Long Beach History

THE GUY WHO FOUNDED THE GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH“SO CAL’S 200 MPH BEACH PARTY”

By Gina Valencia Photo submitted by Chris Pook Before Long Beach had come into embodying its city motto, “The International City,” one...

The Gregory Family

By Kelli Kreis HOW WE GOT HERE My maternal grandfather, William Gregory, came to LB with his family in 1924 from Boise, Idaho. My...

The Vavak Family

By Desiree Vavak HOW WE GOT HERE My grandpa Albert H. E. Vavak came to LB in 1946, after he married my grandmother in 1945, in Honolulu,...

The Hanania Family

By Lindsey Marangi HOW WE GOT HERE Our first Long Beach relative, my great-grandfather Jacob Elias Hanania, came to America on November...

The Dimon Family

By Jenni Dimon HOW WE GOT HERE Both my parents came to Long Beach during grade school, which was sometime in the 1940s. My mom came from...

The Green Family

By Carleigh Latimer HOW WE GOT HERE Horace and Jessie Green became Long Beach residents in 1896. Horace’s family came from England in...

The Dewire-Watkins Family

By Kelsey Hoppe Mobers HOW WE GOT HERE My great-great-grandparents Richard E. Dewire and Jennie S. Dewire came to Long Beach from...

EAST LONG BEACH’S DEVELOPMENT DURING WWII

By Monique Garcia “As a city that started out in the late 1800s, it’s amazing how it’s changed over so much time in so many ways.” – Jen...

The Halsted Family

By Jenna Wolfson HOW WE GOT HERE My great-grandmother came to California from Oklahoma during the dust bowl, settled in Sacramento, then...