Beer baron Bryan “Whitey” Littlefield used his pipes for giving–and swearing

PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
Memorial services for Bryan “Whitey” Littlefield were yesterday at First Congregational Church downtown, and the beer baron/philanthropist–who died March 7 at 75 of prostate cancer–received a bravura send-off.
The church has two levels and the upstairs stayed relatively empty, but downstairs was [...]

Whitey Littlefield–Long Beach beer baron philanthropist, who rose from delivering brew to owning a Budweiser distributorship with Frank Sinatra–is dead at 75.
We’ll tell you more about Mr. Littlefield in coming days–but it’s already becoming clear that, in the words of his close friend, restaurateur John Morris, “The guy’s had a life.”

The estate of Bob Cole donates $16.4 million to Cal State Long Beach’s music department. Cole, who made his money in real estate, was an amateur piano player and his money will be used to provide scholarships to student musicians. Also, the music department gets gold toilets and premium toilet paper (known in Europe as [...]