CSULB employees thought there was something in the water at the school’s Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, and now they know what it was: the herpes virus. The garden’s entire koi collection has been killed off by the koi herpes virus, which apparently has no cure and is almost 100% fatal. The Daily 49er has [...]

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
Beachwood BBQ (131 1/2 Main St., Seal Beach 90740. 562.493.4500; beachwoodbbq.com) began as a little brick box, a place just steps from the sea, where racks of slow-smoked ribs met an equally appealing (and ever-changing) mix of craft beers. The restaurant is nearing its second anniversary now, and with one expansion behind [...]

Koi proves its versatility almost instantly with a rotating menu of appetizers, which swaps specials every two weeks. When your timing’s right, you can catch Koi’s excellent Kurobuta pork belly (resting on puréed potatoes and bok choy) and steamed tilefish (turned completely tender in a broth flecked with cherry blossoms). There are also a number [...]

Sliding past the sushi bar at Koi

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
Scoot up to the sushi bar at Koi and you begin a familiar ritual: figure out the day’s freshest fish, order a couple cuts and then snap your chopsticks apart, shaving away splinters until the things are whittled down to dull little spears. It’s a second-nature [...]

Assistant City Auditor ogles new gig
As reported over the weekend by LBReport.com, and today by the Press-Telegram, one of the guys I toiled with 20 years ago at Poly High, the affable Alex Cherin–your 2004 candidate in the Seventh District city council race–may become the Port of Long Beach’s new executive officer to the board.