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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By John Grossi Michelle was living in Huntington Harbor in the summer of 1998. Jason happened to drive down from Long Beach that fateful...

By John Grossi How They Met and First Date Rick and I met playing volleyball organized through The Center in Long Beach back in 1988,”...

By John Grossi Margaret remembers first hearing about “Donnie” Kennedy when she was in 6th grade at Cubberley. Her neighbor, who was in...

By John Grossi In 1990, when both were in their 30s, David and Susan Zanatta were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend. It was the...

By John Grossi Jesse and Nolan met as teenagers in their church youth group at the Emmanuel Reform Church in Paramount. They were part of...