Remember when more people joined things like book clubs? What if there was something like that, but for food? That's the idea behind the @longbeachfoodclub .
“It is made for the community, and it's just for fun,” founder Sherwin Souzankari said.
The club has been convening since January, inviting anyone interested to meet them at a new restaurant, eat and discuss the food. No chains. And it has to be in Long Beach.
“I want to support people that actually live here, have families here, and have been pillars of the community for some time,” Souzankari said.
They've been steadily growing, recently filling Royal Indian Curry House in downtown Long Beach all by themselves.
Read more about them at the link in bio or follow @longbeachfoodclub .
Get a closer look at the plans and weigh in at the meeting on Monday, May 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Park Community Center at 1950 Lemon Ave.
For more on the park and the process to get here, click the link in bio.
DTLB Live! is going full throwback mode 🎶
@dtlballiance is turning the Promenade into a Summer Throwback Sing-Along packed with your favorite 90’s and early 00’s hits. The kind of songs you definitely know every word to. Bring your crew, pull up, and get ready to sing, dance, shop local, and vibe out all evening.
🎸 Featuring @segagenecide at 6 PM!
It’s also an EZ Sip event, so you can grab a drink from participating spots and stroll the Promenade while the music keeps going.
📍 The Promenade N (between Broadway & 3rd St.)
🗓️ Saturday, May 16
⏰ 4 – 8 PM
You know you don’t want to miss this!
#DTLBLive #ThrowbackNights
#paidpartnership
Long Beach firefighters doused a blaze that burned a homeless encampment on the Los Angeles River at Anaheim Street around 8 a.m. today. A single engine crew was able to quickly get the fire under control. No injuries were reported.
Around 250 people live along the 9.5-mile segment of the L.A. River that runs through Long Beach, city officials estimated last year. Right now, Long Beach's homelessness services bureau is in the middle of a two-year, $17.4 million project ($11 million from a state grant) to try to house as many of them as possible.
In March, they rented out the 60-bed Colonial Motel on Pacific Coast Highway and started moving in people from the river. The city’s goal is to move at least 50% of the people living on the riverbed and, eventually, funnel 80% of those into permanent housing. People in the program will also be offered drug programs, job training and other services.
Despite plans like this, homelessness has remained stubbornly high in Long Beach. In 2025, volunteers tallied 3,595 homeless people locally, a 6.5% year-over-year increase and the city’s highest total in more than a decade. The latest count took place in January. We've requested data from it, which the city said they wouldn't release to us until later this month at the earliest.
Read more of our coverage on homelessness at LBPost.com.
There have been a lot of stories and opinions about the fight about fireworks over Alamitos Bay. We wanted to make sure everyone had the facts!
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Members of Long Beach’s Homeless Services Advisory Committee were frustrated that they were consulted on the fence. Read the full story at the link in bio or LBPost.com
Each year, Long Beach honors its fallen firefighters and police officers with a last-alarm ceremony and 21-gun salute at City Hall. Here's what it looked like today.
