Former California Governor Pete Wilson spoke at the Rotary Club of Long Beach about The National World War II Museum located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Nov. 8.
On a day proclaimed “Rotary Day in Long Beach” by Mayor Robert Garcia, Rotary International President Ian Riseley arrived on Wednesday, November 15, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Long Beach.
Longtime KKJZ jazz disc jockey and artistic director of the non-profit Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Helen Borgers died at age 60, on Sunday, Nov. 12, about two weeks after surgery and a two-month stay in the intensive care unit of Long Beach Memorial Hospital.
Player of the Week: Barry Ogalue, Men’s Basketball – Senior Barry Ogalue poured in 20 points to lead Long Beach State in scoring as the Beach opened the season with an 83-71 win on the road at San Francisco.
While the first patent issued by the US Patent Office on July 31, 1790 was given to Samuel Hopkins for the process of making potash into fertilizer, a check of national newspaper archives reveals that Long Beach residents from its earliest days were also most inventive.
