Long Beach

2015 State of the City’s Speech of Long Beach highlights his vision for expanding the welfare of the city’s residents, businesses, and environment. Mayor Garcia’s plan of action to broaden and improve the city’s educational system, develop more economic growth within the city’s investment projects and local businesses, and sustain the environment with upcoming technology and efforts of the city council and its residents, are now in full effect and progressing as of 2016 and the city’s upcoming future. Unity is a prominent value in Mayor Garcia’s campaign because he emphasizes the collaboration of the city as a whole to generate positive outcomes for Long Beach. Providing unity as a driving force in his speech, Mayor Garcia also delves into these challenges with the support of everyone’s liberty, equality, individualism, and diversity, taken into consideration. First, Mayor Garcia extends his top priority to the educational system in Long Beach and announces the city as a full…

Long Beach City College hosted their annual State of the College Address on Feb. 3 to discuss changes in education programs, additions of funding and construction projects with the surrounding communities of Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Avalon and Hawaiian Gardens. The address was given by Acting Superintendent-President, Ann-Marie Gabel, who thanked the surrounding communities for helping pass the $850 million construction bond measure that would go to upgrading and improving the LBCC…

Long Beach Museum of Art: First Look Art lovers rejoice! The Long Beach Museum of Art is the perfect wedding venue for couples who adore fine art and culture. Located twenty minutes south of Los Angeles in Southern California, the museum's landscaped gardens, breathtaking ocean views, and historic architecture will captivate your guests. Couples can use the Long Beach Harbor, the Queen Mary and Catalina Island in the background for an incredible backdrop for their wedding portrait. Garden Area.…

"Salt in the air, sand on your feet, the soft crash of waves just beyond the dunes – Washington's Long Beach Peninsula engages every sense and will awaken your slumbering spirit of adventure. The peninsula is home to a string of throwback beach towns where time ticks a little more slowly. Museums highlight the region's historical heritage and illuminate the Peninsula's past. This is Lewis & Clark country, where some of the best exploration takes place on foot – the 8.5-mile Discovery Trail…

a stronger love for my hometown, Long Beach California. I have many family members all over Southern California, however, my maternal side of my family mostly reside in Long Beach. My hope now is that after I graduate from Fresno Pacific University (FPU), I can then move and relocate myself back to Long Beach where I may begin to work and potentially start my graduate work there. With wanting to move back to Long Beach, I have decided to do further research in this city for this community…

Cities of San Pedro and Torrance The city of San Pedro is a coastal community located in the city of Los Angeles, covering 12.046 square miles. It is port city that is neighbors to the cities of Long Beach and Wilmington to its East, Harbor City to its North, and Ranchos Palos Verdes and Lomita to its West. Housing a portion of the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, is known as a blue collar town. With consideration to national averages the city of San Pedro is considerably high in both violent…

immigrants for parents who was hoping for a better opportunity than what was offered from their home country. Moreover, my upbringing was a blend of my parent’s home culture and the new American culture combined with a United States education. As I have matured, I have noticed how much my life has been influenced by society’s opportunities and issues. The American character is the crossroads of opportunity, struggle, and hopefulness because it is not only a reflection of the founding father’s…

Margarita is a first generation American teen, whose families origins are from Cuba. Throughout the written text, we can also identify her Latin roots due to the dialogues used in all scenes by both her and the rest of the characters who are immediate family. Both Spanish and English are used by the author, however the primary informal language used by the characters is in English. Margarita during the course of the play is competing in a swimming tournament along the pacific ocean, swimming…

the adobe to the rancho, which is the house where the Bixby family lived. The Year 1823 had a significant changes in the rancho, when the Rancho was divided into five great ranchos Rancho Los Cerritos, Santa Gertrudes , Las Bolsas, Palo Alto and finally Rancho Los Alamitos. After this time Rancho Los Alamitos had several owners. The last and the most important all the owners of the Ranch was the Bixby family. In the year 1881 John and Susan Bixby bought the Ranch. The area was called the Bixby…

They beat you so you won't break. They are my family. In Long Beach, it all comes down to what you look like. If you're Latino or Asian or black, you could get blasted any time you walk out your door. We fight each other for territory. We kill each other over race, pride and respect. We fight for what is ours” (Freedom). In this moving and realistic monologue we cover several topics: race wars, gang affiliation, and most importantly the influence of where and whom you come from. Tradition and…