Culture & Commentary
Here are the places to watch the World Cup in Long Beach
Long Beach restaurants are going all out for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here's where you can comfortably get your soccer on.
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A kitchen operation out of your Long Beach home? Here’s what to know
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...
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Amid Long Beach’s Pride debacle, we lost the whole damn point
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.
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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.
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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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Make Music Long Beach returns—but it needs more support
Make Music Long Beach returns with a simple but ambitious goal: fill the city with as much live music as possible. And, of course, garner more support.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
