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Derision Grows for Caltrans 710 Study That Argues for Massive Road Widening for Cleaner Air
(There are two more meetings for the I-170 Expansion Project, tonight in Long Beach and tomorrow in Commerce. The Long Beach Post has the meeting details. If you can't make a meeting, you can email comments to 710eir@metro.net by August 29th.)
August 8, 2012
Long Beach: Livingston Drive Repaving Comes with More Sharrows and Wider Sidewalks
The 3rd District of Long Beach is home to the first Sharrow lanes in the city on 2nd Street in Belmont Shore. Today, the 3rd is expanding its number of Sharrows as it prepares to repave Livingston Drive between 2nd Street and Termino Avenue.
August 6, 2012
Can CUPS Force Out Liquor Stores in North Long Beach
It was a five year process that was finally approved in 2007: a strip of used car dealerships along Long Beach Boulevard were told that a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) would be required for their operation along with compliance of what were called "performance standards" that ranged from limiting lot size to landscaping.
July 31, 2012
Streetsblog Opens Shop in Long Beach
Let's be honest. When Streetsblog began its "community based reporting" plans for L.A. County, Long Beach was always in our sites. At long last, we've finally added "Long Beach" to "Eastside," "South L.A." and "Santa Monica" to our masthead. Regular Streetsblog coverage is coming to Long Beach, starting in a couple of minutes when I upload the first story from our Long Beach writer, Brian Addison.
July 31, 2012
The Artful DOGGR: DOGGR Embarks on a Listening Tour, is Told to Take a Fracking Leap
WHERE THE WORKSHOP ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, or "fracking," drew a record (and raucous) crowd in Culver City Tuesday night, the scene Wednesday night in Long Beach was more subdued. There was a steady stream of speakers ready to voice their concerns about the practice, but there were fewer of them and they were more reserved in their presentations.
June 14, 2012
In Long Beach, City Looks at Removing Terminal Island Freeway
On Tuesday night, the City of Long Beach took the first step in what could be a long journey that would end with one of the largest freeway removal projects in Southern California history. The Terminal Island Freeway cuts through west Long Beach and is one of the most under-utilized pieces of publicly owned space in Los Angeles. Local advocates have dreamed of turning the part of "freeway" north of the Pacific Coast Highway into a local street with the excess space turned into one of Long Beach's largest parks.
March 23, 2012
For Long Beach and Los Angeles, What a Difference a Few Years Makes
"Los Angeles isn't Long Beach."
January 25, 2012
The View from Long Beach’s New Parklet
Last Friday, January 20th 2012, Long Beach opened its, and Southern California's, very first parklet. It's located in Long Beach's Retro Row district, on Fourth Street just east of Cherry, directly across from the Art Theater. It's right in front of Lola's Mexican Cuisine at 2030 East Fourth Street, LB 90814 (map.)
January 24, 2012