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From the Arena to the Bowl: How Long Beach is returning to live music roots with massive changes and updates

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From reclaiming the Long Beach Arena to opening a live music and performance amphitheater space opening at The Queen Mary this fall, Mayor Rex Richardson is doubling down as the Mayor of Amps.
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Food & Drink

Crystal Thai Cambodian is Long Beach’s Cambodian home kitchen

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Crystal Thai Cambodian—the tiny dining space at 10th and Orange in Central Long Beach, just south of the formal border of Cambodia Town—has been serving the Cambodian and Long Beach communities for over 15 years.
Food & Drink

The Fairmont Breakers in Downtown Long Beach is always open for breakfast

To know Long Beach is to know its love of breakfast and day drinking—and it would seem Nettuno offers an upgrade in that sense.
Food & Drink

Meet Masah Habibeh, the real secret ingredient behind Ammatolí’s spectacular sweets

The masterful desserts and baked goods at Ammatolí created by Masah Habibeh—the daugher of owner and Chef Dima Habibeh—are nearly impossible to go unnoticed.
Food & Drink

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Sugar Taco closes; Recreational Coffee introduces booze, late hours; more

Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both news that needs just a quick mention or repeated news where you might have missed the full features.
Food & Drink

Taking over Rosemallows in DTLB, Midnight Oil will bring late night dim sum and rotating speakeasy

While some are lamenting the loss of Rosemallows, Leonard Chan, the man behind restaurant and bar group The Alchemists, is moving in with Midnight Oil.
Cultural Currents
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How the Bixby Knolls community became the epicenter in Long Beach’s relief efforts

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In an entirely grassroots undertaking, Bixby Knolls has become Long Beach's epicenter as the county unites in relief efforts.
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How Long Beach hotels are becoming second homes for evacuees; here are their offerings

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A ton of Long Beach hotels have joined relief efforts across the county, offering evacuees discounts, free food, and more.
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Long Beach’s Alley Cat Delivery delivers extinguishers to those defending homes and salvaging what they can

For the past six years, Robb Smith has been building his independent food delivery service, Alley Cat Delivery, in a locally driven, keep-it-Long-Beach effort...
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Through hell and back: How Right Mealz got three U-Hauls of supplies to first responders and evacuees

For Right Mealz owner Chris Sweeney, getting donations proved easier than delivering them to the right place.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

271-unit Resa Long Beach development to open soon at 3rd & Pacific in DTLB

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Expected to be completed in 2025, the 271-unit project replaces a much more ambitious project—a 23-story tower with 395 units—that was proposed in 2019.
Urbanism & Development

Alexan West End, Long Beach’s 600-unit residential project, crawls upward

Construction crews for the Alexan West End have laid its foundation and have begun building toward the sky, moving progress forward on the largest residential development under construction for Long Beach.
Urbanism & Development

Long Beach inclusionary ordinance mandating affordable housing development citywide takes major step

Following the landmark Long Beach inclusionary ordinance that was passed in July of 2020—which requires developers in specific areas of Downtown to include a...
Long Beach Events
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Events & Festivals

Lights, aerials, Christmas: Long Beach neighborhood lights & aerobatics show has last performances this weekend

Brian Addison
They call it the Circus Spectacular Nights, an annual partnership between neighborhood light show JZ Light Show and acrobatic troupe Aerial Butterflies.
Events & Festivals

Long Beach International Tamales Festival returns Dec. 14

Brian Addison
The Long Beach International Tamales Festival, the day-long event dedicated to all things tamal, will return on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 1PM to 8PM.
Events & Festivals

From the Caribbean to South America: Sazón Latin Food Festival returns to Downtown Long Beach

Brian Addison
Downtown Long Beach is becoming a haven for Latin American celebrations that focus on food—and this weekend's upcoming Sazón Latin Food Festival is no exception.
Culture & Commentary

It’s A Drag to Give returns to bring the gayest of holiday cheers to Downtown Long Beach

Brian Addison
After a five-year hiatus, the queer-meets-philanthropy celebration that is It's a Drag to Give is back in all its campy, glam, fierce glory come Saturday, Dec. 7.

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