The New Year 2017 began with the January 1 closing of Baja Sonora on Clark Avenue, replaced by a taco truck. Word from the operators of Time Square was to expect a return in nine months. Right.
2400 block of Ostrom Ave. At 3:10 p.m., a porch pirate garbed in a white hoodie escaped with a package in a white truck, which matched all the other white trucks in the vicinity, most of them as innocent as their color
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.
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.
