Thursday, May 7, 2026

Culture & Commentary

Long Beach allows food to be sold out of home kitchens. Here’s what that can look like.

It's called a Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operation, or MEHKO. And they just became legal in Long Beach so we have a look at one.

Alter Ego in Fairmont Breakers is Long Beach’s secret jazz, speakeasy-ish haven

Alter Ego at the Fairmont Breakers—the moodier of the hotel's three bar siblings—is shifting toward a more experiential, transportive vibe.

L.A.’s famed Record Parlor is opening a Long Beach store with special 100K record collection

The Record Parlour—Hollywood's much-loved record shop that shifted tangible record shopping toward platforms like Instagram—is officially opening a Long Beach store. And it comes...

Long Beach puts money toward becoming a ‘true live music city’—with hopes to help small biz

Long Beach might just become a live music-friendly city—and through policy change, not just aspirations.

A decade of design: 6th & Detroit—Long Beach’s OG mid-mod haven—celebrates

6th & Detroit, Long Beach's OG mid-century modern outlet, is celebrating ten years of old-school furniture, interior design, independent fashion, and good ol' community connection.

Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory

The 29th annual Easter Walk Long Beach will continue its tradition of uplifting those in need, celebrating queerness, and connecting businesses with patrons—all in a pair of heels.

Cafe Sevilla exits Downtown Long Beach; Ole takeover to open Mar. 29

Cafe Sevilla has formally vacated its Downtown Long Beach space, handing the reins to similar concept, Ole.

Remembering Long Beach’s Wade Windsor

A pioneer in his own right, Long Beach has lost an immensely powerful soul with the death of Wade Windsor at age 45.

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.

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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