Human Interest Stories

Long Beach Love Stories: DUSTY + ANDREW Venue: Altar Long Beach

Photo by Turner Acre Photo Artistry “2ND CHANCE LOVE” Andy and Dusty worked together for over 20 years. During that time, both were...

Long Beach Love Stories: KATHRYN + KARI Venue: Grey LB

Photo by Nola Fontanez Photography "A LONG BEACH WEDDING" Their story began in 2013, when Kari and Kathryn met for a quick drink at...

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,...

EXPLORING CAMBODIA TOWN

By JeanMarie VanDine | Photos by Alexiz Gomez So —you think you know the LBC? Have you been to our city’s Cambodia Town? This part of...

The Cerulle Family

By Joseph Cerulle HOW WE GOT HERE My family came here in 1936 from Providence, RI, in search of work. It was a time of depression, and...

March Restaurant Madness Bracket 2023!

Welcome to our 2023 Bracket! Who will win on this year's #roadtothefinalfork?? No one knows, but we do know it will be a lot of fun to...

Love on the Water...Debi and Joe Bober

By John Grossi How They Met and First Date Debi, who had grown up in Long Beach her entire life, was tired of the singles scene and...

An AIDS Walk to Remember...Lisa Gonzales-Burris and Maureen Gonzales-Burris

By John Grossi Lisa and Maureen met while at UC Irvine, when they were 18 and 22 respectively. They were part of a large circle of...

From Graves into Gardens....Meet two Long Beach High School Sweethearts

By John Grossi How They Met and the First Date Val and Hector Olivares met through a youth group at the Greater Long Beach Church of...

Papalucci’s and Pickled Eggs...Michelle and Jason Stone

By John Grossi Michelle was living in Huntington Harbor in the summer of 1998. Jason happened to drive down from Long Beach that fateful...

A Date Worth Returning To, and Paying For...Jim Medina and Rick Brown

By John Grossi How They Met and First Date Rick and I met playing volleyball organized through The Center in Long Beach back in 1988,”...

A Cliff May Rancho Romance...Margaret and Don Kennedy

By John Grossi Margaret remembers first hearing about “Donnie” Kennedy when she was in 6th grade at Cubberley. Her neighbor, who was in...

A Legendary Blind Date...David and Susan Zanatta

By John Grossi In 1990, when both were in their 30s, David and Susan Zanatta were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend. It was the...

Cupid’s Arrow Lands at the Archery Center...Nolan and Jesse Hiemstra

By John Grossi Jesse and Nolan met as teenagers in their church youth group at the Emmanuel Reform Church in Paramount. They were part of...

Christmas Parade Magic...Kathleen and Bob Mest

By John Grossi Kathleen had just moved to Long Beach in August of 2003, and was ready to meet new people and try new things. Her cousin’s...

Getting Back Out There...A first-hand account of what it’s like to love, lose, and love again

By Louise Haglind The Background A widow at the age of 55? How did that happen? I didn’t follow the predictable life pattern of growing...

“Ice Dogs” Love Worthy of the Big Screen...Courtney and Sean Cover

By John Grossi When Courtney was just 20 years old, attending LBCC, she got a call from her mom who was at work in the school office of...

Long Beach con Amore...Jake Armstrong and Emma Mariscal

By John Grossi Emma and Jake briefly met at a mutual friend’s moving away party at Panxa in Long Beach in 2016, though at the time, they...

A Student Union Union...Amber and Jonathan Holloway

By John Grossi Amber and Jonathan first met in the Student Union at Cal State Long Beach in 1997, but at the time, they were not...