Connecting Our Children to The Future: The Laptop Giveaway
Connecting to the internet became an even greater challenge for Long Beach parents and students with the Covid-19 pandemic and the move to remote education. Families faced difficult choices:...
Replay Centro CHA: In a Time of COVID-19 and Social Unrest
Centro CHA is a Long Beach-based Latino/a/x nonprofit social service agency formed in 1992. The non-profit serves to advance and advocate for the well-being of underrepresented low-income Latino/a/x...
Sober. September 11, 2011. Nine years and Counting.
In the pain of this day’s memory, I find solace in my decision to end the nightmare of alcoholism and addiction on September 11, 2011. There is no victory in sobriety. You have not won a prize....
Replay: Laura Som Is Working to Save Lives and Memories in Cambodia Town
Laura Som is the executive director of the MAYE Center, a holistic healing center focusing on Khmer Rouge refugees in Cambodia Town. She is also a community leader focusing on empowering residents...
Remembering Riding the Main Line Home
Editor’s Note: The following is a work of fiction based on real events, real people, and real places. The facts have been changed to protect the real guilty. I don’t remember his name....
Replay: Charles Julian Fearing Is A Musician’s Musician with Music in His Blood
Charles Julian Fearing has been around music all his life. Fearing began performing on a piano when he was three years old. We’re not talking about a child’s piano. No, we’re talking about an...
New York Family Stories: Surviving in a Time of a Pandemic
New York City Health Department reports staggering COVID-19 numbers. As of May 17, there are 190,408 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The details can be numbing: Confirmed deaths: 15,888 Probable...
Replay- Vivian Malauulu: From Poor Immigrant to the LBCC Board of Trustees
Vivian Malauulu is the President of the Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees and also represent Area 2 in the city. The journey to the Board of Trustees and her leadership of it has...