More than 20 percent of people newly diagnosed with HIV in this country are Hispanic or Latino, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Salud a La Vida, a program under the Latino Community Health Center at California State University, Long Beach will be hosting National Latino Awareness[Read More…]
Long Beach
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Athletes hit the beach for Long Beach Marathon
Official stopwatches went off at 5:55 a.m., commencing the 31st annual JetBlue Long Beach Marathon on Sunday. The marathon brought 22,000 different participants together for the 26.2 or 13.1 mile-flat course by the beachside. Starting with wheelchair marathoners, regular marathoners and cyclists were ready in their stances five minutes later,[Read More…]
SRWC annual powerlifting competition kicks off
The Student Recreation and Wellness Center hosted the first leg of its annual powerlifting competition Wednesday evening at the Main Gym. “What we tried to create here was a fun competition for people that love the weight room,” Interim Assistant Director Maureen MacRae said. “It’s just a way to promote[Read More…]
LAEDC brings diversity Long Beach community
Developing times calls for new ideas, and the City of Long Beach has turned out to play a critical role in society’s creativity at this year’s Innovation Weeks. A relatively new event known as the Innovation Weeks, lead by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation is happening now through Oct.[Read More…]
Preview: Long Beach JetBlue Marathon
Downtown Long Beach will be invaded by sweaty people running, cycling or walking through the streets for Saturday’s Aquarium of the Pacific 5k run and for Sunday’s JetBlue Marathon, Half Marathon and Bike Tour. The Long Beach JetBlue Marathon will be making its way down the streets of Shoreline Village[Read More…]
The peak of the Pike
Long Beach celebrated the official grand reopening of the Pike Outlets over the weekend, offering sales, entertainment and guest appearances to all who came. The downtown shopping center, which first opened in 2003 along Shoreline Drive and spans the blocks leading down to the water, initially fell short in the[Read More…]
Long Beach hosts Heart Walk
A wheelchair holding shoes filled with roses and a pillow decorated with a button down shirt wheeled to the finish line as the Freeman family pushed it in memory of beloved father and husband Paul. “He was 88 years old when he passed away,” Freeman said. “ He was a[Read More…]
College accredited course for high school students
High school students in the Long Beach Unified High School District can now earn college credit with an elective course every Saturday at California State University, Long Beach. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, a CSULB Chicano and Latino Studies professor came up with the idea of an ethnic studies class at the My[Read More…]
L.B. to host ACI-NA Annual Conference and Exhibition for the first time
For the first time, the Long Beach Airport will host the 2015 Airports Council International-North America Annual Conference and Exhibition, which will focus on aviation industry trends and will feature displays of products and services. “We’re honored to welcome ACI-NA and its attendees to Long Beach for their annual conference,[Read More…]
Long Beach community holds vigil for injured hotel worker
The crowd of supporters bowed their heads in prayer, raising cardboard candle cutouts to the sky as a tearful father addressed the growing crowd from behind the podium. Long Beach community members held a prayer vigil on Wednesday for the recovery of Claudia Sanchez, who suffered a coma after working[Read More…]