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

September 9, 2026
Waves ‘like cannonballs’: Residents return to battered homes, tattered boardwalk after tide recedes

Evacuations have been lifted. But whether the Peninsula’s shoreline can be rebuilt before the next storm remains an open question.

The post Waves ‘like cannonballs’: Residents return to battered homes, tattered boardwalk after tide recedes appeared first on Long Beach Post News.

September 9, 2026
Long Beach will raise parking tickets to avoid library cuts in last-minute budget maneuver

The city will still cut hundreds of other jobs — from firefighters to homeless outreach workers — elsewhere in its budget.

The post Long Beach will raise parking tickets to avoid library cuts in last-minute budget maneuver appeared first on Long Beach Post News.

September 8, 2026
Record humidity to create sweltering conditions in SoCal

This week’s combination of heat and humidity could be worse than it has been all summer.

The post Record humidity to create sweltering conditions in SoCal appeared first on Long Beach Post News.

September 8, 2026
Waves demolished this beach and tore at homes’ foundations: why this storm was different

Hurricane Marie ripped through the Peninsula’s regular defenses, leaving residents racing to save their homes.

The post Waves demolished this beach and tore at homes’ foundations: why this storm was different appeared first on Long Beach Post News.