Long Beach (New York)

[UPDATED W/FUNNY PHONE CALL] Ace Hardware: Anti-Medical Marijuana?

*See end of post for an update and link to funny phone callORIGINAL POST, Sept. 21, 11:05 a.m.: Medical marijuana activists in Long Beach are planning a protest in front of the Ace Hardware store at 746 E. Fourth St. on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 21. But that's not all--the protest will also ser ... More >>

Long Beach Lunch: Steamed Organic Vegetarian Cuisine

At the beginning of last summer when Steamed took over a former weed dispensary in a house tucked around the shaded curve of 3rd Street near Alamitos Avenue, it was to the delight of Long Beach's close-knit community of vegetarians.That's because owner Stephanie Carlough--who kind of looks like a su ... More >>

Long Beach Zombie Walk Returns for 5th Year With More Music, Vendors and BRAAAINS

See Also: *Lobster Fest to Hit San Pedro this weekend. *Doheny Days: Day One - Doheny State Beach - September 8, 2012*Doheny Days: Day Two - Doheny State Beach - September 9, 2012Hanging out at the tourist-y shoreline south of Downtown Long Beach means three things: the Queen Mary, the Aquarium and ... More >>

Hector Campos of Orange Dies After Being Kidnapped and Shot in Long Beach; 3 Held

A 24-year-old man from Orange who was kidnapped Friday in Long Beach, shot and left for dead passed away Monday, according to authorities, who have three suspects in custody. Hector Campos had been seen by witnesses being shoved into a car's trunk in the 1200 block of 10th Street just before noon. O ... More >>

Berth 55's Rights

Can community activists save two beloved Long Beach businesses from the wrecking ball of port progress?

Long Beach Lunch: Long Beach Vegan Eatery

 Long Beach Vegan Eatery is all about taking vegan food mainstream with flavors that you didn't know could exist without animal byproducts --how many times have you heard that one before? But here's the real, tasteful deal. Want macaroni and cheese minus the dairy? Done. Want a me ... More >>

The Paper Nautilus

Aquarium of the Pacific

BuskerFest - East Village Arts District - 8/25/12

BuskerFestEast Village Arts District (Long Beach) 8/25/12 See Also:*Long Beach Funk Fest: Five Acts You Can't Miss* Fingerprints Celebrates its 20th Anniversary With a Big 'Ol Record Sale* Nick Waterhouse Comes to Los Angeles to Dance on the StreetSorry Echo Park Rising, FYF Fest and, yes, even the ... More >>

California Supreme Court Drops Review of Long Beach Pot Ordinance

The city of Long Beach's bizarre and ill-fated foray into the medical marijuana business has now gone full circle. Yesterday, the California Supreme Court announced it was not going to review the city's appeal of an appellate court ruling that struck down the city's 2010 medical marijuana ordinance. ... More >>

Free Moral Agents

The Prospector

[UPDATED, W/SPECIALS!] Next OC Weekly-KCRW Good Food Happy Hour Scheduled for NEXT WEEK TONIGHT in Long Beach!

See the end of this post for the $5 drink and entree specials!So far in the wildly successful happy hours we've co-hosted with KCRW-FM 89.9, we've given SanTana and Costa Mesa some love--but what about Long Beach, that wonderful metropolis that no one in journalism seems to live except us (and eve ... More >>

Long Beach Lunch: MVP's Grill & Patio

With the Olympics finally over and Long Beach athletes earning more medals that most countries, it seems appropriate to start off Long Beach Lunch at MVP's, a sandwich and burger stand built right on Fourth Street with a menu full of sports-themed items such as the "Patty Day Melt" and "The Mean Joe ... More >>

On the Line: Matt Strickland of The Bruery, Part One

Who is Matt Strickland, and why are we interviewing him? That's the OTL question of the week. His job title is wood cellerman. No, really. Matt makes sure clients get their beer, and that it tastes exactly the way it should. Comparable to a winemaker, he works very closely with his product. You'll p ... More >>

