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Blogs
November 14, 2012
Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Dessert Tasting, 1886 Bar Anniversary, Malibu Chocolate Invitational Long Beach Bake-Off
Getting Our Just Desserts: A Sweet Extravaganza Guests will enjoy a myriad of tastings from celebrity pastry chefs, confectioners, bakeries, coffee and tea purveyors; cooking classes; celebrity cookbook signings and dessert baking challenges. Proceeds support the Culinary Arts Program for at-risk h ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2012
Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Hanal Pixan Cooking Class, 626 Night Market, Long Beach Food Swap, L.A. Magazine Food Event Hollywood Oktoberfest
Chichén Itza's Hanal Pixan Cooking Class and Dinner Chef Gilberto Cetina of Chichén Itza, author of the new cookbook Sabores Yucatecos, hosts a cooking class called Hanal Pixan, which shows how to prepare traditional Mayan foods for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). A four-course sit-down din ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2012
The 7 Most Disgusting L.A. Beaches
See also: "Dirty Beaches? Not in L.A. (Well, for the Most Part)" Were you chin-deep in scary ocean bacteria all summer long, without ever realizing it? Now, thanks to local environmental org Heal the Bay, your blissful summertime ignorance shall be briskly swiped clean by the hard facts of fall! E ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2012
Marijuana Dispensaries See Hope in California Supreme Court Move on Pack Case
The California Supreme Court this week threw out a court case that was part of the legal rationale for banning medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The court held that Pack v Long Beach is moot. So does that mean L.A.'s pot shop ban, which takes effect Sept. 6, is dead? No ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2012
Marijuana Dispensaries Will Stay Open Despite L.A. Ban, Some Say
When Los Angeles' marijuana dispensary ban takes effect Sept. 6, there will still be plenty of pot shops open, and not just in neighboring cities like West Hollywood and Long Beach. After we called several dispensaries this week we found that many in L.A. proper were planning to stick it out, despi ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
Is The Dove Shack's "Summertime in the LBC" the Perfect Summer Song?
[Editor's note: Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. Be sure to also check out the archives.] See also: KDAY, the Gangsta Rap Oldies Station, Breaks New Ground by Playing Music From the Bad Old Days This is the city and the season for the summer jam. Yo ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2012
Marijuana Raid, Alleged Excessive Force on VIDEO; LBC Pot Shop Lawyer Says Suit Likely
A Long Beach marijuana dispensary alleges that police used excessive force against an employee during a raid last month. Now the attorney for the dispensary tells the Weekly it will file a claim against the city, with a subsequent lawsuit likely. Long Beach police tell us a "thorough review" of the ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Google's Los Angeles Map Gets 3D, 'Flyover' Imagery For Smartphones: VIDEO
Google just unveiled 3D maps that let you virtually fly over Los Angeles and Long Beach. The cool visuals, however, aren't available for iPhone and iPad users yet; they're only good for Google's own Android system for now. According to the company, L.A. and Long Beach are among 15 American cities ... More >>
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June 21, 2012
Kathy Griffin
Google just unveiled 3D maps that let you virtually fly over Los Angeles and Long Beach. The cool visuals, however, aren't available for iPhone and iPad users yet; they're only good for Google's own Android system for now. According to the company, L.A. and Long Beach are among 15 American cities ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2012
Your 2012 Summer Movie and Food Truck Roundup
Rolling out a blanket under the stars, taking in a movie project on a big outdoor screen while snacking on some kalbi tacos or pulled pork sliders is quickly becoming a L.A. summertime tradition. Last weekend marked the debut of two new weekly festivals: Street Food Cinema, which is being but on b ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2012
Why Self-Publish? Artists and Writers Explain at Long Beach Comic Expo
See our coverage of Long Beach Comic Expo 2011: "Long Beach Comic Expo: Five Things We Love About Small Conventions." Sheika Lugtu is 24 and a student at Long Beach City College. A couple of years ago, she returned to school and decided to document her life in comic form, one panel a day. "At the e ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
Long Beach Cops Find House Filled With Pot, Shrooms, Peyote, Boa Constrictors, Tarantulas and a Scorpion
Livin' the dream in the LBC! This place makes Animal House look like a sober-living facility: Long Beach police raided a home on Caspian Avenue last night that was fully stocked with more psychedelics and exotic reptiles than a Mojave Desert trailer park. Here's all the loot that cops pulled from ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Sonia Hernandez's Abandoned Baby Story a Cover For Daughter's Child Endangerment, Long Beach Cops Say
Google MapsUpdated at the bottom: How the mom's relationship allegedly inspired her to hide the baby. First posted at 12:27 p.m. A woman's story of finding a newborn girl at a Long Beach gas station turned out to be a cover for her daughter's alleged child endangerment, police told the Weekl ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Long Beach Federal Building Shooting: One Dead After ICE Officer Reportedly Opens Fire at Work
Updated at the bottom with IDs, details. Headline has changed. First posted at 6:11 p.m. Thursday Two people, including a law enforcement officer, were shot on the seventh floor of the Glenn M. Anderson Federal Building in Long Beach tonight, according to reports. Live television coverage from CBS ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Some Marijuana Dispensaries Get Reprieve in Long Beach: Will Los Angeles Give Pot Shops a Second Chance?
