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...
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Long Beach 908 Magazine Online
- Sep 11, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 6, 2018
- 1 min
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...
- Mar 31, 2018
- 1 min
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 &...
- Feb 16, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 15, 2018
- 1 min
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...
- Feb 14, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 14, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 13, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Jan 29, 2018
- 5 min
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...
- Jan 19, 2018
- 3 min
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...
- Jan 9, 2018
- 4 min
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools (continued)
Burcham Elementary School 5610 E Monlaco Rd, Long Beach, CA 90808 David Burcham has been credited for the strong moral fiber that ran...
- Dec 29, 2017
- 4 min
New Year's Eve in Long Beach | The Penny Scramble
Tabernacle - 3rd Street and Locust In Long Beach, New Year’s Eve has always been a popular time to celebrate. One hundred twenty years...
- Dec 26, 2017
- 2 min
Ladies of Long Beach Lanes
A pioneer Long Beach resident named Elvia Bartow Astle, the daughter of a prominent hotel owner named J.V. Bartow, proposed many of the...
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min
Howard Lyon Gymnasium & Dick DeHaven Stadium
Howard Lyon Gymnasium Millikan High School Long Beach basketball fans need to know the late Howard Lyon. There’s a reason his name is...
- Dec 15, 2017
- 3 min
Other Notable Landmarks in Long Beach
Joan Van Blom Bridge By Paul Slater Pacific Coast Highway at the Los Cerritos Channel Legendary Olympic rower Joan Van Blom, who passed...
- Dec 3, 2017
- 2 min
Long Beach Parks Honor History and Heroism
Drake Park 951 Main Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813 Drake Park, located west of Maine Avenue, is named after another Civil War veteran, Col....
- Nov 27, 2017
- 4 min
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders...(continued)
Bixby Hill Bixby Hill is a gated community located across the street on the east side of California State University, Long Beach. The...
- Nov 17, 2017
- 3 min
Pioneers of Local Education and the Names Behind our Local Schools continued...
Prisk Elementary School 2375 Fanwood Ave, Long Beach, CA 90815 After one term in the State Senate, William Prisk quickly learned that...
- Nov 15, 2017
- 1 min
Naples and the Rodeo Drive of Long Beach
Naples and the Rodeo Drive of Long Beach You probably didn’t know that Naples’ famed 2nd Street used to be called Gabriella Canal --...
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