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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.
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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.
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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,...

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