Scottish-Themed Breastaurant Gets OK To Open In Orange

The Register wrote today that The Tilted Kilt, a breastaurant in the same vein as Hooters but with a Scottish theme, has been approved to move into the empty space vacated by Johnny Carino's at the Stadium Promenade Center in Orange at 1625 W. Katella Ave. It will be the first Tilted Kilt in OC. T ... More >>

C-Gak's Drumming Fuses Man With Machine

See Also:*No Use For a Name Frontman Tony Sly Dead at 41*Exclusive Song: Hindu Pirates, 'Be My Friend'*Nick Waterhouse Comes to Long Beach to Dance in the Street Though Chris Tsagakis' main gig as drummer for Rx Bandits was put on ice when the band went on indefinite hiatus last year, his kit hasn't ... More >>

Nick Waterhouse Comes to Long Beach to Dance in the Street

See Also:*Retro Geek Nick Watehouse Went From Being a Punching Bag in Orange County to a Trendsetter in GQ*TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast to Play The U.S. Open of Surfing.*Fingerprints Celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a Big 'Ol Record Sale.Long Beach's Summer and Music concert series& ... More >>

Fingerprints Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With a Big Ol' Record Sale

See Also:*Milo Greene - Fingerprints - 7/16/12*Top Five Hits: Fingerprints in Long Beach*Brian Wilson Visits Fingerprints RecordsFor as much of a Long Beach institution as Fingerprints has become, it wasn't until the record store announced their latest weekend sale that we realized how long it's bee ... More >>

Next OC Weekly-KCRW Good Food Happy Hour Scheduled for August 16 in Long Beach!

So far in the wildly successful happy hours we've co-hosted with KCRW-FM 89.9, we've given SanTana and Costa Mesa some love--but what about Long Beach, that wonderful metropolis that no one in journalism seems to live except us (and even then, we're forgetful lovers)? This gnawed at me after our las ... More >>

Hunter Gatherers

The Garage Theatre

Video: Long Beach Police Accused of Excessive Force at Pot Club

A $1 million claim was filed yesterday against the city of Long Beach alleging police brutality during a recent raid of the THC Downtown Collective, a marijuana dispensary that follows state law but operates without a city permit. In a video posted on Youtube, one officer can be seen stepping on the ... More >>

Walking Spanish

Fingerprints

Long Beach Islamic Center, the LBC's Second Mosque, to Open Soon

There's only one mosque--Masjid Al-Shareef--in Long Beach. Its small space barely accommodates those who go to pray jumu'ah--a congregational prayer that takes place on Friday, usually after noon. A stuffy situation often ensues during the weekly ritual, which brings in high numbers of worshipers.&n ... More >>

Soledad Goats Now at Long Beach Marina Farmers Market

We don't give Long Beach much love around here, but when it comes to Sunday farmers markets, the Marina market far outshines anything here in these fair orange acres. It's the largest market south of Hollywood, and like Hollywood, it finally has a Soledad Goats booth.

Richard Elfman Talks Forbidden Zone, to Screen this Week at Long Beach Cinematheque!

A chicken boy, a frog butler and a topless princess are only a few of the bizarre characters from film-director Richard Elfman's debut film Forbidden Zone. As the 30th birthday of the cult classic draws near, Elfman teamed up with the Long Beach shadow cast, Midnight Insanity, and Logan Crow's Long ... More >>

Cycle Pub, A Bar On Wheels, Needs To Ride Into OC!

Drinking and biking may sound like a disastrous combination, but with the Cycle Pub, it just works. It's a trolley-shaped traveling bar powered by the calves of its imbibers. (Don't worry--a sober staff member does the steering.) So much awesome. You're drinking, getting fresh air, seeing the c ... More >>

Alyssandra Nighswonger

Viento Y Agua

Is Long Beach Biketown USA?

The seaside city reinvents itself (again) by hitching its civic reputation to cycling culture

Long Beach Film Fest Ready to Roll ... in 2013

At a mixer Thursday night that was a year to the day before the Long Beach Film Festival is scheduled to be resurrected, organizers disclosed plans for the May 17-19, 2013, event.Coming up: more mixers and--pretty please with sugar on top?--more money.Did we say please?

