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Vote Daily To Help Florence Bixby Elementary School Win $50,000!

Dear Reader, please share this article with as many people as possible: Friends, family, neighbors, acquaintances, colleagues, classmates, teachers, EVERYONE (over age 13).   Your daily votes between October 24 and December 9 are REALLY important for Florence Bixby Elementary School in Long Beach, California.  At the end of the 46-day, $50,000 national competition sponsored by [...]

From Story Map to Finished Draft in Seven Stages

On Saturday, September 17, 2011 at the Long Beach Los Altos Library, The California Writers Club of Long Beach host the Second FREE Presentation in the Two Part “Write It!” Series.  for Writers of All Genres

Top-Quality Child Care at Grzesik Family Daycare in Los Altos

As a working parent of two utterly perfect children, I’ve had my share of experiences with daycares and preschools. In 2007, when my career moved me to a more local destination, I interviewed nearby daycares for my almost-two-year-old. I knew what I wanted: Not too big, not too small; safe play areas; dedicated spaces for [...]

California Writers Club of Long Beach presents Arden Moore “Sit! Stay! Write! Good Author!”

The California Writers Club of Long Beach will host a presentation by best-selling author and radio host Arden Moor, on Saturday, 22 January 2011, at the Los Altos Branch of the Long Beach Public Library. Published and aspiring writers of all genres are welcome to attend. Arden Moore will unleash tips, tricks, and tactics on [...]

David McKeag: Fitness and Nutrition Trainer in Long Beach

Imagine if you will, a muscle-bound fitness trainer with a swagger in his walk, and a quick lift of the chin to you when he walks by. When he’s training you on the weight machine, he yells out single-syllable words. Now imagine the opposite. That is David McKeag. Soft-spoken, thoughtful and professional, 48-year-old Long Beach [...]

Los Altos Neighborhood Library Book Group

On January 22, the Los Altos Neighborhood Library Book Group will discuss Death is Now My Neighbor by Colin Dexter.  Join Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis on their latest quest to solve this homicide at Lonsdale College. About the January Book Group Selection: At 17 Bloxham Drive, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, a pretty 29-year old physiotherapist [...]

Breakfast in Los Altos with We Love Long Beach

On Saturday, March 27, We Love Long Beach is taking breakfast on the road again. This time the community crusaders will bring free breakfast to the Los Altos neighborhood. The morning team will set up at the Crawford Home, next to the playground at Los Altos Park from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. “The Los [...]

Pilates Joe: A friendly, affordable fitness studio

Although it’s taken nearly a century to become mainstream, Pilates is now here to stay. Pilates — with its focus on the body’s core and its practice of slow and smooth strengthening, breathing, stretching and concentrating — began in the mid-1920’s with a man named Joe Pilates. He initially called this style of exercise, “contrology,” [...]

Sweet Embellishments Dessert Bar: Treats that need no reason to celebrate

Okay, so who wants to visit another cupcake shop? Well, Sweet Embellishments Dessert Bar is definitely not just another cupcake shop! It offers a great deal more. After much anticipation from sugar-loving residents (like me!), Sweet Embellishments opened in September 2009 at 5555 Stearns Street in Long Beach. The dessert bar is located in a [...]

Dana Leigh Photography puts the focus on families, children and pets

Let’s see: On the lawn in your backyard; At the beach by the surf; In a studio, in front of a backdrop… Where do you want your family to be photographed? Where will your engagement pictures be taken? Who can get your baby to giggle? Dana Leigh. Dana Leigh Photography. For the past five years, [...]