After a very tough few years following the tragic passing of his wife, Richard Shaon was finally starting to move on with his life. “In a better place,” as they say. The long-time Long Beach resident had remarried, moved to La Palma, and even retired after 48 years of work. But there was still something keeping him up at night—his empty house. The house that he had loved his wife in. The house that he had raised his kids in. The house that he had remodeled and added onto agai

You’ve seen it. Around Christmas, on the corner of Stearns Street and Gondar Avenue is the most brightly lit house in Los Altos. Thousands of blinking lights, red ribbons, and a nativity scene are among the decorations adorned outside the corner home. The house is a shining beacon for motorists driving by on Stearns Street as well as neighbors walking by during Christmas time, out for an evening walk. On the two nights before Christmas eve, longtime Long Beach residents Jim a

Bixby Hill Bixby Hill is a gated community located across the street on the east side of California State University, Long Beach. The majority of these homes were built 1966 to 1973 and feature large one to two-story single-family dwellings. More importantly, it is home to Rancho Los Alamitos, which at 7.5 acres is a rare vestige of the original 300,000-acre Los Coyotes land concession given to Manuel Nieto in 1790 for his service on the Gaspar de Portolá expedition to Califo

Long Beach State men's basketball coach Dan Monson did something he thought he'd never have to do...Cut two of his top recruits from the 2010 recruiting class. He sat down with 908's Shoot Your Shot hosts Paul Slater and John Grossi and let them down easy. #danmonson #49ers #thebeach #longbeach #longbeachstate #csulb #basketball #losaltos #ejmalloys #paulslater #johngrossi #908 #eastlongbeach #college

It was a warm summer night on Friday, June 3, 1955. East Long Beach families were lining up in their cars on Spring St. and Bellflower Blvd. to be the first ones to see a movie at the new Los Altos Drive-In. That night was a double-feature: Howard Hughes’ “Son of Sinbad” (the first showing in the Long Beach area!) and “Rage at Dawn” (presented in Technicolor and Super-Scope). Prominent local advertisements lured the people in. World’s Largest Screen! 10 stories high. Super Gi