Long Beach resident Ornah Levy joins the Elm Street Band and local businesses to raise awareness for the rare but deadly disease, Pulmonary Hypertension In 2008, Ornah Levy was 40 years old and weighed 500 lbs. Something was wrong. She was working, exercising, swimming a mile a week, and had been religiously following diet after diet for about 10 years. Nothing was working. Doctors either shrugged their shoulders or scolded her for not being truthful about sticking to her d

In 1986, somewhere between a Luau in Hawaii and the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, The Elm Street Band was born at the corner of Elm St. and Anaheim in Long Beach. They rocked a house party that night and the rest is history. Elm Street Band is one of the most well-known bands in our city and is basically a household name. I mean what other group of locals can say they headline the Long Beach Summer Concert Series along with the Municipal Band? Tens of thousands of