Photo by Nola Fontanez Photography "A LONG BEACH WEDDING" Their story began in 2013, when Kari and Kathryn met for a quick drink at...

By John Grossi Photo by Monique Kuhlman Your City, Your Magazine: Gia Mendez graciously responded to our call for readers and followers...

By John Grossi Photos by Monique Kuhlman For decades, Recreation Park 18-Hole Golf Course in Long Beach has been denoted as “one of the...

By John Grossi In December of 2023, I attended one of the largest and most amazing funerals I’ve ever been to. The service was for a...

By Gina Valencia Photo by Monique Kuhlman It was the dead of night. The garage door was wide open, as was the door that led from the...

By Kathleen Mest Photo by Monique Kuhlman I answered my phone. “Juan asked me to call you. He saw 2 coyotes in your front yard and wanted...

By Gina Valencia Photo by Monique Kuhlman As a 7-year-old German refugee, Barbara Sunofsky remembers what it was like to be an outsider....

Long Beach civic leader Sheriden Ann Gilbert Beebe, 87, passed away peacefully on July 27 in the presence of her loving family. Sheri was...

By Laura Graves Smith HOW WE GOT HERE Both my sets of great grandparents came to Long Beach before WWI. On my mom’s side, my great...

By Juliette Mahoney HOW WE GOT HERE In 1913, my great, great, great grandfather, George Garner, and his wife Mary moved to Long Beach,...

By JeanMarie VanDine | Photos by Alexiz Gomez So —you think you know the LBC? Have you been to our city’s Cambodia Town? This part of...

By Joseph Cerulle HOW WE GOT HERE My family came here in 1936 from Providence, RI, in search of work. It was a time of depression, and...