According to a newly released report, Long Beach State University is “an economic powerhouse” that has an annual $1.53 billion impact on the economies in its home city and in the greater Los Angeles and Orange County communities.
Among the other insights gained from the analysis are:
Since 2013, Larry Osterhoudt, a Downey engineer, described by respected Long Beach historian, the late Ken Larkey, as the primary authority on the Cyclone Racer, has been waging a battle to restore the famous roller coaster to a site near the original NuPike.
The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously during a special half-hour meeting Feb. 5 to increase the refuse rates in a two-step, city-wide adjustment.
International City Theatre Artistic Director/Producer Caryn Desai will be the guest on the next edition of Straight Talk. She joins host Art Levine to discuss ICT’s 34th Season and the important role theater plays in the life of the community.
In the California State University system, 41 percent of students have experienced food insecurity, 21 percent of those were very low food security, and 11 percent had experienced homelessness in the last year.
“The last day of the Cyclone Racer was September 15, 1968,” said Cyclone Race advocate, Downey-based engineer Larry Osterhoudt. “It took them two months to tear it down.
Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center recently awarded two local non-profit organizations, LINC Housing and Project Angel Food, with essential funding to improve and expand their services to persons in need.
