Amid budget cuts and tuition increases, Cal State Long Beach’s one-day parking permit has increased in price. Students received an e-mail from Parking and Transportation Services General Manager Mark Rudometkin on June 29 — two days before the increase. The e-mail said starting July 1, all oneday parking permits would[Read More…]
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Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events on campus and around Long Beach.
CSULB surfers lament the city’s breakwater
June gloom has overstayed its welcome. It’s the 4th of July and thick grey clouds hover over the water tower on Anderson Street in Sunset Beach, a local surf spot where it’s “just our crew,” said Daniel Studt, Cal State Long Beach’s Surf Team captain. CSULB has two surf teams,[Read More…]
CSULB mother and daughter team bake away
Tucked between a children’s store and a bank sits Frosted Cupcakery, where you are greeted with a contrast of bright white chairs and tables against calming blue and warm walnut brown simplistic décor. You’re immediately embraced with a comforting sense of longing for when things were baked in your mother’s[Read More…]
Longtime gym vows to stay open
When the new state-of-the-art, 126,000 square-foot, two-story Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) opens this fall, the future of Frog’s Fitness Center may appear bleak in comparison. Located in the Walter Pyramid, Frog’s has been open since October of 1995. It is one of multiple full-service health clubs owned by[Read More…]
Students volunteer to register campus cats
A student organization that cares for cats living on campus is voluntarily making sure the animals comply with a new city law. Beach Cats is a student organization that feeds and pays the veterinarian bills for the 30 cats living on campus. Volunteers say that since the university is state-owned,[Read More…]
Crafty festival offers homemade help
The stereotypes associated with the “old lady gardening club” have vanished. At least they have for Cal State Long Beach alumna Adriana Martinez, who blends two of her passions — punk and gardening — to create a 15-minute gardening workshop called “Anarchy in the Garden.” Martinez’s workshops attracted a wide[Read More…]
Festival returns to Long Beach
The Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival will return to Long Beach on Sunday at Marine Stadium Park on Appian Way and Nieto Ave. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Patchwork Festival in Long Beach began last November. The festival showcases food, music, and crafts of all varieties. Master[Read More…]
Pollution down in Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach reported last week that levels of dangerous pollutants declined for the third year in a row in 2009. According to the report released June 14, from 2005 to 2009 diesel particulate matter was reduced by 52 percent, nitrogen oxides were down 35 percent and sulfur[Read More…]
Long Beach approves breakwater feasibility study
Long Beach City Council approved a $4.1 million four-year study of the Long Beach breakwater, with hopes of possible reconfiguration to the wave-blocking structure. The study will explore the possibility of reconfiguring the breakwater and provide potential construction costs. “This is just one step closer to bringing the real beach[Read More…]
Campus police blotter
Items reportedly stolen from Indian burial sitedeer antlers were stolen from the Puvunga Indian burial site at Acre 22 near Parking Lot 20, University Police said. Rocks positioned for the site were also knocked out of place on June 14 at 2:06 p.m. The cross was valued at $300 and[Read More…]