Andrew HechtLong Beach is giving marijuana dispensaries a second chance. At least some of them. And as the city at the center of a court case that could help decide the fate of pot shops in the cannabis collective capital of America, Los Angeles, that city's decision could offer hope for dis ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Southern California's First 'Parklet' Asks the Question: What Is a Park, Really?
When is a parking space not a parking space? When it's a park, of course. Last week, Southern California's first "parklet" opened quietly in Long Beach, recasting that space between the painted lines as -- yes -- a tiny rectangle of curb-adjacent public space. It's not as suicidal as it sounds. In ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Arrests Made in 2008 Long Beach Homeless Encampment Murders
Updated at the bottom: The suspects have been named by the Long Beach Police Department and are being linked to other crimes too. Originally posted January 18 at 3:45 p.m. By Taylor Freitas Long Beach police just announced that they've made an arrests related to the killing of five people in a ho ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2011
George Diller, Marine Vet at 'Occupy Long Beach,' Claims Police Brutality During Smoking Citation
Greggory Moore/Long Beach PostOfficer Dinsdale puts a Long Beach smoker in his place.A brave few campers remain at Occupy Long Beach headquarters in Lincoln Park. Christopher Perkins, an organizer, counts maybe a dozen, tops. Every night at 10 p.m., when the park closes, they drag their tents ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2011
Rachel Bruner, Long Beach 27-Year-Old, Killed in Bizarre Apartment Shooting With Boyfriend
Rachel Bruner via FacebookA young woman who died Monday night in a domestic Long Beach shooting has been identified as 27-year-old Rachel Bruner. Her 26-year-old boyfriend, with whom she apparently lived in an apartment near Orange Avenue and Seventh Street, is still in the hospital with a gu ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
Occupy L.A. Does Not Expect to Shut Down Port of L.A. on Dec. 12
After getting evicted from City Hall, Occupy L.A. is searching for a second act. This week, there were protests at foreclosed homes. On Monday, occupiers plan to rally at the Port of L.A., as part of a coordinated "blockade" of West Coast ports.The Ports of L.A. and Long Beach make up the biggest ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2011
Marijuana Dispensary Bans in L.A., Long Beach Could be Averted With Tweaked Rules For Pot Shops?
themadphotheadLos Angeles could be on the verge of banning its trademark marijuana dispensary business. And all because of a California court decision that struck down the way cities like L.A. regulate their pot shops. In Pack v. City of Long Beach, the 2nd District court said cities like Lo ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Long Beach Gay Bashings Have Community On-Edge: Police Increase Patrols
The Gay and Lesbian Center of Long BeachUpdated at the bottom with comments from a Gay and Lesbian Center official. First posted at 3:55 p.m. West Hollywood isn't the only community in the midst of a gay bashing scare. Gay rights activists in Long Beach are planning on bringing back long-go ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
South Pasadena's Ancient Sewer Pipes Have Leaked 120,000 Gallons of Waste Into L.A. County Waterways
southpasadena.blogspot.comYou don't even want to know what's going on down there.Awesome. The Pasadena Star-News has released a two-part expose on South Pasadena's almost incomprehensibly crappy sewage system (complete with violation maps and damning documents). Turns out the consequences o ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2011
7 Must-See L.A. Halloween Events This Weekend
Nanette Gonzales No plans for Halloween? Not looking forward to trying to park in WeHo for the parade Monday night? Check out these seven other weekend events. We won't say they're spook-tacular. If we did you'd have to shoot us.
