Some residents complained that the city was not keeping up with the busy crowds, and that garbage cans were left overflowing on the boardwalk over the weekend. Tepper said that while the Department of Public Works constantly clears away garbage, the city recently launched a new app that will help residents relay their concerns. Using the app, they can take a picture of a garbage can, submit it, and notify the public works crews.

“We’re proactive anyway, but we certainly recommend that people notify us,” Tepper said.

L.B. Craft and Variety owner Cassandra Bolivar said that her business boomed over the weekend. Though her store sells a wide variety of items, it is know as the place to pick up beach supplies on the way down to the shore. Bolivar said that her business depends on the weather, and with two sunny days in a row last weekend, things picked up for her.

“I’m hoping because the boardwalk is back that people will come and visit,” Bolivar said. “But I don’t take it for granted. It’s my first day every day.”

Though tourists help her business in the summer, it’s the locals that keep it going, she said, especially this past winter, which was a tough time for all businesses owners in the city. “It was a very long winter,” Bolivar said. “We all struggled. I thought it was never going to end. This weekend, Long Beach came alive.”