Long Beach Pride Festival

Shoreline Drive

Jack's Tea Room

Harvelle's

College Night Pride Party

Club Ripples

We Check Up on the Long Beach Addresses in Sublime's Riot Song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"

Yesterday marked 20 years since the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney King incited several days of violence and looting in South Central Los Angeles. But it's also been 20 years since a similarly motivated uprising erupted in nearby Long Beach, resulting in numerous ... More >>

What We Learned, April 14-20

It's our weekly look back at the Weekly's week that was, with taglines indicating what this taught us.APRIL 14: Ron Thomas, the father of Kelly Thomas, the young man beaten to death by Fullerton cops in July 2011, participates in the Social Justice Summit at Cal State Fullerton. His topic is not ven ... More >>

Alyssandra Nighswonger Cycles Onward and Upward

[Locals Only] Long Beach singer/songwriter will tour the West Coast . . . on a bicycle

Sweet & Saucy, Chic Long Beach Bakery, to Expand to Crystal Cove

​Like the progression of a Mad Men episode, Cougar Country Crystal Cove Promenade is slowly evolving with its dining selections. The first US branch for Tamarind of London opened late last year. Then we welcomed Bear Flag Fish Company late last month. Apparently, the upscale plaza is becoming noto ... More >>

The Starling Diner's Fine French Toast

Dealing with epic lines for wonderful meals at the Long Beach breakfast institution

The Bellybutton

Long Beach Playhouse

Even in Death, Long Beach Doesn't Respect The District Weekly

​Remember the District Weekly? Long Beach's own alt-weekly, created by a bunch of former Weeklings after the Great OC Weekly Schism of 2007? Went out of business in 2009 due to the Great Recession, the death of journalism and other issues I'm not exactly at liberty to discuss.After getting my prom ... More >>

California Cities Cannot Ban Marijuana Dispensaries, Appeals Court Rules

​In a somewhat strange and unexpected ruling issued yesterday, the California Court of Appeals ruled that California cities cannot ban medical marijuana dispensaries so long as they cultivate cannabis at the same location. The 48-page ruling came in the case of the City of Lake Forest vs. Evergree ... More >>

Broadway Singer Susan Egan Talks About the OC High School of the Arts and Growing Up in Seal Beach

​When I hear the term "Broadway," I think of lots of things, but mostly I think of New York City, bright lights, people wearing pea coats, taxis and how bummed I am that I never got a chance to see those failed "Spider-Man" previews. However, thanks to Saturday's Long Beach Symphony POPS! concert, ... More >>

[UPDATED with Widow's Comments:] Ezequiel Garcia is Killed and Kevin Kozak Wounded in Shootings at ICE Offices

​UPDATE, FEB. 20, 2:30 P.M.: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Ezequiel Garcia was asking for a transfer to be closer to his Murrieta home before Thursday evening's shootings that left Garcia dead and his supervisor Kevin Kozak wounded, the deceased's widow tells KCAL/Channel 9 News. ... More >>

Mel Gibson Be Damned, Here Comes the Jewlicious Festival!

​​​​​ How many Jews does it take to make a kickass boat party? At least ten 13 years old or older. (Author's note: Google "minyan."). From Feb. 24-26, Long Beach (or "Tel Aviv West," as no one but me has ever called it) will host the Eighth Annual Jewlicious Festival. Taking place on ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Obama Airspace Crashing Cessna Carrying 40 Pounds of Weed

​Note to marijuana smugglers: If you're going to haul 40 pounds of weed into Southern California in your private airplane, you might want to do that on the 364 other days of the year when President Barack Obama isn't using the same airspace. Apparently the San Luis Obispo man who went un ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Long Beach Offers Collective Punishment

How the city's botched marijuana lottery screwed its winners and losers alike

The Bicycle Thief

[Hey, You!] Enjoying my ride? Great, give it back now . . .

Bell Stray

DiPiazza's

Long Beach Writers Read

Portfolio

Two Earthquakes Strike Southern California

Feel that? The end is near.​Two 3.0-plus earthquakes rocked Southern California in a recent 14-hour period.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the last one, a 3.5 "shallow" strike, hit just before 9 a.m. today in the mountains near Coachella.A Palm Springs newspaper is reporting that resident ... More >>