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Photography is Not a Crime: ACLU Suing L.A. Sheriff's Department For Detaining Photogs Simply Because They Took Pictures
Jonathan CastilloStop or we'll shoot.Updated at the bottom with juicy details about how this anti-photog movement in policing actually grew out of an LAPD policy. First posted at 1:29 a.m. We got a lot of attention when we scolded Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell for declaring that deta ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2011
L.A. City Council Has Not the Slightest Idea How to Regulate Medical-Marijuana Dispensaries Under Federal Crackdown
And we don't blame them. The base premise is ridiculous enough: Selling pot under any circumstances is illegal under federal law, yet California allows thousands of pot shops to sell it anyway, so long as it's officially for medical purposes. So, because the L.A. City Council obviously didn't want ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
L.A. Pot Shops in Jeopardy: Cities No Longer Allowed to Approve Dispensaries, Feds Issue Eviction Orders
Update: "Obama Administration Wages War on California's Medical-Marijuana Industry: Here Are the SoCal Targets." The line between legal and illegal weed-dealing in California has been notoriously murky the last couple years. State and federal courts are now trying to clear up the confusion -- but ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Zombies-a-Poppin’
Update: "Obama Administration Wages War on California's Medical-Marijuana Industry: Here Are the SoCal Targets." The line between legal and illegal weed-dealing in California has been notoriously murky the last couple years. State and federal courts are now trying to clear up the confusion -- but ... More >>
Calendar
September 22, 2011
The Wrath of Con
Update: "Obama Administration Wages War on California's Medical-Marijuana Industry: Here Are the SoCal Targets." The line between legal and illegal weed-dealing in California has been notoriously murky the last couple years. State and federal courts are now trying to clear up the confusion -- but ... More >>
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August 25, 2011
Maybe It Should Be Retitled Lost Weekend?
Update: "Obama Administration Wages War on California's Medical-Marijuana Industry: Here Are the SoCal Targets." The line between legal and illegal weed-dealing in California has been notoriously murky the last couple years. State and federal courts are now trying to clear up the confusion -- but ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
[Updated With $4 JetBlue Flights!] Carmageddon Countdown: Fly Over Empty 405 Freeway on $400 Helicopter Tour, or $150 Air-Taxi Alternative
Executive HeliSharesEven cooler without the cars.Updated after the jump: JetBlue just announced it'll be offering $4 flights between the Long Beach and Burbank airports on Saturday. Yes, $4. Originally posted July 12 at 4 p.m. Only in Los Angeles (hate that saying, but it's true) would an e ... More >>
Calendar
June 30, 2011
4th of July Late Night & BBQ
Executive HeliSharesEven cooler without the cars.Updated after the jump: JetBlue just announced it'll be offering $4 flights between the Long Beach and Burbank airports on Saturday. Yes, $4. Originally posted July 12 at 4 p.m. Only in Los Angeles (hate that saying, but it's true) would an e ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Underground Club Fire in Long Beach Started Near Jacuzzi, Caused $150,000 in Damage
GoogleBabe's Warehouse.Flames caused $150,000 in damage to a Long Beach underground club, Long Beach fire authorities told us this week. They say it started ... near the jacuzzi. The blaze at Babe's Warehouse in Long Beach was originally reported to have caused $100,000 but Long Beach Fire D ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2011
Facebook Threats on Columbine's Anniversary Lead to Long Beach Millikan High School Student's Arrest
myart.orgMillikan High School.A Long Beach teenager was arrested for making threats to high school classsmates on Facebook after a girl reported him to police about him on the anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. After taking the report Wednesday officers arrested a 17-year-old Mill ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Venus Ramos, 2011's Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Is the Hottest 39-Year-Old We've Ever Seen (VIDEO)
Long Beach Press-TelegramIs she real?TGIF, people. And TG for women willing to strut around for half the population of Long Beach in bikinis the size of baby bibs. Especially when they look like three-time winner Venus Strong. There's some pretty stiff competition for hottest 39-year-old to ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
Mark Bixby, Long Beach Scion, Four Others Killed in Fiery LBC Plane Crash
aircraftsnl via TwitpicThe aftermath of today's Long Beach plane crash.Update: Another of the deceased was identified, after the jump. Mark Bixby, a scion of the family for which Long Beach's upper-middle-class Bixby Knolls neighborhood is named, was one of four people who died when a privat ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Long Beach Man Sets Self On Fire In Los Angeles Riverbed, Burns 90 Percent Of Body
