Now Uncle Sam Approved!

Now Uncle Sam Approved!

I'm pleased to announce our official recognition by the IRS as a bona fide tax exempt organization, as of December 7, 2021. As a 501(c)(3), donors can deduct contributions made under IRC Section 170. We're also qualified to receive "tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under Section 2055, 2106 or 2522".

Our Mission: to promote here

What does all this mean for Long Beach and the general South Bay area? For area landmarks, groups and small businesses, it means free publicity. We want to tell everyone how cool this area is, for travel, tourism and daily life; and have fun doing it.

More Interviews!

Up until the management change at KLBP-FM, I was providing audio tours and walking interviews towards this goal, and the station broadcast a few every Sunday.

Now that the pandemic seems to be waning, we're ready to resume recording & interviewing, perhaps with some video this time around. We want them to be interesting and fun too, just like before.

More help!

But Interview recording, production and editing takes money or volunteers. We have a little bit of both, but we sure could use more. With this official letter 1076 from the IRS, we're hoping for the kindness of friends.

If there's something or some place you'd like me to cover in a segment, let me know.

If you have related experience and would like to volunteer technically, we'd love to hear from you.

Thanks.

 

Alan Holden

From the Long Beach Post

July 10, 2026
Over $50,000 raised for Long Beach street vendors who were punched, had cart hit by car

Donors stepped up to help after one longtime vendor was threatened and assaulted at the beach and another had his cart ruined by a driver in a Mercedes-Benz.

The post Over $50,000 raised for Long Beach street vendors who were punched, had cart hit by car appeared first on Long Beach Post News.

July 10, 2026
Here’s what the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ federal housing bill means for California

The federal housing bill does a lot of little things. Supporters hope it will put a dent in both California and the nation’s housing shortage.

The post Here’s what the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ federal housing bill means for California appeared first on Long Beach Post News.

July 10, 2026
Long Beach pulls out of after-school program it helped run for decades; over 80 city employees at risk of layoffs
Parents walk their kids to Edison Elementary School on the first day of school in Long Beach August 29, 2018. Photo by Thomas R Cordova/Safe Streets

State funding for the program is intact, and the school district is looking for an operator, but the city won’t participate, hoping to save money from its own budget.

The post Long Beach pulls out of after-school program it helped run for decades; over 80 city employees at risk of layoffs appeared first on Long Beach Post News.

July 10, 2026
Long Beach police investigate double shooting Friday morning

The shooting was reported shortly before 7:15 a.m. near the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Anaheim Street.

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