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2016 marked the inaugural Music Tastes Good, brainchild of the amazingly talented late Josh Fischel. This year, his legacy will live on when Josh Fischel's Music Tastes Good returns to Long Beach from September 30th – October 1st. The festival is presented by KCRW and...

Shoreline Comics is tucked away in the maze of Shoreline Village shops and  welcomes comic boo-lovers, Game of Thrones and Star Wars fans, Pop! vinyl character collectors, and all those those just wishing to nerd out.   Feon Cooper’s store is part personal...

As you already know, we're one of America's Bike-friendliest Cities, and May is the time to let that shine as it's National Bike Month.  Bike Month is celebrated across the United States and offers an opportunity to showcase the benefits of bicycling, and encourages...

You may already have each first Friday and second Saturday of the month blocked off, but now there’s another one for you: Fourth Friday. Urban Hive Market is a monthly community event supporting small businesses and creative minds throughout Southern California....

Seeing the sign up for King Buffet at 525 Pine in recent months has made us eager for new lunch and dinner options every time we pass by. They opened their doors for the first time this week, and hungry diners in DTLB were not disappointed. This is one massive...

The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, Long Beach Area Coalition for the Homeless and Mental Health America collaborated with community partners to hold a conference entitled Community Connections for Homeless Solutions on April 27, 2017. Community...

Seeing a dearth of Vietnamese food in DTLB, Thanh Ninh knew he had to open his first restaurant, 123 Phở, right here in our backyard. Dubbing themselves the "Chipotle of Phở," 123 Phở will open early Summer 2017 at 210 East 3rd Street and offer not only the eponymous...

It's no doubt Downtown Long Beach is growing at breakneck speed. In keeping with the Downtown Long Beach Alliance’s mission to become a clearinghouse of information, the 2017 Downtown Long Beach Economic Profile covers every aspect of DTLB data, from development...

One of the highest grossing Oscar winners ever is coming to back in Long Beach for one night. That's right, The Blind Donkey will be transformed back into Seb's from La La Land one more time in celebration of the film's home release - but this time the public is...

The old story is that in the 1880s, a woman spotted some tobacco-chewing debaters on the veranda of the Long Beach Hotel and complained to a friend: "All they do is spit and argue." ...and so became the Spit 'n' Argue Club of Long Beach. They met daily to chew tobacco...

A few short years ago the odd intersection at 7th and Alamitos was dubbed one of the most dangerous in all of the city. In 2015, construction began on a project to add public space and do away with the dangerous street once and for all, that project is Robert Gumbiner...

Clarifying what our Downtown is all about, where the landmarks are, and how to move through it are all aspects of Long Beach's upcoming wayfinding signage project. And it isn’t just about building pretty signs, it’s about analyzing the space and determining the most...

The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, Long Beach Area Coalition for the Homeless and Mental Health America are collaborating with community partners to hold a conference entitled Community Connections for Homeless Solutions to be held on April 27,...

Beginning April 19, Long Beach Police Department's South Division will begin holding  bi-monthly Commander’s Community Forums. This is a great opportunity for community and business leaders to become engaged with members of the Long Beach Police Department as well as...

Prepare to treat your taste buds with bites from your favorite DTLB restaurants when Taste of Downtown returns to Pine Avenue on May 3rd and 4th rom 6PM – 10PM. There is much more to this annual event than pleasing palates, this year we’re introducing a shop and dine...