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

November 29, 2025
Great Beginnings Preschool made countless idyllic memories; after 48 years, it looked like the end

A world-traveling preschool director taught her nature-first approach to generations of Long Beach tots. That vision must now pass to a new cohort.

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November 28, 2025
A high schooler’s poetry became his resistance, and it won him the title of Youth Poet Laureate

Ezequiel Correa, 17, says he sees poetry as an essential political tool — one that he’s brought to bear in front of some of Long Beach’s powerful decision-makers. 

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November 28, 2025
Man fatally shot in Lakewood on Thanksgiving afternoon, authorities say

Investigators learned the suspect and victim were inside a vehicle arguing when the shooting occurred, according to the LASD.

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November 28, 2025
Woman dies from hit-and-run crash, Long Beach police say

No description was available of the vehicle that hit her.

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