Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Long Beach fitness expert Sean Pastuch is releasing “Live More. Hurt Less.,” a book about overcoming pain, staying active and improving quality of life.
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By Chris Colucci
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8/7/26
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The Long Beach Tennis Center will extend its lease through 2036 and plans to become the Long Beach Sports Center with expanded recreational facilities.
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By Aidan Warshavsky
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8/7/26
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In mid-July, six participants in the Summer Youth Vocational Program at the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults spent a week in Long Beach with adaptive surf instructors from Skudin Surf, getting comfortable with boards on land before venturing into the Atlantic for hands-on lessons each day.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/31/26
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Since 2002, the Long Beach Department of Parks and Recreation has helped coordinate an annual memorial race honoring FDNY firefighter and former Long Beach lifeguard Michael Kiefer, for an intense multi-leg event: a 150-yard run to the shoreline, a 400-yard swim, a half-mile paddle on a surfboard and a 1½- mile run on the beach. This year's race was set up at Riverside Boulevard on July 26.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/31/26
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At the July 21 City Council meeting, City Manager Daniel Creighton shared a presentation regarding the financial performance of Ocean Beach Park from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/31/26
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In 2022, Cassie Justice and her husband, Tom opened Sea City Vintage in Atlantic Beach to celebrate classic themes and retro styles in fashion, home goods, and artwork. By 2024, they expanded with a pop-up event at Bright Eye Beer Co. On July 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the market returned with more than 50 vendors for its second year at Kennedy Plaza.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/31/26
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More than 100 family members, friends, artists and community leaders gathered at Long Beach City Hall on July 22 to celebrate the life of internationally recognized artist and Holocaust survivor Hedy Pagremanski, known personally and professionally as Hedy Page, who died in February.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/31/26
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Ed Eaton served as Long Beach City Manager for nearly 25 years in three separate terms, from 1980 to 1999, briefly in 2001, and once more from 2006 until he retired in 2008. Eaton died on July 16 at age 83, after a long illness.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/24/26
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On July 20, more than 200 people gathered at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club, in Lawrence, to join the Long Beach Lions Club for their centennial celebration, marking the club’s founding in 1926 and its 100 years of charitable service.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/24/26
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Skudin Surf, and the Skudin family, have been Long Beach mainstays for decades. On July 20, the Long Beach Lifeguards unveiled a donation of 10-foot and nine-foot rescue boards from Skudin Surf.
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By Chris Colucci
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7/24/26
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