Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Hospitality Alliance created to urge ‘not patrolling well-operated businesses but the streets’
Long Beach Hospitality Alliance has one focus: To encourage patrolling of the streets, not well-operated small businesses.
Culture & Commentary
Slow Matter wants to become Long Beach’s next clay studio—it just needs a community boost
Slow Matter Studio, the forthcoming clay and pottery studio from Eloise Wood, is preparing to open at 3934 E. 4th St.
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This Long Beach pottery class wants you to recreate that famous ‘Ghost’ scene for Valentine’s Day
For a rare opportunity, Clay on First is asking couples to take on a single pottery wheel for their Toast-to-Ghost Valentine's Day classes.
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A true Long Beach hero lost: Shirley Raines dies at 58
Shirley Raines, the Long Beach woman who visited Skid Row with everything from makeup to food every Saturday, has died at the age of 58.
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Closures. Menu cuts. Nixed hours: Casual Long Beach restaurants feel the grip of a rich person’s economy
Casual Long Beach restaurants are, well, going through it. And 2026 is going to be the most challenging year yet.
Culture & Commentary
Food, culture, art, Long Beach: Top Longbeachize stories of 2025
When it comes to cultural and urban happenings in the city, 2025 was a banner year—hence these incredible Long Beach stories.
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A new generation: Joe Jost’s sells to Long Beach native, former employee
For the first time in its history, Joe Jost's founding family is parting ways to let Jon Sweeney take over as owner.
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Long Beach’s love of special dinners—collabs, tasting menus, and more—is altering the food scene
Special dinners are popping up consistently around Long Beach, offering diners a distinctly unique perspective on where our food scene is and where it is going.
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After community outrage over ICE snatching, a loved immigrant restauranteur returns home in Long Beach
Babbljit “Bubbly” Kaur has returned home after being taken in by ICE mid-immigration appointment.
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A tiki cocktail legend moves on: Dustin Rodriguez leaves Long Beach’s Bamboo Club
Dustin Rodriguez, the man who defined the cocktail program at Long Beach's Bamboo Club, has left the space.
