2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1344+ words) Being a judge to select the coveted Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach is no easy job. I found that out last week when I was one of 10 judges interviewing the three finalists for…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (533+ words) The magic of the holiday season arrived early for you patients and their families at MemoricalCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital in Long Beach. Children received gifts, wore festive attire and had an opportunity to meet Santa during two annual traditions…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (742+ words) Elyse Richardson had just gone through an exhausting workout at the 9Round fitness center, but she still took time to talk about kids. Specifically, she talked about how she wanted to help kids at the Long Beach and L.A. Harbor Boys & Girls…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (173+ words) Donning costumes ranging from princess to superheroes, the children were escorted by the Long Beach Fire Department through the hospital's event hall " which had been transformed into a frighteningly fun Halloween haunt " to trick-or-treat, meet their favorite characters, get face…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (918+ words) Gish Jen has been publishing novels and short stories since 1991, when her debut, "Typical American," was nominated for a National Book Critics" Circle Award. But as Jen points out in the "Author"s Note to her tenth book, "Bad Bad…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (311+ words) Rapunzel's slender tower will rise high above Storybook Land riders when Disneyland adds a new "Tangled" scene to the miniature world of fairy tale stories that will mark the biggest change to the original 1955 attraction in more than a decade....

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (467+ words) Life is an adventure when kids start reading books. They go to places they've never been, like the moon, the stars and faraway castles. They get excited by authors like Dr. Seuss who wrote in his popular book, Cat in…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (407+ words) Hundreds of Compton Unified School District students are now prepared to succeed this school year because of new technology, thanks to the district's continued partnership with the Verizon Innovative Learning Program " the telecommunications company's education initiative. Three Compton Unified schools…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (749+ words) My young adult son and I went out to a movie the other night, which is a truly rare event these days. I currently have a TV in my bedroom so large that people watch it from the International Space…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1467+ words) Students across the Long Beach Unified School District kicked off the 2025-26 school year on Tuesday, Aug. 26 " amid national and statewide tensions over the future of education. Those tensions include the Trump administration threatening federal education funding in an effort to…...