‘Book by Authors’ ventures into North Long Beach

Often ignored by just about everyone in our city—save for those who live within its perimeters—North Long Beach is the subject of the second Book by Authors anthology (the first, spanning all of Long Beach, was released in 2006). Spearheaded by Smolarcorp’s Ryan Smolar and Rachel Potucek, the [...]

LB Water Department’s Ryan Alsop call the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers “big latrines” that empty into Long Beach Harbor.
While we’re checking our ceilings for cracks and listening to reports on earthquake-related water main breaks, I recommend that we all whisper a quick prayer to the patron saint of sewer lines,* because Long Beach [...]

If you didn’t know any better, the Dominguez Gap Wetlands might strike you as some of Mother Nature’s handiwork–a narrow valley swathed in colorful native wildflowers, alive with birds and bees and gently swirling currents of water. And if it weren’t for the press release that was handed out when the Dominguez Gap Wetlands were dedicated Thursday morning, I [...]

People finally seem to have had it up to here with the Port of Long Beach, which has been excreting toxins into the local environment with ever-more-tragic consequences for decades. Lately, they are counterattacking from every direction that the pollution spews.
Today it’s from the air. Two environmental groups have written a 12-page letter [to read it, click here] to [...]