Across the country, teacher strikes have become common as educators fight for fair wages. Of the 533,000 American workers who went on strike last year, teachers were the largest group, according to an Alex Caputo-Pearl op-ed in the Washington Post. The two largest strikes were statewide educator strikes in Arizona and Oklahoma, but teachers from […]
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Surprise Party Celebrates 75th Birthday of Long Beach Soccer Pioneer Ron Beaulac
Ron Beaulac (center, yellow jacket) poses with former players Last weekend, there was a surprise 75th birthday party for Ron Beaulac, which also served as a kind of history of the sport of soccer in Long Beach. Beaulac started the first club soccer team in Long Beach in 1976, a club that competed in the […]
PHOTOS: Long Beach Century Club Banquet
We’ve got great photos of the 63rd annual event, taken by photographer Stephen Dachman.
Long Beach Century Club Donates $34,000 To Local Schools
At a special meeting of the Long Beach Century Club last night, the club made its annual large donation to local schools, as president Ben Goldberg handed over a ceremonial check in the amount of $34,000. Long Beach State received $12,500, LBCC received $7,500, and Cabrillo, Jordan, Lakewood, Millikan, Poly, Wilson, and St. Anthony received […]
Board Report: LBUSD Maintenance Rep Wants More Resources
The mid-August meeting of the Long Beach Unified Board of Education was the last one before students come back to the classroom and was mostly about personnel moves for the upcoming school year. The meeting also featured what has become a constant at the Board’s monthly meetings: the District’s maintenance department voicing concerns of drastically […]
The562 Thirty: JetBlue, Homelessness, Andy Kerr Interview
0:00 Intro 0:55 Reading the News (LBUSD Safety Plan, Utility Commission) 9:55 JetBlue Reducing LB Presence 14:35 Interview w Andy Kerr on Everyone Home LB 34:40 White & Dine
New Facilities Are Fields Of Dreams For Long Beach Athletes
The construction workers toiled for months, and Wilson track and field coach Neil Nelson sat in the stands and watched them, every day. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust that the work was being done correctly, it was just that adults don’t often get a chance to experience the excitement a child has on Christmas […]
Long Beach Unified Board Passes $11 Million Site Security Plan
Wednesday’s Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education meeting saw the board unanimously approve an $11 million Site Security Plan to fence the 28 LBUSD sites that currently have open plans. The Site Security Plan will also add a video-monitoring system to every LBUSD site that would require the office to buzz in any […]
Lakewood High Hosting Inaugural Golf Tournament In May
Lakewood Athletics and Activities Programs will host its inaugural Golf Tournament on May 21 at Lakewood Country Club. Proceeds from this tournament will be used to support various events throughout the year for Lakewood Athletics and Activities. As it says in the official school release: “This event is a great opportunity to advertise your business, […]
Grand Prix Foundation of Long Beach Scholarships Announced
FROM OFFICIAL RELEASE The Grand Prix Foundation of Long Beach announced seven winners of the 2018 Robert E. Leslie Memorial Scholarship on Tuesday. Checks for each unrestricted $1,500 scholarship will be awarded to the students at a reception on Mon., April 2 at 5:30 p.m. at King’s Fish House. Briana Contreras Tejado – Jordan Cameron […]