Douglas Dollarhide, who became Compton’s first black mayor in 1969, has died at age 85, the Los Angeles Times and Press-Telegram report this morning.
The classical music lover first won election to Compton City Council in 1963, by a mere 75 votes. His ascent to mayor six years later “symbolized the demographic transformation of what was [...]

This one’s been in the works for a while, but as the Press-Telegram’s Joe Segura reported recently, the State Lands Commission has reversed its position on a land swap deal with the city which led to the creation of The Pike at Rainbow Harbor.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: How will this affect my ability [...]

Long Beach lost its daily newspaper today. The Press-Telegram, a name synonymous with local journalism for 110 years, suffered deep staff cuts and a corporate restructuring that leaves it as little more than a bureau for the Torrance-based Daily Breeze.
MediaNews Group, Inc., the corporate parent of both papers, fired Press-Telegram publisher Dave Kuta, managing editor John Futch and nine newsroom [...]

And an alleged central Long Beach revenge killing

One of Long Beach’s jewels, the Second Street retail strip in Belmont Shore and on Naples Island fairly sparkles during the day.
But according to the Press-Telegram’s Joe Segura, the area changes after dark. Bar fights in the wee hours there are on the rise, according to the P-T, [...]

P-T editorializes the Gene Rotondo ATM-parking saga
Belmont Shore restaurateur Gene Rotondo’s problems with the ATM at his newly-renovated and reopened Legends sports bar have been well-documented in the Press-Telegram.
It’s just interesting, sometimes, to take a step back and consider what it’s all about–and to wonder how much we’d care about all this if, say, Rotondo [...]

Thanks mostly to the Los Angeles County Tax Assessor’s office–bringers of property tax–it’s difficult to be a landowner this time of year.
But the City of Long Beach, which owns the land under the Long Beach Yacht Club, finds itself in curious circumstances for an entirely different reason: labor negotiations at the Club, one of the [...]

The City of Long Beach tries cutting back on water

Today’s top Press-Telegram story online? The fires whipped up in Malibu, Canyon Country and Agua Dulce by the Santa Ana winds. The top local story appears to be something by Kelly Puente about the wind. But keep reading; there’s local news downpage.