece isn’t currently in [...]

Long Beach Unified School District wants to turn the middle school into a vocational high school
Take a good look at Cecil B. DeMille Middle School–over at 7025 E. Parkcrest St.–because Long Beach Unified School District wants to give the campus an extreme school makeover, turning it into a high school emphasizing vocational trades.
Thursday night at [...]

Literary superhero Ray Bradbury stands up for threatened Main Library, as the vote to keep it open approaches
With a number of our public officials warming to the notion of keeping Main Library open until real, actual plans can be made for its demise, famed science fiction author Ray Bradbury made what could have been a [...]

Mayor Bob Foster gets the profile treatment from Paul Eakins in this morning’s Press-Telegram, and his $571 million plan to rebuild the city’s infrastructure gets a separate examination.
Foster’s own take on his plan–which according to the P-T will require Long Beach City Council to “unanimously approve a declaration of fiscal emergency”? He doesn’t think it [...]

Residents worry about city plans to build a homeless center
Last night’s 8-1 Long Beach City Council vote to build a police substation at the Schroeder Hall U.S. Army Reserve Center at Willow Street and Grand Avenue, when that becomes available in 2011–and to also build a homeless services center across the street–caught locals almost completely [...]