An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting economic shutdown has had a crushing impact on Long Beach’s small businesses. Recently, as some store owners began preparations for re-opening, months after they’d closed their doors to the public, civil unrest added to the challenges for beleaguered business owners. Some businesses, however, have been spared from the impacts of […]
The Beach FC 14U boys’ club soccer team rolled to an easy 7-0 victory on Saturday to qualify for the Elite Club National League (ECNL) Playoffs on June 27-July 2 in Rockford, Illinois. Here are some great action shots by Joseph Kling from the win on Saturday. Roster: Alberto Gomez, Andrew Kamienski, Benji Jimenez, Ben […]