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Dec 1, 20233 min read
Juan Barrios: “He Takes Care of the Neighborhood”
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...


Dec 1, 20233 min read
Barbara Sunofsky: “Learn From Each Other”
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....


Sep 7, 20233 min read
OBITUARY- SHERI ANN GILBERT BEEBE
Long Beach civic leader Sheriden Ann Gilbert Beebe, 87, passed away peacefully on July 27 in the presence of her loving family. Sheri was...


Apr 17, 20231 min read
The Graves Family
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...


Apr 10, 20231 min read
The Garner Family
By Juliette Mahoney HOW WE GOT HERE In 1913, my great, great, great grandfather, George Garner, and his wife Mary moved to Long Beach,...


Apr 10, 20235 min read
EXPLORING CAMBODIA TOWN
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...


Apr 3, 20231 min read
The Cerulle Family
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...


Mar 20, 20231 min read
March Restaurant Madness Bracket 2023!
Welcome to our 2023 Bracket! Who will win on this year's #roadtothefinalfork?? No one knows, but we do know it will be a lot of fun to...


Feb 6, 20232 min read
Love on the Water...Debi and Joe Bober
By John Grossi How They Met and First Date Debi, who had grown up in Long Beach her entire life, was tired of the singles scene and...


Feb 6, 20232 min read
An AIDS Walk to Remember...Lisa Gonzales-Burris and Maureen Gonzales-Burris
By John Grossi Lisa and Maureen met while at UC Irvine, when they were 18 and 22 respectively. They were part of a large circle of...


Feb 6, 20233 min read
From Graves into Gardens....Meet two Long Beach High School Sweethearts
By John Grossi How They Met and the First Date Val and Hector Olivares met through a youth group at the Greater Long Beach Church of...


Feb 6, 20232 min read
Papalucci’s and Pickled Eggs...Michelle and Jason Stone
By John Grossi Michelle was living in Huntington Harbor in the summer of 1998. Jason happened to drive down from Long Beach that fateful...
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