There was no meeting of the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday night — never is on the last Tuesday of the month – but as if by habit local politicos threw their weight around, anyway.
Councilmembers Patrick O’Donnell and Val Lerch announced their endorsement of Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal in her campaign for the 54th District’s seat in the California [...]

If you get around Long Beach a bit, you might have seen Press-Telegram Executive Editor Richard Archbold and his wife Pat–and P-T columnist Shirley Wild–helping judge yesterday’s Haute Dog Easter Parade in Belmont Shore, alongside yours truly.

PUBLISHER DAVE KUTA SITS ON PAPER’S EDITORIAL BOARD AND CHAMBER’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In the latest in a series of editorials supporting the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce’s battles to overturn two ordinances intended to protect working people, the Press-Telegram today celebrates the City Council’s decision to repeal them. Nothing surprising there–the Press-Telegram editorials almost [...]