Low-lying coastal properties in Long Beach risk damage from ocean storms, severe swells, and changing weather patterns. Areas like the Long Beach Peninsula and Naples Island often experience structural damage from events like tropical cyclones and El Niño storms.
Lew Davis Street, located on the south side of Long Beach City College’s Liberal Arts Campus, will be renamed for former mayor of Long Beach, Beverly O’Neill.
Major conservation efforts have been made over at the Aquarium of the Pacific (AOP) this summer, as aquarium biologists have been working to raise and release an endangered species of frog back into its natural habitat.
On Oct. 3, from 8 to 10 a.m., walk with trained naturalists and learn about the sea eagles, hawks and other raptors of the Los Cerritos Wetlands. Hear about the native people who once lived on this unique land. The walk is for ages seven and up.
John Deats, a lifelong Long Beach resident whose interests ranged from physics and freeway construction to hot rods, classic Ford rear ends and neighborhood politics, died Sept. 9 in Long Beach. He was 83.
