It takes big shoulders to run a city like Long Beach. It also takes a big heart. Luckily, our Mayor has both. However, you could be forgiven if that isn’t your first impression of Bob Foster.Read More >>

Long Beach is one of the best cities in the world; of this there can be no doubt. But ask five locals where to get the best steak and you’ll get five different answers. So we decided for our Best Of feature this year, we’d propose what we think is the very best of Long Beach. What follows are mostly the opinions of the Long Beach Magazine staff. (Luckily, we’re a very opinionated bunch.) But don’t worry - you’ll have a chance to have your say next year for the 2009 Best Of issue.Read More >>

Long Beach Gives Back
It is easy to get sentimental during the holidays; the time of good cheer and good will. Most of us also spend some time thinking about those who are not, for one reason or another, able to enjoy this time of year. We think of them as we wrap a gift for a loved one, slice through a roast turkey, and snuggle with someone special in front of a roaring fire.Read More >>

The British swear by them. They’re all the rage in France. Studies show that they are safer to maneuver than intersections and create more public space for landscaping. Yet here in America, roundabouts and traffic circles are still more of a curious happenstance rather than an everyday circumstance to get us where we need to go.Read More >>