Community News > UptownJuly 10th, 2009 Big Gas Bond Deal May Add $25 MillionLong Beach has benefited from the volatile bond market to the tune of $25 million to put back into its natural gas supply company.Area Farmers Markets Switch From Plastic To Paper BagsSome people consider drugs, alcohol and reality TV bad addictions. To Dale Whitney, white plastic bags are an insidious addiction in Southern California.Anaheim Street Business Group Close To Becoming DistrictIn just a few weeks, the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance (EASBA) likely will become a business improvement district.Charter Commission Reappointments Okayed; More WaitCity Council ratified a series of important commission reappointments Tuesday night, but Mayor Bob Foster still is considering two important appointments.LBCC Cuts End Viking’s Summer RunNearly one week after his summer journalism course on editor training began, Long Beach City College student Floyd Hampton Livingston was notified that it had been canceled.Program Provides Fitness 4 All, Helps Youth Train For 5KIf you can keep up the pace with fourth and fifth graders training for a marathon, the Fitness 4 All Program is looking for volunteers.Area Resident Acts, Raps, Runs Businesses“Your will has to be stronger than your skill.”Equal Benefits Rules Aim At City VendorsFirst District Councilman Robert Garcia said he wants to forward his social agenda and get Long Beach up to par with the state and city of Los Angeles by approving an Equal Benefits Ordinance.Conservation Corps Must Wait For City Contract OKDuring the past 22 years, the Conservation Corps of Long Beach (CCLB) has employed approximately 5,000 area at-risk youth.North Long Beach Gets Taste Of OceanThe Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine continues its tradition of taking kids to the beach this August. For some Long Beach residents, this free endeavor is their first trip ever to the shore.Ice Bar Mixer Focuses On Finding Perfect Match — For Bone MarrowFinding a perfect match can be difficult, both with romantic partners and with bone marrow donors.Star Studded Lineup For Women’s ConferenceMaria Shriver’s Women’s Conference in Long Beach already holds the title of largest of its kind, and this fall’s edition will be even bigger.Updated Library Web Site Features User-Friendly InterfaceWith the recent launch of the Millennium Integrated Library System at the Long Beach Public Library, the library’s Web site has a new look that librarians say will make catalog searching easier.LAPD Officer Shoots SuspectA sexual assualt, kidnapping and statewide Amber Alert came to a head in Long Beach last Sunday night when a Los Angles police officer shot a suspect in a residential community north of downtown.Mentors Make More Than CAMEO Appearance Through ProgramMara Figueroa’s life changed during her sophomore year at Lakewood High School.Two Area Youth Prep For Japanese Cultural ExchangePoly High School senior Faustine Chow soon will leave for a summer vacation unlike any other she previously has experienced.LBPD Volunteer Program Enlists Help, Time Of SeniorsWithout the help of two senior volunteers with the Long Beach Police Department, a 75-year-old woman who was victim to a recent robbery in North Long Beach may not have had her stolen cash and cell phone returned to her.Furloughs Face Opposition in Light of Upcoming VoteEmployees and faculty at California State University, Long Beach, are set to oppose furloughs proposed by the CSU system in a vote next week.Desalination Plant Receives Federal SupportAnother $3 million in federal economic stimulus money will be coming to Long Beach — this time in the form of support for the Water Department’s seawater desalination testing facility.July 8th, 2009 Anaheim Street Business Group Close To Becoming DistrictIn just a few weeks, the East Anaheim Street Business Alliance (EASBA) likely will become a business improvement district.
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