Thousands of California businesses, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies are facing a surge of lawsuits from a small number of trial attorneys who are utilizing a 1967 wiretapping law to target standard website technologies.
In my recent articles in the Beachcomber, I wrote about early highways, Route 66 and auto camping, but in the days before air conditioning and affordable automobiles, scores of inlanders would escape the stifling heat by spending their summers at the beach.
What do Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Google/Alphabet’s Larry Page, Palantir’s Peter Thiel, and Irvine Company’s Donald Bren have in common? They all live in California, they’re multi-billionaires, and they’ll be getting a 5% wealth tax if voters approve it in November.
Long Beach is gaining another prominent player in its expanding aerospace and defense sector. On June 17, industrial manufacturing company Divergent Technologies announced plans to expand its operations into the coastal city with a new 430,000-square-foot facility.
The Reef, one of Long Beach’s long-running waterfront restaurants, has reopened its dining room after being closed to regular restaurant service since the start of the pandemic.
A Long Beach City College student had to defend herself at a formal disciplinary hearing this month after the college threatened to possibly suspend her or place her on academic probation for pursuing answers about a controversial student body election.
A green-thumbed neighbor proudly displayed the newest addition to her garden – a fruit salad tree. After clearing thoughts of a tree with cans of Del Monte fruit cocktail sprouting from its branches, I decided to do some research.
