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Prisk Elementary School
2375 Fanwood Ave, Long Beach, CA 90815
After one term in the State Senate, William Prisk quickly learned that he was better suited to make an impact through the newspaper industry. Prisk moved to SoCal in 1906 and bought the Long Beach Press with his brother, which today is the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Prisk, also known as “Mr. Long Beach,” was driven to make the city the greatest on the West Coast and poured over his typewriter calling for harbor