Barbara Holbrook

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with authentic and energetic Celtic music as Carpenter Performing Arts Center brings An Evening with Solas to the campus of Cal State Long Beach on Saturday, March 4 at 8 p.m. Formed in 1996 in Philadelphia, Solas has been proclaimed as “the first truly great Irish band to arise from America” [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Everyone is welcome to attend the Spaghetti Family Game Night on Friday, March 9, 2012 for a time of great food and fun among family and friends! Doors will open to the public at 6:00 p.m. The event will take place at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 607 E. 3rd Street, Long Beach. Bring family and friends! [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The Sixth District Councilman Dee Andrews invites residents to attend the Grand Re-Opening of Albertsons, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, on Saturday, February 25th at Long Beach Albertsons, 101 E. Willow Street, Long Beach CA. All residents are invited to attend this wonderful free community event.  “I am so excited about Albertsons grand re-opening.  [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The City’s most recent public/private partnership, the conversion of the former Palace Hotel into housing for youth that are exiting foster care, is set to open it’s doors at a public ceremony today, Wednesday, February 22 at 3:30 p.m. “As a teacher and parent, it is important to me to give all of our youth [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The Russian Film Club at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) will present a series of films with the theme “Russia Through the Documentary Lens,” beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in Room 384 of the campus’ Academic Services (AS) Building. The opening film of the series is 2008’s “Svetlana about Svetlana,” a 44-minute [...] - Barbara Holbrook

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12pm/PST, author and motivational speaker Robin Marvel, returns to Swoop’s World Primetime.  Join us as we catch up with Robin and learn about her recently released new book “Reshaping Reality-Creating Your Life.” Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. Robin Marvel I wrote this book with the intentions of shaking your spirit. [...] - Barbara Holbrook

On Wednesday February 22, 2012, 8pm-11pm/PST on Swoop’s World Late Night our guest is the band Kid Gramophone.  Tune in as we get to know this local SoCal band and their music. Tune in at Swoopsworld.com. After our interview with Kid Gramophone, we’ll be up to all of our usual fun including “Brewskis” Beer Tasting [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The Long Beach Lambda Democratic Club announced its endorsement of six candidates for City Council, Long Beach City College (LBCC) Board of Trustees and the Long Beach Unified School Board (LBUSD) in the upcoming April 10th Election and rounded out there state and federal endorsements for the upcoming June 5th Statewide Primaries. “Our political action [...] - Barbara Holbrook

You commit to give up 4 foods/drinks or food/drink groups for 40 days, starting at sunrise this Wed., Feb. 22 and ending at sunset on Sun., April 1. Hundreds participated last year from across the United States. We’ll celebrate with a dinner ceremony on April 1 (you do not have to attend). For example, Justin [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The Long Beach Police Foundation (LBPF) continues the long-established tradition of sponsoring a 30-member team of sworn LBPD personnel, plus LBPD volunteers, to participate in the annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay. The 28th Annual Challenge Race takes place on Saturday and Sunday, April 21/22. This 120-mile relay race spans from Baker, California to [...] - Barbara Holbrook

On Sunday, February 19, 2012, two pharmacies in east Long Beach were robbed by an armed male suspect who Police are asking the community’s help in locating. The first incident occurred at approximately 4:50 p.m., when police were called to a pharmacy on the 3300 block of East Anaheim Street after the suspect confronted the [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Negotiation Fox today announced presentation of its first Long Beach negotiation training workshop on Thursday, March 15, 2012, from 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at the Bixby Knolls Expo Art Center. The course, entitled “Negotiation Essentials”, is designed to help people improve their bottom lines and strengthen their relationships with others – both at work and in [...] - Barbara Holbrook

