Long Beach

Rise In Sea Levels Threatens California Ports

latimes.com | Ronald D. White | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles


Global warming and a resulting rise in sea levels present a direct threat to the world's seaports -- and many of California's harbors are nowhere near...

Jorge Geysel, New York Insurance Salesman, Dies "Car Surfing" On Rincon Beach In Puerto Rico

AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | New York


SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell ...

Dogs Dress Up For Charity At Howl'oween Parade

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact


Is your pooch all dressed up with nowhere to go this Halloween? Good news, now your furry friend can join more than 600 dogs dressed up as bumblebees,...

A City and Nation of Bystanders

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

How could any American, any human, stand by as another is brutally raped? How could other Americans join in, jeer, take photos and videos with their c...

Why Is Obama Firing Dan Choi?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Dan Choi's poignant point fell on deaf ears at his hearing and while he is still an active soldier, he has been recommended for discharge under Don't Ask, Don't Tell, something the Commander in Chief could halt.

A Clunky Way to Spend Billions

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green


Charles Karel Bouley

The recent Cash for Clunker legislation passed by Congress as part of the $106 billion war funding bill is a complete and total waste of a billion dollars short term, four billion long term.

Two Parties No Party for America

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Our leaders have all morphed in to one large, non-identified, political animal that proports to stand for something but has ended up standing for very little at all.

Green News Report - June 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Protesting in Peru; Settling with Shell; Pollution solutions in Long Beach; PLUS: Republicans vow to block climate legislati...

Marine's Deaths Focus Pentagon and Civilians on Motorcycle Safety

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.11.2009 | Style


Charles Karel Bouley

As America retools and rethinks the way we move about, motorcycles have got to be part of the national solution.

Joe the Plumber is Queer

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Time to evolve past Joe the Plumber, past Rush Limbaugh, past the politics and ideology that verge on those that launched the Spanish Inquisition.

The Majority of Muslims Who Attend Mosque Weekly Feel Torturing For Their Cause Is Just**

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

It's time America wake up to the fact that Christians in this country have become just as radicalized (albeit in other ways) as those who pervert Islam (or insert religion here) elsewhere.

A Terrorized City and Traumatized Nation

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Never again, we won't be terrorized, we can't let them win, we're more prepared than ever before.

Crazy High-Speed Chase: Woman Tries To Run Down Cops; Gets Out Of Vehicle While It's Moving (VIDEO)

AP/Fox News | Posted 05.11.2009 | Home


(SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO) LOS ANGELES - A driver tried to ram a Long Beach car, prompting an hour-long, high-speed chase Friday in which the woman drov...

Tattoos: The Need To Stand Out

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living


Lindsay Mannering

This weekend on Long Beach, NY, I learned two things: one, umbrellas bought at the dollar store cannot sustain winds over 1.5 knots (sorry nearby fami...

Freedom Banned

Richard LaGravenese | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media


Richard LaGravenese

In Perry, Indiana, the School Board has suspended a teacher for allowing her students to read The Freedom Writers Diary. How can it be that they did not see the value of the lessons to be learned?

Pride, A Deeper Love

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living


Charles Karel Bouley

Marriage isn't anybody's right. No one has a right to gay marriage, it's not in the Constitution. So under the law, there's no given right. The only time the "right" comes up is when someone tries to take it away.