Culture & Commentary
When Long Beach ran a summer camp in the Angeles National Forest
Located fifty-two miles away on thirteen acres of government-leased land in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson lies an abandoned campground that for decades would become an outdoor summer school for Long Beach students.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Cafe shutters after three decades of diner service
Long Beach Cafe, the steadfast diner that has served DTLB for over three decades, has permanently shuttered. It makes way for what will likely be a sale of the property for future development.
Culture & Commentary
Stop calling your food ‘Nashville hot’ when it’s not—because there’s history there
The first time I ever had Kim Prince’s Nashville hot chicken—she’s the niece of André Prince Jeffries, the matriarch behind Nashville’s iconic, James Beard...
Culture & Commentary
Belmont Shore dive staple Acapulco Inn suddenly closes up shop after 60 years
Acapulco Inn, having initially opened its doors in Belmont Shore in 1955, is a Long Beach legend in terms of bars, sitting only behind two others—Joe Jost’s, which opened in 1924, and The Annex, which opened in 1952—as the oldest bar in Long Beach.
Culture & Commentary
What Removing a Freeway in West Long Beach Could Look Like—And Why It Must Happen
I’ve been talking a lot about park equity and the importance of safe, greener spaces lately, especially when it comes to West and North Long Beach, a conversation that hasn’t been led or driven by me but largely about the community.
Culture & Commentary
710 Project Releases REIR; Proposal Creates Further Ped/Bike Danger for West & North Long Beach
I love West and North Long Beach. For me, they are the forgotten neighborhoods, places that easily fall into the fray of pollution, inequity,...
