This isn’t about Long Beach, but it’s interesting.
Seems the long-hyped condominium boom in downtown Los Angeles is over, at least for now–the boom is off the rose, you might say (though, clearly, I never would). But the top story on the Los Angeles Times website now covers just that.
According to DataQuick, which monitors real estate [...]

Long Beach City Council revisits the issue tomorrow
The public relations people for the Dr. Phil TV show weren’t lying when they said, rather vaguely, that if they were producing a segment on the Alamitos Beach sex offenders, it might run some time in March.
It aired Friday–meaning that, by now, you’ve missed it. (I [...]

Last night’s Long Beach City Council meeting probably had more reporters per square inch than any council meeting since the Queen Mary came to town in ‘67 (but feel free to substitute your own significant local event here).
As near as I can tell, Cal State Long Beach’s Daily 49er was actually the first paper to [...]

You may have read, in Saturday’s Los Angeles Times–or Sunday’s Press-Telegram, via an Associated Press story–how the current owners of the famous Downey house where ’70s soft-rock duo Richard and Karen Carpenter lived want to tear it down?
Well, uh, they do.

With Super Tuesday behind us (not really) the Press-Telegram and LBPost.com tell us what some of you did after you voted: you went to Smooth’s Sports Grille to watch the results trickle in. And trickle. And trickle.
California’s presidential nominees are generally considered to be John McCain and Hillary Clinton, but as the Los Angeles Times [...]

No, really, it’s true: according to the Los Angeles Times‘ bike columnist Susan Carpenter, West Coast Choppers spiritual guru Jesse James’ newest motorcycle is based on an Airstream trailer.
This should come as no surprise to those of you who’ve seen the master Chopper’s chopped Mercury, or his shoebox Chevy, or any of the many other [...]

…Eleven days to go…
* Kucinich plans to formally withdraw from the race tomorrow.
* Current delegate tally for Democrats: Obama (38), Clinton (36), Edwards (18)
* Current delegate tally for Republicans: Romney (66), McCain (38), Huckabee (26). Thompson has orphaned 8 delegates, Paul has 6, and Giuliani has 1.
* LAT will go back to [...]

Two ex-police officer brothers, one from Long Beach, on trial now
As you read this, listen closely and you may hear the sound of a story being optioned. How could this one not be? It’s a natural.

Trail of suspects in New Year’s Eve shooting leads … where?
It’s been three days since a gunman opened fire on a house party near Pine Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, wounding two unidentified women and a man–and fatally injuring 25-year-old Jonathan Fernandez.
And, barring a development in the case, this is usually exactly when you [...]

T.I. immigrant detention center stuck in limbo; there’s your irony

Bad news this morning about the immigrant detention center on Terminal Island.