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The Summer The Universe Watched Long Beach Host the "Miss Universe" Pageant

By Jennifer Newton It was the summer of 1952 and Long Beach was a buzz with excitement. The city had been chosen – over Catalina Island...

A Bixby Christmas

The oldest Long Beach Christmas traditions—just in case you were wondering—date to the era of the Spanish ranchos. On Christmas Eve, the...

MOLAA Exhibits Long Beach Ink Through the Years

The history of tattoo culture in Long Beach is a rich tapestry, much like the skin of our inked comrades in tattoo parlors and the walls...

The Story of Prospector Pete

Prospector Pete has been the beloved mascot of California State University, Long Beach for decades but not too many know that he was...

Early Long Beach History - Puvungna

Did you know that before California State University, Long Beach, before The Pike, and even before Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch &...

908's Week of Love: "No Kissing"

No one knows exactly how Valentine’s Day began, but what would it be without a kiss between lovers? Well, folks Long Beach was faced with...

908's Week of Love: "A Father Changes His Mind"

When Y. Igloppi of Long Beach married a lovely Japanese girl in Los Angeles in January 1919, he thought their lives together would be...

908's Week of Love: "A Love Rekindled"

On November 20, 1907, two thousand people crowded the shore of Long Beach to bid goodbye to the cruisers Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania...

908's Week of Love: "An Elopement"

It was almost like Romeo and Juliet, fifteen-year-old Jennie Thomson of Duarte thought as she eloped with twenty-four year-old Homer...

908's Week of Love: "Lost Love Found"

Stories of Love Remembered What would Valentine’s Day be like without stories of love? Tales of romance around Long Beach. Let me share a...

The Names Behind Our Fields and Stadiums

Gene “Skip” Rowland Field Wilson High School On the corner of Seventh Street and Park Avenue, the Wilson Bruins baseball team plays at...

Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders (continued)

Park Estates Boundaries: Pacific Coast Highway and Clark Avenue, Atherton Street and Bellflower Boulevard Tract 14673 was initially laid...

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