Mar 16, 2024 | Events, News
“Unhoused individuals are just like you and me, but with a lot more barriers to face,” said Veronica Giron, who began her tenure as Downtown Long Beach Alliance’s Homeless Outreach Coordinator in December. “I try to be the person who listens...
Mar 14, 2024 | Events, News
Downtown Long Beach is very fortunate to have many shining lights in our community — individuals and organizations who tirelessly pursue their goals for the betterment of Downtown. Honoring them has become a tradition through the Spirit of Downtown Awards,...
Mar 14, 2024 | Events, News
Urban gardening in Downtown is a fluid situation, as evidenced by the impending closure of the East Village’s beloved 1st & Elm Community Garden after a 30-year run. On the positive side, other Downtown gardens continue to thrive, and there are more gardens...
Mar 14, 2024 | Events, News
– By Cheantay Jensen When the Long Beach Walking Club meets for its weekly rendezvous with the pavement, they’re hard to miss. The throng of women clad in leggings and sneakers, many leading their dogs or pushing strollers, claim the sidewalk. Their two-mile...
Mar 4, 2024 | Events, News
On Saturday, March 9, you’ll have the chance to bid a fond “goodbye and good luck” to a pair of East Village fixtures; 6th and Detroit, the vintage shop at 105-B Linden Ave. owned and operated by Michelle Qazi for the last eight years, and the 1st...
Feb 29, 2024 | Events, News
– By Cheantay Jensen In early February this year, not long after Maggie Stoll had closed her clothing store Burke Mercantile to customers for the night, she reopened it to allow a trail of women inside. They’d come from next door, or down the street after...