Three P-T round-up stories get 2008 in the boat and hit it with the oar
Round-up stories in newspapers are usually a double negative: horrific to write–lotsa busy work, little pay-off–and life-shortening to read. Like weather stories.
And so without further ado, here are three round-up stories from recent issues of the Press-Telegram. But good ones–chock fulla [...]

Paramount residential market goes limp. Also: 2008 elections in Long Beach

Not sure who wrote it, but there’s an interesting piece on the shocking drop in Paramount home sales, in today’s Press-Telegram opinion section.

So, you hung out in the Jergins Tunnel Oct. 28, and you consider yourself a tunnel-ologist? You have no idea.
As the city studies how to restore what remains of the subterranean walkway which once led to the beach from Ocean Boulevard and Pine Avenue, it’s important to consider what other abandoned underground walkways may be [...]

LBCC Electricity Department Head Scott Fraser teaches the coolest class ever
ILLUSTRATION by ALICE RUTHERFORD
Scott Fraser never planned to be a teacher—let alone end up teaching inside the same classroom where he sat more than 30 years ago.
After completing Long Beach City College’s electrical program in 1977, Fraser spent most of the ’80s and ’90s tinkering [...]