I read the interview by Art Levine with Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific director. Allow me to sum up what was supposed to be a two-way conversation. Schubel never directly answered questions asked by Al Levine. All he did was pitch talking points.
I really enjoyed your [Long Beach’s First Power Woman] piece for several reasons, not the least of which it reminded me of my great grandparents: Jake and Phoebe Davies. He was the first marshal of Long Beach (and the town drunk).
Your May 24 article left out a few things that your readers should know about. The first thing is that, if there are a whole series of numbers and letters across the top of the screen from the caller, it is either a call from a scammer or a commercial.
My alma mater now sounds like a five-year-olds’ AYSO soccer team name with its new shark mascot. Why not just go with CSULB Ladybugs or CSULB Snowflakes? Or were those names already taken?
In 1979 my husband and I purchased a home in the Patrick Henry area. When I registered our children I was happy and excited for our kids that they were going to learn Spanish and be bilingual. Our son was in kindergarten and our daughter was in second grade.
I needed to use a restroom at 2nd Street and Bayshore. There happens to be a restroom there. It was 6:30 or 7 p.m. [and] it was locked. There isn’t another public restroom on all of Second Street that I am aware of.
I’m seriously wondering how life keeps on going in California when you have a government that decides that the best thing to do for addicts is to give them free needles so they won’t get diseases that can kill them.
To those who want more long-term housing we need to incentivize good investors to invest locally in the city.
There’s a lot of blight north of Anaheim blocks from downtown LB and gangs in north Long Beach. These run down neighborhoods are difficult for investors to fix up.
It appears that Long Beach City Council voted to pass a rent control measure under the guise of 10 percent rental caps (rent control) and $4,500 tenant relocation payouts and other Red Tape added to their outdated housing industry.
