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Hot Wheels monster trucks to pull into Convention Center this weekend (opens the original)
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Monster trucks will roll into Long Beach this weekend — and it should be an illuminating experience. The Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center will host “Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live: Glow-N-Fire” on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, and, as the event’s name suggests, the show will take place in a darkened arena, with luminous monster trucks bringing the action to life. Featured trucks will include Mega Wrex, Tiger Shark, HW 5-Alarm, Bone Shaker, Bigfoot and Skelesaurus. Rhinomite, the new
Business Beat: Belmont Shore Business Association gets $50,000 check (opens the original)
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Long Beach philanthropists Mark and Claire Guillen recently presented a $50,000 check to the Belmont Shore Business Association. “Although any amount given to BSBA would have been appreciated,” Mark Guillen said in a phone interview, “we wanted our gift to be at a significant level to effect positive impact this year and beyond, hopefully encouraging others to give at this level as well. It’s a gift, but also a challenge.” A portion of the donation — $5,000 — will become the first seed funding f
Business Beat: Ron Hodges is a legend in the Long Beach restaurant scene (opens the original)
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In last week’s column, I shared some details about how Long Beach’s dining scene has evolved over the past five decades and what some of the catalysts were that made Long Beach the dining destination it is today. John Faber of McKenna’s Creek and Fiddlers Three fame established the Long Beach Restaurant Society in the late 1970s. One of the charter members was Ronald W. “Ron” Hodges of Restaurant Row Magazine, a monthly Long Beach dining and lifestyle magazine created and edited in the 1980s. It
Business Beat: Belmont Shore Car Show returns for 34th year on Sunday, Sept. 13 (opens the original)
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The Belmont Shore Car Show will return for its 34th year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. Second Street will close in the early morning and will reopen about 4 p.m. The show cars will arrive beginning at 6 p.m. There will be a beer garden on Nieto Avenue, on the south side of Second Street and a Thrifty Ice Cream truck serving the squared-off shaped scoops we all remember, said organizer JP Zentgraf. Skate Dogs will also be there. The car show will also feature more than 55 vendors, inclu
Business Beat: Too soon for spooky season? Not with this local horror tour (opens the original)
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It’s barely the first week of September — and I already Halloween on my mind. Yes, Halloween is Oct. 31 and this year, it lands on a Saturday. I’m thinking about costumes, with so many timely opportunities. I’ve already seen tributes to Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, the latter mainly in the form of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” costumes. I’m also thinking about fall shopping: While the fun sizes of my favorite candy bars are already on shelves, the the roll out of everything pumpkin spice might have
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