After months of anticipation and excitement, Barnes & Noble successfully reopened its extensively renovated Marina Pacifica location on Wednesday, November 19th, restoring a beloved literary hub to the Long Beach community just in time for the bustling holiday season.
Well after Tina Turner fled from Ike Turner and a few years before she became a pop diva in 1984, according to Beachcomber reader Paul Kaminski, Tina made an underpublicized appearance at the Golden Sails at 6285 E. Pacific Coast Highway.
Mother – Darsena. Day zero is the day Mother Theresa was created. Born in Albania, she became a nun and relocated to a convent in India. In addition to her devotion to the church, she was driven to care for the poor, the sick and the children of her new home.
This holiday season, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company welcomes audiences into a festive, heartfelt re-imagining of the beloved fairytale with “Cinderella Magical Christmas,” written and directed by Terry Hill and produced by Holly Leveque.
Stephen Downing, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, mentor, friend, and champion of justice, passed away peacefully on Nov. 20, 2025. Born Oct. 28, 1938, in Hanford, Calif., he was married to Adrienne, the love of his life, for 67 years.
Casa Sanchez owner Lencho Aguirre, left, and longtime friend Alessandro Ventura, examine damage caused by a fire that broke out at the popular Mexican eatery Thursday, Nov. 13. The flames erupted on the south side of the building at around 6:45 a.m.
Long Beach Airport (LGB) will receive $37 million in infrastructure upgrades to modernize the passenger concourse, spanning various projects that will enhance the post-security passenger experience in time for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A report delivered by the Los Angeles County Aging & Disabilities Department (ADD) provides more evidence that a strategy for a Senior Safe Home Pilot Program needs to be established and implemented throughout the county and its cities.
This past September, Long Beach officials put into effect a new ordinance that would greatly change the operations of local food retail and drug retail stores, in a major effort to combat ongoing cases of retail theft in the city.
