Long Beach City College

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 campuses. Highlighted in a press release soon after, Gabel also went on to detail the search for a new LBCC Superintendent-President who will be announced in the spring, academic reforms to reduce the amount of time needed for an a degree or certificate,…

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…

After growing up here in the Fresno/Clovis area for about ten years already, I have come to realize and that this city is not for me. My family moved to this part of California for ministry purposes. Therefore, as a young ten year old girl, I did not have a choice on whether or not I could have stayed where we were from which was in Southern California. Recently, I have had a stronger love for my hometown, Long Beach California. I have many family members all over Southern California, however,…

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…

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…

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…

writing between 640 and 730 and SAT math scores between 640 and 770. ACT composite scores are between 30 and 34 above. All applicants are also expected to answer “personal insight questions” which are designed to help UCLA to get to know the student better, hear the student’s individual voice and understand how students have used initiative, dealt with hardship, been motivated or demonstrated leadership (UCLA Admissions). UCLA selects new undergraduates based on their uniqueness and their…

are doing this because they have a black blazer. This is why the purple blazer is better because its separates Moseley park from different schools. Endorsement and sponsorships Endorsement and sponsorships are the links that the business has, the business would use their sponsorships and endorsement on their website which is a way of advertising the business. This is also another way of saying that the business supports the business. I will use the Moseley Park school prospectus and website…

Shalese Lopez Eulogy Her name is Shalese Lopez she was born in Firth ID on May 17, 1999. Her childhood was great! Her family moved around a lot but she was too young to care. She grew up mostly on her Grandmas white farm in Shelley where she could run freely in her diaper/underwear; she would run through her mother’s garden and eat all the peas she could find. Her mom and dad had gotten a divorce when she was one so her father wasn’t really in her life, which left her mom with little to no…