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03/21/2024 - 4:26pm
A lone student walks to class early morning in late January at CSULB. “The morning was super foggy and it just felt both dreary and some how hopeful. I like the shot because of the fog,” said Debbie Hildreth Pisarcik. “I shot this using a Sony a7rV and a 24-105mm Sony lens.”
Send us your recent, best photo in JPG format of a Long Beach scene and we’ll publish it in an upcoming issue of the...
03/21/2024 - 4:24pm
If you’ve been to Huntington Beach this month and observed a beach cleanup similar to the one that took place in October 2021, there is a reason for it.
While less severe than the 126,000-gallon oil spill from an offshore rig two-and-a-half years ago, it is coming from a similar source. The two-mile-long oil sheen spotted offshore from Huntington Beach by the Coast Guard on March 7 has been...
03/21/2024 - 4:21pm
California lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban certain artificial food dyes and additives from being served in public school cafeterias due to potential health risks.
Assembly Bill 2316 would prohibit Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6, including titanium dioxide, an agent that enhances the white color and is used in food preservation.
Everyday food products affected by...
03/21/2024 - 4:12pm
To commemorate the recent, one-year return of the RMS Queen Mary, the City of Long Beach recently shared a comprehensive update about the ship, including its increasingly positive financial forecast, expanded operations and attractions, upcoming preservation and refurbishment projects, and plans for future development. The ship welcomed visitors back on board in a limited capacity in December...
03/21/2024 - 4:08pm
For Women’s History Month, it seems appropriate to write about the Long Beach Ebell Club, whose clubhouse remains at 3rd and Cerritos. Many may not be aware that the organization was based on the teachings of Dr. Adrian Ebell, a pioneer in women’s education.
Adrian Ebell felt women were limited in what they were taught and that there was a great need to present opportunities for them to study the...
03/21/2024 - 3:58pm
As we enter the year 2024, it was a mere 75 years ago in late March 1949, a technological revolution changed the record industry. For much of the 1940s, the two major record labels, RCA/Victor and Columbia had engaged in research and development in their heated and well-documented “battle of speeds.”
From the 1920s on, the standard for pop music recording was a 78 rpm disc, the kind of the small...
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