More than 100 people attended the 5th Annual Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday, April 17, at Long Beach Fire Union Hall, 2201 Cherry Ave. The Long Beach Cambodian Community hosted the event to honor the approximately 2 million lives...

The 45th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entertained a local crowd of racing enthusiasts in downtown from April 12 to April 14. Below are some highlights of the racing festivities, courtesy of contributor and local photographer Jose De Castro.

Motivated to protect unrepresented immigrants at risk of deportation, city officials Wednesday formally introduced the Long Beach Justice Fund, described as a deportation defense reserve for low-income residents– who live or work in the city– to receive...

There is nothing for Henrietta Leavitt (Loren Bowen) in Wisconsin. Her Bible-loving sister Margaret Leavitt (Amber Hill) is content with getting married and not having a career. But, Henrietta, on the other hand, has questions about the universe that...

For Bixby Knolls’s monthly First Fridays community event on April 5, the Expo Arts Center hosted many different residents, small vendors and artists from around Long Beach. Organizers of the Common Ground: Only in Long Beach event, presented by...

As a soothing melody can be heard throughout the Dignity Health– St. Mary Medical Center lobby Wednesday morning, local volunteer Eugene Rogers’s fingers can be seen gently touching each key on his piano, seemingly dancing in harmony with the tune...

It may be an esoteric topic, but if you ever want to chat about the management of the urban runoff of rainwater, Larry Forester is your guy. Forester, who, until recently, served 21 years on the Signal Hill City Council– including four terms as...

At the eighth annual People’s State of the City, local activists took their chance to state their grievances on the issues facing the residents of Long Beach, such as housing, policing and funding. The event was held on Wednesday, April 10, at...

On July 4, 1904, Long Beach’s own George Thomas Stovall played his first Major League Baseball game for the Cleveland Blues. It was a double header, and George scored two hits in four times at bat in the morning game and three hits in four times...

Though William Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis is a poem, not a play, it is just as dramatic in director Brando Cutts’s adaptation. And Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s (LBSC) performance of it as a 1940s-style radio play– including lots of animal...