'The Riffed'

A film production out of Modesto Junior College, " The Crisis Begins ": The documentary " explores the circumstances around G...

Anthony Glen Gorospe, Mentally Disturbed Hoarder, Arrested in Shooting Standoff With Long Beach Police

My college is located in North Long Beach. See the Long Beach Press Telegram, " UPDATED: Police arrest North Long Beach shooting suspec...

Long Beach City College to Abandon Placement Testing for New Incoming Students

This is part of the college's Promise Pathways initiative. Student success at the college is so dismal the administration is willing to ...

Atlantic Boulevard Leads Shift Away from L.A.'s Car Culture

I'm up on Atlantic Boulevard in Long Beach pretty regularly. My buddy Greg lives in Bixby Knolls and we have lunch over there. See the L...

Lack of Civility at Long Beach City College

Actually, it's the LBCC Board of Trustees that lacks civility, according to Michael Smith of Long Beach, in a letter at the Los Angeles ...

LBCC Announces 55 Layoffs — Tensions High as Faculty Union Prepares Jobs Actions and Protests

There's considerable turmoil on campus. The faculty union is also in the middle of acrimonious contract negotiations --- and job actions...

Boeing's Dreamliner Jet Gets Big Rollout in Long Beach

This is interesting. At Los Angeles Times , " Dreamliner gets a big rollout in Long Beach ." Just read it all at the link. The pie...

Budget Cuts Force 'Rationing' at California Community Colleges

This isn't just about cutting class offerings, which is discussed at the clip by Ann-Marie Gabel, LBCC Vice President for Administrative...

Dr. Gaither Loewenstein Appointed New Vice President of Academic Affairs at Long Beach City College

This is a controversial appointment. The college's announcement is here: " LBCC Announces New VP of Academic Affairs ." But se...

Longshoreman Crushed to Death at Port of Long Beach

And apparently there were some disturbing graphic images that the network declined to broadcast. At CBS News Los Angeles, " Longshorema...

VIDEO: West Coast Port Shutdown

More Occupy freaks to enliven your day. Oakland at the video: And a nice roundup from Long Beach at LAist , " Police Declared Occupy T...

Long Beach Cracks Down on Panhandling

My campus is in North Long Beach, quite a distance from downtown. But the city's a major metropolitan area, and of course residents are ...

Long Beach Defense Work Bulks Up Boeing's 3rd Quarter Profit

This was last week, at Long Beach Press-Telegram , " Boeing's 3rd quarter profit tops $1 billion ." Boeing reported a $1.1 bil...