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Join Councilwoman Rae Gabelich for Coffee and Conversation
Got Issues? Got Questions? Got Suggestions? On Saturday, September 11, 2010, Councilwoman Rae Gabelich invites 8th district residents to join her for Coffee and Conversation at the Mirage Cafe. Here is your opportunity to sit down with friends, neighbors, and 8th district councilwoman Gabelich for coffee, and discuss your concerns and suggestions that affect your [...]
Art-Lantic Ave. Comes Alive For First Fridays In Bixby Knolls Tonight
Tonight’s First Fridays runs the gamut of sights and sounds along Art-Lantic Avenue from Led Zeppelin to the Jazz Angels, from art pieces to pirates, and from Dixieland to Peter Pan. Bixby Knolls welcomes our beloved former mayor Beverly O’Neill & Harry Saltzgaver to the Historical Society of Long Beach who will be signing copies [...]
Marshalls Store Grand Opening In Bixby Knolls Thursday, August 5
On Thursday, August 5, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA), along with Councilmember Rae Gabelich, 8th District, will celebrate the grand opening of a new Marshalls Department Store in Bixby Knolls at 4450 Atlantic Ave. The grand opening celebration will begin at 10:00 am with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The former Roberts Department Store building, [...]
Residents invited to bring old electronics to e-waste drive on Saturday, June 19
Looking for a place to get rid of that old computer, television or cell phone? Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, Goodwill and Su Casa invite you to an E-Waste drive on Saturday, June 19 from 9 am to 12 noon. Residents may bring their old electronic items such as computers, monitors, printers, televisions, CD and DVD players, [...]
Bixby Knolls targets graffiti
The Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association has recently partnered with the Department of Public Works to eliminate graffiti in the district. The BKBIA encourages all business owners and residents to call the city’s graffiti hotline to report any tags as soon as possible but wanted to take this to the next level. Blair Cohn, executive director for [...]
Third Annual 8th District “Shred Fest” Saturday, April 24
Tax time has passed and you’re wondering what to do with all of your old receipts and financial documents? If you no longer need them, shred them. Councilwoman Rae Gabelich is hosting a Shred Fest, on Saturday, April 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The event will take place at Scherer Park in front [...]
Community safety meetings urge Bixby, Cal Heights residents to get involved
The Community Safety Meeting, Wednesday, February 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Hughes Middle School Auditorium, 3846 California Avenue. 7th and 8th District Council Members Tonia Reyes Uranga and Rae Gabelich will host the meeting and welcome guest speaker Long Beach Police Department North Division Commander Hendricks. Safety meeting topics will include: [...]
Uptown Dog Park opens in 8th District
Yet another Long Beach dog park will open this weekend. The Uptown Dog Park will provide separate areas for small and large dogs to play off leash in Scherer Park. Councilwoman Rae Gabelich and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine invite the public to attend the opening of the Uptown Dog Park on Saturday, [...]
WLLB serves breakfast in Bixby Knolls
We Love Long Beach is taking its popular free breakfast on the road. The community pancake pushers will be serving up a good morning to folks in Bixby Knolls this Saturday at Longfellow Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
North Long Beach mural to be finished by August
Sponsored by the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, work has begun on a new mural along Atlantic Avenue in North Long Beach. Local artist Jose M. Loza created “A Neighborhood Perspective” with the assistance of Recreation Leaders Esaul Romo and Abner Rivera, and youth artist volunteers Albaro Agredano, Braulio Cordova, and Pedro Ruiz. Loza began his [...]
