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Long Beach’s Got Your Back tackles brunch with Midnight Oil pop-up

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For one day only—Sunday, April 19 from 10AM to 2PM—Got Your Back will be taking over the back kitchen of Midnight Oil to bring on brunch.
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Hyped wellness cafe Pura Vida Miami to open first Long Beach location at 2nd & PCH

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Pura Vida Miami—the Miami-birthed wellness cafe concept from Omer and Jennifer Horev—will be opening its first Long Beach location.
Food & Drink

For the fourth year in a row, Long Beach’s Baby Gee recognized with prestigious Spirited honor

Baby Gee has been recognized for the fourth time by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation as one of the best bars in the Western U.S. region.
Food & Drink

Dolores is Chef Luis Navarro’s love letter to 4th Street in Long Beach (and his mom)

Dolores is nothing short of Chef Luis Navarro and Brenda Rivera's ode to 4th Street, their family, and the community of Long Beach.
Food & Drink

Bixby Knolls gem Wood & Salt to permanently close April 19

Wood & Salt—restaurateur Björn Risse's California-centric Bixby Knolls gem that served as a sister to his first Long Beach restaurant, Rasselbock—will host its last day of service on Sunday,...
Food & Drink

East Long Beach’s Luna unveils brunch menu, open daily at 9AM

Luna Bistro & Cafe in Long Beach has unveiled its first brunch menu—and is now open 9AM seven days a week.
Cultural Currents
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Culture & Commentary

Easter Walk Long Beach will continue this weekend, carrying decades of Herstory

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The 29th annual Easter Walk Long Beach will continue its tradition of uplifting those in need, celebrating queerness, and connecting businesses with patrons—all in a pair of heels.
Culture & Commentary

Cafe Sevilla exits Downtown Long Beach; Ole takeover to open Mar. 29

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Cafe Sevilla has formally vacated its Downtown Long Beach space, handing the reins to similar concept, Ole.
Culture & Commentary

Remembering Long Beach’s Wade Windsor

A pioneer in his own right, Long Beach has lost an immensely powerful soul with the death of Wade Windsor at age 45.
Culture & Commentary

Long Beach Hospitality Alliance created to urge ‘not patrolling well-operated businesses but the streets’

Long Beach Hospitality Alliance has one focus: To encourage patrolling of the streets, not well-operated small businesses.
Development & Urbanism
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Urbanism & Development

Former redevelopment land hits market as Long Beach seeks to reshape Atlantic Avenue block by block

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The City of Long Beach has put 11 city-owned properties along Atlantic Avenue between 55th and 60th streets up for sale.
Urbanism & Development

Alexan West End, Long Beach’s 600-unit residential project, crawls toward completion

Construction crews for the Alexan West End have laid its foundation and have begun building toward the sky, moving progress forward on the largest residential development under construction for Long Beach.
Urbanism & Development

Crews break ground on massive 600-unit Onni Marina Shores project in Long Beach

Crews have officially broken ground on Onni Marina Shores, a 600-unit, double-structure, mixed-use development at 6500 and 6670 E. Pacific Coast Hwy.
Long Beach Events
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Events & Festivals

Oh, yeah: The Model T race up Signal Hill returns

Brian Addison
2024 marked a return of the Model T race up Signal Hill following decades of absence. And it is back once again, Long Beach.
Events & Festivals

Amateur short-length porn fest HUMP! returns to Long Beach

Brian Addison
HUMP! Fest, the touring short-film festival dedicated to amateur porn, will return back to Long Beach on April 4.
Events & Festivals

Snoop Dogg to headline inaugural Long Beach Amphitheater show

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Snoop Dogg will headline the grand opening of the Long Beach Amphitheater on Saturday, June 6.
Events & Festivals

Long Beach Beer Lab’s ‘Sour & Fruity Bev Fest’ is an ode to the tart in us all

Brian Addison
On Sunday, March 29, from noon to 4PM, the brewery and bakery will host its inaugural Sour & Fruity Bev Fest, a gathering built around unlimited sampling from breweries and non-alcoholic beverage makers.

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