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Urbanism & Development
Long Beach unveils final renderings of future Belmont Plaza Pool
The City of Long Beach hosted a community meeting to unveil what are said to be the final renderings for the Belmont Plaza Pool.
Culture & Commentary
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...
Culture & Commentary
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.
Culture & Commentary
Food, culture, art, Long Beach: Top Longbeachize stories of 2024
2024 was a definitively wild year—and yes, that certainly includes craziness and joy here at Longbeachize.
Culture & Commentary
Meet Anne Bergstedt, the alleged Long Beach rental scam artist whose cover is being blown
Anne Bergstedt goes by many names and many professions—her most perturbing being the alleged scamming of renters throughout the region.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Padre/Mezcalero wage theft controversy; LB Latino Restaurant Week launches; 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
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Pan to move out of BK; Vibes on Peninsula permanently closes; 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.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach needs its visitors bureau—so what is, if any, the controversy surrounding the Long Beach Convention Center?
The CVB—what is the Long Beach Convention Center and its Visitors Bureau—is separating into two different entities. That is not controversial but a good thing no matter which angle is examined.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach rapper and Dove Shack member C-Knight on life support post-stroke
Long Beach rapper C-Knight—one of the founding members of the G-funk collective Dove Shack—is on life support after having a stroke, according to TMZ.
Culture & Commentary
‘Cambodian Cowboy’—Long Beach Chef Chad Phuong—honored at inaugural AAPI small business awards in DTLA
The Cambodian Cowboy continues his mass representation of all things good with the Cambodian community, scoring one of the first awards handed out by the API SBC.
Events & Festivals
Long Beach Pride will return to historical May date come 2024
After a series of community meetings following a lack of expected attendance numbers at this year's awkwardly timed August Pride festival, organizers are returning the celebration to its historical May date.
Food & Drink
Long Beach’s first distillery, Portuguese Bend, files for bankruptcy
It marks the final chapter and unfortunate demise of what was advertised as an achievement in Long Beach's culinary and drinking scene: Our city's first grain-to-glass distillery.
Culture & Commentary
Not as safe as we think: Why are so many fatal crashes in Long Beach being left out of data?
City, state, and federal governments depend on fatal crash data to determine which streets and arterials need money invested into making them safer—but how they can do that soundly when the data is faulty?
Culture & Commentary
Bring on the Deadpool: Meet Wrexham AFC team this Friday in Long Beach
This free event is a very strange but warmly welcomed amalgamation of brand promotion, sports, Hollywood, and using one's relationships to the best of their ability.
Food & Drink
Now Anaheim Street: Bamboo Club, Good Time, Pho Hong Phat latest victims of summer burglary string in Long Beach
As more burglaries begin to frustrate business owners across the city, police officials have no formal word on if and how they are connected.
Food & Drink
Long Beach Food Scene Intel: Additional restaurants burglarized; Kinokawa permanently closes; 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
Seabirds, Holé Molé join second string of burglaries at Long Beach restaurants; owners asked to be ‘on alert’
Two restaurants and a bar on 4th Street in Alamitos Beach join seven other burglaries that occurred in the month of June alone across the city.
Culture & Commentary
After a coordinated homophobic clash, Casita Bookstore in Long Beach continues to thrive by loving everyone
The bookstore's entire aura is about letting kids be seen and represented as they wish to be—an irony considering a group of men coordinated an incident to tell them they were going to hell because a drag queen was reading books to children about empowerment, strength in self-identity, and being an overall good person.
Culture & Commentary
Step into the culinary world of Long Beach resident and Master Chef contender Richie Jones-Muhammad
The 28-year-old Long Beach resident opted to put music production on pause and pursue something he has never done professionally, only in the privacy of his own kitchen: cooking.
Food & Drink
Win~dow burgers, Marufuku Ramen, and yes, a dog bar are coming to San Pedro’s West Harbor development
From ramen and Venice's famed Win~Dow smash burgers to a food space meant for dogs and their owners and a 20,000-square-foot beer garden, San Pedro's West Harbor project is getting some stellar culinary culture.
Urbanism & Development
A look at the amphitheater coming to San Pedro’s food-meets-entertainment waterfront overhaul
A new environmental report released by the Port of Los Angeles showcases a proposed amphitheater that oozes Hollywood Bowl vibes.
Food & Drink
Fear not, they’re not closing: Hof’s Hut in Long Beach to undergo remodel
Since the string of Hof closures that started in the early 2010s to make way for more of the company's Lucille's BBQ brand, locals have feared the sole Long Beach location would face the same fate. But fear not.
Food & Drink
San Pedro’s massive West Harbor project announces food tenants; SP Fish Market to move
Developers of the $150M project have announced that 65% of the space is leased, with tenants including longtime Hollywood favorite Yamashiro.
