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 [...]
This week a new Best Buy opens at Marina Pacifica Mall, and ground-breaking is celebrated for a new Residence Inn down by the Queen Mary. How good is that? Not as good as it could–should–have been, and not as good as city officials are trying to make it seem. Not since the City Council voted to give away millions of [...]
Kevin is regaling us with tales of impaled Japanese motorcyclists. Kevin is the most interesting kid I know and it’s because of him that I remain informed about Latin derivations, the location of the world’s supply of small pox and how Japanese motorcyclists who get run [...]
City Attorney Robert Shannon should not — repeat: NOT — have been included in the list of high-ranking Long Beach city officials who were accused of looking the other way for years while former Queen Mary chief Joe Prevratil refused to pay full rent on the ship. I mistakenly reported that in this week’s issue of The District, and [...]
FRI. FEB. 8: ON POINTE!
Tues | Feb 5 Super Tuesday is here and Californians go to the polls to exercise their right to vote for whoever they want. They respond by reiterating their love of term limits, thereby limiting their right to vote for whoever they want. Except, of course, when it comes to Warren [...]
The city sues longtime Queen Mary director Joseph Prevratil. Now we can wonder whether legal action will change Long Beach’s political culture of favoritism for insiders
PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
Oldtimers still tell of the days when Joseph Prevratil roamed the 14th floor of City Hall—where City Council members have their offices—possessed of a confidence and [...]
The Daily Breeze reports today that the plan to build two new cruise ship terminals at the Port of Los Angeles is running into some resistance. Since San Pedro is bereft of any real city governance, here’s what one of the Neighborhood Council members had to say about the potential of cruise ships parked along [...]
Tuesday afternoon, Mark Tomaino, cast director and producer of the over 20-year-old Rocky Horror Picture Show cast Midnight Insanity, sent me an email. He wrote that the cast, after finding what appeared to be a more-or-less-for-good home at the Warner Grand in San Pedro, was on the hunt for a new venue. Again. The cast [...]
Just got back from “Star Trek: The Tour” at the Queen Mary–hilarious details in future missive–and I’m still shaken but what I was shaken down for regarding parking: $15! Fifteen! When the woman nonchalantly asked for said lucre it suddenly came to me why the Queen is doomed: they are absolutely [...]
