Beachcomber Movie Critic John Thomas, a resident of Long Beach and New York City, snapped this photo of his sister, Karen Hilburn of Long Beach, donating a fur coat to a NYC homeless woman, Ana, on 42nd Ave. near Grand Central Station on Dec. 27. Ana hugged the coat, then hugged Karen.
Player of the Week: Temidayo Yussuf, Men’s Basketball – Junior Temidayo Yussuf scored a season-high 18 points off of the bench to lead LBSU at Colorado State. Yussuf was 5-for-7 from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line against the Rams.
While homelessness in Long Beach has reportedly declined over the past two years, funds from a Los Angeles County sales tax measure will further strengthen the city’s coordinated network of homeless services, city officials said.
The Long Beach City Council will get a chance to determine whether to approve the Land Use Element Proposal, after the Long Beach Planning Commission voted unanimously, 6-0, to advance the proposal on Monday, Dec. 11.
For the current calendar year, there has been a giant missing piece of the dining experience on the east side. Because of an extended remodeling process, the local Baja Sonora Mexican restaurant has been closed, its interior intact while the outside shell and roof underwent replacement.
On December 10, 1911, Calbraith (“Cal”) Perry Rodgers completed the first U.S. transcontinental flight from Sheepshead Bay, New York, in the surf off Long Beach. William Randolph Hearst offered a $50,000 prize to the first aviator completing a flight coast-to-coast within 30 days.
