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PHOTO by JONATHAN NAFARRETE, WINNER OF OUR FIRST-EVER FLICKR PHOTO CONTEST
Bank doors closing for the last time. Roaring factories fallen suddenly silent. The stock market on suicide watch. Evangelical hymns in 10 thousand churches rising to an angry, bearded God. Foreign powers circling, eyeballing [...]

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(UPDATED AND EXTENDED VERSION OF AN EARLIER POST)
 The Long Beach City Council used harsh words and a unanimous vote against its erstwhile hometown newspaper Tuesday night, resolving to “reevaluate” the hundreds of thousands of dollars it spends with the Press-Telegram every year, now that the paper will be operated by the publisher of the Daily [...]

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Forget the fact that Microsoft desperately wants to buy up Yahoo! (and that Yahoo! owns Flickr) and join our brand new Flickr pool. We want to get your take on life in Long Beach (and beyond!): the dirty beaches, beautiful sunsets, vacant lots–anything and everything that catches your eye from here to wherever your car [...]