With Long Beach debuting on Prime Video in the eight-episode police series “On Call” on Jan. 9, here come the inevitable suggestions for further shaking things up, without the usual Richter scale reading.
Sometimes, past plans phase into future fads and fashions. Such is the case of 2024 into 2025 when certain expectations might well be met, others falling short. In Long Beach, the carryover events begin on the rails, sky and roads, and we’re not talking about donuts.
As described in the Beachcomber article, “Bridges, Bags and Broken Bonds” (August 22, 2024), advanced by the Long Beach City Council and Mayor Bob Foster, the ban on lighter free grocery bags influenced public opinion into mandating thicker, non-recyclable, single-use plastic bags costin
Jose Cervantes’ article in the May 31 Beachcomber discusses California Assembly Bill 2200 Universal Healthcare For All or CalCare. This bill is currently moving through Sacramento somewhat under the public’s radar.
On November 1st, the Equity and Human Relations Commission (EHRC) discussed the impact of the Israel-Palestine War on human relations in the city of Long Beach.
We mourn the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols. The response of law enforcement has been remarkable. Given that we live in the world’s greatest democracy and we are blessed with the First Amendment. The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a DC-based think tank, stated:
Newly sworn-in Congressman Robert Garcia’s professorial trifecta, USC, LBCC and CSULB, co-founder of the Long Beach Post and interlocutor of Tim Grobaty at the Beverly O’Neill Theater in 2016.
“Every society is perfectly engineered to get the results that it is getting.” At a conference 15 years ago, a presenter stated this quote and I never forgot it...and neither should anyone who remains undecided or may have considered skipping the ballot box altogether.
