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After uphill battle, Smog City Heights is ready to serve beer, grub, and vibes

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Smog City Heights—the Cal Heights kitchen and patio from the brewers of Torrance-based Smog City—is finally ready to show itself off.
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OC-based IYKYK! Coffee Lab to open first Long Beach location

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Orange County-based IYKYK Coffee Lab is preparing to open its first Long Beach location at Marina Pacifica.
Long Beach Food Scene

Long Beach’s Bamboo Club updates menu, introduces new cocktails

With new chef Joe Herrera and bar manager Devyn Langenheim, Bamboo Club has revamped its menu for the better.
Long Beach Food Scene

Essential Downtown Long Beach taco spots

As the quality of Long Beach tacos has exploded, Downtown Long Beach has become one of its most central hubs.
Long Beach Food Scene

Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Small Cafe opens market; Wagyu Street closes; more

Long Beach Food Scene Intel is a series from Brian Addison that will recap food news throughout the city, both big and small.
Long Beach Food Scene

Breakfast Bar brings on Bar Becky chef to revamp menu

The Breakfast Bar has collaborated with Chef Johnathan Benvenuti of Bar Becky to update the place's staple offerings.
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Culture & Commentary

A kitchen operation out of your Long Beach home? Here’s what to know

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After years of advocacy, policy discussions, feasibility studies, and city approvals, Long Beach residents can now officially apply to operate Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations—better...
Culture & Commentary

Amid Long Beach’s Pride debacle, we lost the whole damn point

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Amid the blame game, we forgot that Long Beach Pride has always been for the have-nots, the black and brown kids, and the unprivileged.
Culture & Commentary

LB Pride festival canceled amid permitting concerns; parade to move forward

The Long Beach Pride festival has been canceled after the organization failed to submit crucial documentation. The parade, however, will move forward on Sunday.
Culture & Commentary

Vinyl love: Massive annual record swap at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach continues

Thanks to Lauren Snook's pop-up, Collectng Dust, we have a record swap in Long Beach at Alex's Bar come Saturday, May 16.
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Urbanism & Development

Dollar Tree to take over former Rite Aid space on Broadway

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After much speculation—including a false rumor of an incoming Whole Foods—Dollar Tree will move into the former Rite Aid space in Alamitos Beach.
Urbanism & Development

Long Beach lands among U.S.’s Top 10 most bike-friendly cities; ranks 2nd in CA

Long Beach has once again cemented its reputation as one of the nation's most bicycle-friendly cities, earning a national Top 10 spot.
Urbanism & Development

Bring on summer: Long Beach Transit’s AquaLink and AquaBus return

Long Beach Transit's much-loved water taxis—the AquaLink and the AquaBus— return to the shores of our city come Memorial Day.
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Events & Festivals

Moonlight Movies on the Beach returns with 2026 lineup

Brian Addison
The city’s free, summer-long, movies-on-the-beach series, Moonlight Movies on the Beach, is back for 2026.
Events & Festivals

LA Independent Beer Fest to bring over 75 breweries to Long Beach

Brian Addison
The LA Independent Beer Fest will once again take over Shoreline Aquatic Park in Downtown Long Beach on June 6.
Events & Festivals

Meet the Long Beach locals trying to reinvent the Broadway queer scene

Brian Addison
For the Playa Larga events team, their quiet but clear push to uplift Gayborhood parties has been a mission of love and evolution.
Events & Festivals

Long Beach BBQ Fest 2026 comes with promises of better flow and a whole steer cook

Brian Addison
Long Beach BBQ Fest 2026 will return to our city for its fourth year on Memorial Day Weekend, bringing two days of barbecue.

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