Culture & Commentary
Wine Country in Long Beach: How the generous, curious spirit of one man brought wine culture to our city
For nearly 30 years, Long Beach native Randy Kemner has been on a small-but-mighty mission: To hopefully alter one person's perception of wine at a time in the hopes that all of America's wine culture can become better.
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ComplexCon’s ‘food lagoon’ is an ode to SoCal grub—including Long Beach’s own scene
The annual convention—which saw Snoop Dogg perform on his home turf for the first time in decades when it premiered—is looking to amp up its food section with plenty of Long Beach and regional vendors.
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Three Long Beach restaurants recognized by Michelin but does the guide matter in L.A.?
Heritage, The Attic, and HiroNori have both been noted in the new guide that recently returned to California—not formally awarded any stars—but should the L.A. region really care?
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Remembering Chef Janice Dig Cabaysa, dead at 39
I have particularly struggled with this piece in a way that I haven't struggled before. Many, many cheap tokens of language come to mind,...
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Long Beach Lost: The story of the glass house on the shore of Long Beach
Part of POW! WOW! Long Beach's 2021 collection of art, the temporary sculpture has been greeting passersby on the shore of Long Beach with its array of colors, reflections, and hope.
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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.
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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.
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Meet the Long Beach woman and her mission to dignify the homeless—and herself
Every Saturday for the past three years, one of our own queens, Shirley Raines, drives up to the heart of Skid Row to connect with the homeless.
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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...
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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.