More than 700 people attended the fourth annual “Dancing for Our Stars” gala on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Westin Long Beach. This year, the beneficiaries of the gala were Long Beach’s own women, who are cared for at the MemorialCare Center for Women at Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach and Long Beach Memorial. The [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The next meeting of the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance ( WANA ) will be held on Monday, February 27th, 7-9 p.m.at Veterans Park Social Hall, 101 E. 28th Street . There is a new Community Watch Program that will replace Neighborhood Watch. Commander Levy from the West Division and his staff including Police Resource Officer [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Hughes Middle School and Longfellow Elementary will team up with Goodthrift Used Clothing Recycling to host a Used Clothing and Toy Drive at Hughes Middle School, 3846 California Avenue from 11am to 1pm. February is the season to “Share the Love” by donating your old clothing, household fabrics, and soft and hard toys to Hughes [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Vice Mayor and Second District Councilmember, Suja Lowenthal, announced that she intends to create a working group made up of resident and business groups, medical marijuana dispensary representatives, City Attorney, City Prosecutor, city staff and others to research and evaluate ordinances in other jurisdictions and make recommendations following a review and eventual ruling by the [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Patrons viewing exhibitions at the UAM can now extend their art experience through our Collections Kiosk. The UAM invites viewers to make themselves at home in the Charles and Elizabeth Brooks Reading and Resource Room, where they can access a wide range of artwork on the kiosk computer or remotely via the UAM website. This [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske’s 3rd Annual Solar Grand Prix shines a light on solar power once again this April when sixty teams from Long Beach area schools compete on the “El Dorado Raceway.” The Solar Grand Prix challenges local students to use scientific know-how, creative thinking, experimentation, and teamwork to design and build high-performance model solar [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Nekter Juice Bar is pleased to announce the opening of its third Southern California location and first Long Beach store. Orange County’s most talked about all natural juice bar will join the Long Beach Marketplace shopping center and open doors on Monday, February 20, 2012. Acclaimed architectural firm, Urban Arena, turned the former Golden Spoon [...] - Barbara Holbrook

On Monday, February 13, 2012, at approximately 12:38 p.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department responded to a residence in the area of First Street and Lime Avenue in regards to a call that an elderly male had wandered away from his home, and had not been found. Dispatchers determined that the subject had [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The 38th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, set to take place April 13-15, took its first step toward the green flag this week when construction began on Shoreline Drive for the famed racing circuit’s front straightaway. The construction got underway with assistance from Long Beach Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal and Pirelli World Challenge [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education decided this week that it will fill a vacancy on the board by appointment by March 23. The District 5 seat on the five-member board became vacant Jan. 25 upon the resignation of the board’s vice president, David Barton. The school district will accept applications for [...] - Barbara Holbrook

This weekend about 250 students from 23 high schools throughout Southern California will compete in the 18th Annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Competition. A local precursor to National Engineering Week, the all-day event is a part of an on-going effort to promote engineering and science education to students. Students build bridges out of ordinary popsicle [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Dear Friends: Last night, the City Council took the responsible approach by directing the City Manager to return in March with a Multi-Year Police Academy recruitment plan. As chair of the Public Safety Committee, I believe that we need to increase our force, but also do so in a fiscally responsible way. I want to [...] - Barbara Holbrook

The recent Compton sewage spill that entered the Los Angeles River showed no indication of contaminating ocean waters along the Long Beach coastline, according to testing conducted by the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department). The Interim City Health Officer, Dr. Mauro Torno, today lifted the beach closure that he ordered after [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Following an extensive public process spanning the course of a year, the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) released the final draft management plan for the proposed Downtown’s Property Based Improvement District (PBID), in an announcement made today by President and CEO Kraig Kojian. The PBID is a special benefit assessment district formed in 1998 and [...] - Barbara Holbrook

More than 200 volunteers from JetBlue Airways and YMCA of Greater Long Beach, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the local community will join forces on Thursday, February 16, 2012 to build a new playground at the Fairfield Family YMCA. The new playground’s design is based on drawings created by children who participated in a [...] - Barbara Holbrook

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women over the age of 25, in the United States, regardless of race or ethnicity. More than 8 million women are affected by this disease – a statistic that Long Beach Memorial doesn’t take lightly. The Center for Women’s Cardiac Health and Research at Long Beach Memorial [...] - Barbara Holbrook