Long Beach Colorado Lagoon

Long Beach Beaches Earn High Marks From Heal the Bay

On Tuesday, Heal the Bay released its report of beach water quality, with Long Beach receiving excellent marks for its beach water quality. Water quality in Long Beach showed “dramatic improvement,” with all beaches receiving an “A” grade except for one “B” at Mother’s Beach from the Heal the Bay 2011 End of Summer Beach [...]

3rd Annual Acoustic Tidal Artwalk Saturday July 16th

Friends of Colorado Lagoon (FOCL) is proud to present the 3rd annual Acoustic Tidal Artwalk to be held on Saturday July 16, from noon to 10 p.m. Created and Directed by Some Things Creative, this free event will be a special evening celebrating art, music, Nature, education and the Long Beach community.

Councilmembers DeLong & Garcia Travel To Washington DC to Lobby Congress

Long Beach City Councilmembers Gary DeLong and Robert Garcia will travel to Washington, D.C. today to meet with local members of Congress, House and Senate staff, the Army Corps of Engineers and officials in the Obama Administration. The Councilmembers will return to Long Beach on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. DeLong is chair of the Federal [...]

“Working in the Wetlands” Exhibit Focuses on Local Wetlands

On Friday February 25, 2011, Somethings Creative and Tidal Influence are hosting the 3rd Annual Wetlands Day Celebration at the Pike Gallery located next to the Pike Restaurant. This year’s photography show is entitled “Working in the Wetlands.” The exhibit will be highlighting restoration and education in the local wetlands, specifically Colorado Lagoon and Los [...]

Water Quality Improvements at Colorado Lagoon Celebrated

The City of Long Beach celebrated the completion of a significant water quality improvement project at the Colorado Lagoon. “This is a great day for Long Beach and for the Colorado Lagoon,” Mayor Bob Foster said. “This extremely important project will improve water quality, help restore the site’s ecosystem, provide enhanced recreation facilities, and better [...]

Friends of Colorado Lagoon rally public support leading up to August 11 meeting

On July 1 the City of Long Beach released a study looking at the connection between Marine Stadium and the Colorado Lagoon and the possible ways to improve that connection. Moffat & Nichol, the city’s engineering consultant who put the study together, developed four alternatives with an additional alternative, 4A, which was requested by resource agencies. [...]

Long Beach Bikeway Route 27: Bellflower Boulevard

Long Beach Bikeway Route 27 is an efficient route that takes cyclists from Heartwell Park to Atherton (Long Beach Bikeway Route 30) or unofficially to Bellflower Boulevard’s end at Loynes Drive (Bikeway Route 10). For almost its entire length, Bikeway 27 is a spacious bike lane that is often wider than the car lanes — [...]

Long Beach Bikeway Route 10: Loma, Broadway, Nieto, Eliot, Loynes

I set out on a bright, breezy Tuesday to track down Long Beach Bikeway Route 10. I had in hand various reports and sightings of Route 10 that had it slithering through Colorado Lagoon, Belmont Heights, and along Broadway. One of these reports included a confirmed sighting of a ‘Begin’ sign on Loma Ave at [...]

Little Rec’s 9 holes get big improvements

$400,000 worth of renovations at Recreation Park’s 9-Hole Golf Course, also known as “Little Rec“, are now finished. City officials and representatives from the American Golf Corporation will hold an re-opening ceremony this Friday, February 5 at 3 p.m. Little Rec is located at 5000 East 7th Street in Long Beach. According to Bob Livingstone, [...]

Health Dept closes Colorado Lagoon after sewage spill

Long Beach City Health Officer Helene Calvet, M.D., has issued a beach closure order for the Colorado Lagoon following a sewage spill Tuesday morning near 3rd Street and Granada Avenue. The spill entered into the storm system and sewage eventually reached Colorado Lagoon. The spill was reported to the City’s Department of Health and Human [...]

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