News GristThe other Burning ManOne reckless Long Beach man's near-suicide last night is still shrouded in mystery. Long Beach firefighters and paramedics found him completely engulfed in flames near some bushes in a dry part of the concrete Los Angeles Riverbed. LB Fire Captain Richard Brand ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Crystal Antlers Debut Soulful Breakdowns From Their Mexico Sessions
Crystal Antlers Debut Soulful Breakdowns From Their Mexico Sessions
Blogs
November 12, 2010
Interview: Dangerbird Records' Newest Band The Fling On Strength And Stress [MP3]
As reported by Buzzbands L.A., Long Beach-based band The Fling became the newest signee with Silver Lake's Dangerbird Records this week, just as they were leaving town for a multi-state tour with (sudden labelmates) Darker My Love and Delta Spirit. Their self-released When The Madhouses App ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2010
50,000-Gallon Load Of Sewage Runs Down Los Angeles River To Long Beach
Look, Billy! A turd!Update: The stretch of Long Beach possibly contaminated by the sewage was reopened today. We hear they did tests and stuff, but still -- swim at your own risk. Originally posted on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 1:15 p.m. Excellently timed during fall's final heat wave, a pressuriz ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
Long Beach Cops Sieze 40 Bikes, Give 100 Citations During Critical Mass Ride In LBC
Critical MassMuahahaha: Vee vant to take your bike.It was billed as "Mash LBC," a Halloween-themed bike ride for the anarchic masses. And spooky it was. Long Beach police pulled no punches as 100 cyclists were cited and 40 bikes were seized during Critical Mass' monthly area ride, this one in ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
HARVEST SEASON COMES TO LONG BEACH?
Critical MassMuahahaha: Vee vant to take your bike.It was billed as "Mash LBC," a Halloween-themed bike ride for the anarchic masses. And spooky it was. Long Beach police pulled no punches as 100 cyclists were cited and 40 bikes were seized during Critical Mass' monthly area ride, this one in ... More >>
Calendar
September 9, 2010
IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU MIGHT GET SOME TAIL, IF YOU KNOW WHAT WE MEAN*
*That's lobster tail, pervert.
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Ask Mr. Gold: Where There's Smoke, There's Fuego
Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: Could you recommend a first-date restaurant in or around Long Beach? I might be willing to venture farther, but I would prefer to remain as close to the Belmont Shores area as possible. --Sherrick B., Long Beach Dear Mr. B.: The Long Be ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
West Nile Virus Detectected In Long Beach Mosquitoes
Long Beach health officials issued a warning on Thursday that mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus have been discovered in the central area of Long Beach, near Chittick Field, according to the Press-Telegram. Though no human infections have been reported, Los Angeles and Orange Counties ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2010
Two Communities Want To Secede From Los Angeles And Go To ... (Gulp) Orange County
We might just have a war on our hands. Yes -- the north against the south. It turns out two small communities on the southern edge of Los Angeles County want to secede to Orange County. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram (via LAist), " ... the 194-unit Imperial Estates neighborhood ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
Clerical Workers At Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports Threaten To Strike
Mali Mish via FlickrNine hundred clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have threatened to strike unless companies make concessions. Though no walkout date has been set, the union voted unanimously on Tuesday night after shipping companies failed to reach an agreement bef ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Parking requirements at bars, really?
This is not in Long Beach. You know what a bar really needs? Free parking! Although drunk driving fatalities have been on the decline for decades, someone still gets killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes or so. So why on earth do cities such as Long Beach require that bars provide off-s ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Live in L.A.: Merle Haggard, X, Playboy Jazz Festival, Henry Rollins, Murs, the Glitch Mob, Dr. John, Tortoise
Even if the only ink you sweat is your printer cartridge and your idea of iron comes in your vitamin supplements, there's a lot to recommend at this weekend's Ink-N-Iron Festival: the tunes. Among the the tatted masses, meticulously coiffed pompadours, corseted pin-up girls and acres of machi ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Man Shot Near Long Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensary
In the wake of a debate about whether or not medical marijuana dispensaries attract crime in places like Los Angeles, Long Beach police are reporting a man was shot in an attack that might have been connected to a pot shop there. The shooting happened Monday shortly after 9 p.m. in an alley ... More >>
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