Human Interest Stories

AN ODE TO LONG BEACH’S BEAUTY DURING ROUGH TIMES

By John Grossi Photo by Monique Kuhlman Your City, Your Magazine: Gia Mendez graciously responded to our call for readers and followers...

A WORTHY AMBASSADOR FOR LONG BEACH (GOLF): ROGER GILLIAM

By John Grossi Photos by Monique Kuhlman For decades, Recreation Park 18-Hole Golf Course in Long Beach has been denoted as “one of the...

AN A-MAIS-ING LEGACY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN LONG BEACH

By John Grossi In December of 2023, I attended one of the largest and most amazing funerals I’ve ever been to. The service was for a...

Jerry L. Shultz: A Wonderful Life!

By Gina Valencia Photo by Monique Kuhlman It was the dead of night. The garage door was wide open, as was the door that led from the...

Juan Barrios: “He Takes Care of the Neighborhood”

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...

Barbara Sunofsky: “Learn From Each Other”

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....

OBITUARY- SHERI ANN GILBERT BEEBE

Long Beach civic leader Sheriden Ann Gilbert Beebe, 87, passed away peacefully on July 27 in the presence of her loving family. Sheri was...

The Graves Family

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...

The Garner Family

By Juliette Mahoney HOW WE GOT HERE In 1913, my great, great, great grandfather, George Garner, and his wife Mary moved to Long Beach,...