Midnight Basketball–the late-night, city-sponsored basketball league–is under increased scrutiny since a fight at a game April 3, and the popular series may be in trouble.
That’s according to the Press-Telegram’s Greg Mellen, who writes this morning that the fight, between roughly 15 Crips, and a league player and volunteer coach–at least one of whom may have [...]

With this year’s fourth-ever Cambodian New Year Parade just four days away, the Press-Telegram’s Greg Mellen notes that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An–invited to the parade in December, by a delegation of Long Beach notables which included former councilman Evan Anderson Braude–will not attend.
This is welcome news to protestors in the Cambodian community, whose [...]

Back in the day–the racist day–many black performers were better received abroad than at home, where they could have any seat on the bus, so long as it was at the back.
Blues pioneer Big Bill Broonzy was one; he ventured abroad in his 50s, beginning in 1951–and became a sensation, earning standing ovations and critical [...]

Petitioners say “Not the Cambodian deputy prime minister!”
The 2008 Cambodian New Year Parade isn’t until some time in April–so far off that folks in the Mayor’s office say they haven’t even set a date. But already tensions are mounting over plans by Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to attend the parade.

Code enforcement debated, smoke detectors praised
If you missed any portion of it, yesterday was unofficially Fire Safety Day at City Hall, as Council members extolled the $5 smoke detector in the morning, then held a special Council meeting, two hours before the regular one, to talk code enforcement.
The impetus for all this, of course, was [...]