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...

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...