P-T editorializes the Gene Rotondo ATM-parking saga
Belmont Shore restaurateur Gene Rotondo’s problems with the ATM at his newly-renovated and reopened Legends sports bar have been well-documented in the Press-Telegram.
It’s just interesting, sometimes, to take a step back and consider what it’s all about–and to wonder how much we’d care about all this if, say, Rotondo [...]

The Historical Society of Long Beach’s new Bixby Knolls  home helps legitimize the area’s Midcentury Modern roots

JULIE BARTOLOTTO by RUSS ROCA
By the time you arrive at the new home of the Historical Society of Long Beach you’ve probably already experienced the most important message of its inaugural exhibit: The trip up to Bixby Knolls—which is [...]

Cedric the Entertainer: More observations about everyday life from one of the Original Kings of Comedy. 3&7pm. $27.50-60.
CERRITOS CENTER 12700 Center Court Dr, Cerritos 90703. 562.916.8501; cerritoscenter.com.
Art and Craft Fair: Belmont Shore hosts its art and craft fair which features over twenty five local artists hocking their wares. 10am-4pm.
BELMONT SHORE Various locations. belmontshore.org.

LaVerne Duncan proves development doesn’t have to be a bad thing

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
It took awhile for LaVerne Duncan to get to Long Beach—she was born in the Virgin Islands and did 18 years in New York—but the city hasn’t been the same since she arrived in 1988. The dedication, resourcefulness and ceaseless good humor [...]