Long Beach News

Today would have been Jim Morrison's 70th birthday, and there's a lot to sort out for Doors fans.

You know what people don't do much anymore? Go cocktailing. They go out drinking, of course; there are still enough bars around that you can reel from one to another in several parts of town.

After purchasing a 3.5-acre plot of land in Topanga, California, where a rustic 750-square-foot cabin already stood, architect Christof Jantzen set out looking for ways to expand the cabin to house his family of five.

Despite the cold, a crowd still came lined the route East Second Street. This year's parade was Presented by "Chill" at The Queen Mary and Sponsored by the Port of Long Beach.

The road to this abandoned gold mining town is 6 miles long, mostly dirt and gravel, snaking along a ridge hundreds of feet above the north fork of the Feather River.

LONG BEACH >> The Long Beach Police Department is warning that there have been several armed robberies of cellphones in a West Division neighborhood recently.

This week Leadership Long Beach hosted Government Day for Youth Leadership Long Beach at City Hall.

LOS ANGELES >> Sequins, feathers, satin, lace and comedy took center stage at the first ever Hollywood Burlesque festival, which kicked off Friday at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles.

LONG BEACH >> The first new library built in North Long Beach since 1951 is scheduled to start construction in early spring, officials said.

Indian Motorcycle unveiled its one-of-a-kind custom 2014 Chief Vintage motorcycle yesterday at the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, Calif.

Most of the actors on the set of HBO's newest program, "Getting On," are over 70. The show takes place in the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of the beleaguered Mt.

LONG BEACH >> The search process for a new president at Cal State Long Beach continued Friday at the Barrett Athletic Administration Building on campus.

LONG BEACH >> Beginning next week, Long Beach elementary school students will receive new progress reports this trimester instead of the traditional report cards issued by the school district.

I originally hit Nathan up with these questions just before Thanksgiving and he replied right away, but the holidaze took over and I sort of slept on actually posting it.

LONG BEACH >> A 13-year veteran of the police department was arrested Thursday for allegedly providing investigative information from a homicide case to a family member who is part of a criminal street gang, police officials announced Friday.

Fans of Mexican-US singer Jenni Rivera remain next to hundreds of candles outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon state, Mexico on December 10, 2012.

Long Beach photographer Jim Coke stands under one of his 20 foot long photo of The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison which on Dec. 8 will be his 70th birthday in Long Beach, CA.

Before her death last year, Dolores Janney "Jenni" Rivera , was one of the best-selling regional Mexican artists of her generation.

Media tour on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, of the nearly completed Gold Line Bridge across the I-210 Freeway .

LONG BEACH >> The son of a Long Beach pastor was electrocuted late Wednesday night at the congregation in North Long Beach.