Third-years Gideon Essel and Austin Thomson are the latest recipients of a national scholarship program through the United States Coast Guard, where students can enlist in the service while receiving benefits including funding for tuition and school expenses.
Features
Features are not limited to features on people. Articles in the features category are in-depth, written analysis of a certain topic. This can include a feature of a restaurant, group, person, organization, location, hobby, club, etc.
Bring Your Own LB offers sustainable products using your own container
Bring Your Own Long Beach Offers Customers a sustainable option that help reduce the City of Long Beach’s Ecological Footprint
Relics camera store in Long Beach captures inclusivity in photography
Drake Woodson is the owner of Relics, a vintage camera store in Long Beach. Woodson opened the business in February and is using the storefront to show that the field of photography can be accessible to anyone.
Fine Feathers Kombucha’s commitment to sustainability
Surviving the pandemic and doing it while practicing sustainability is no small task. But, Fine Feathers Kombucha has been able to adapt and grow from the challenges posed by COVID-19.
Community gardens in Long Beach
What started as an idea with its roots in Cuba has now taken home locally.
A racist history: Contextualizing anti-Asian sentiments in the U.S.
A look at how the United States has historically treated Asian communities, internally and externally, fueling centuries worth of prejudice, racism and violence we now see in action today.
The last video store in Long Beach is fighting to stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic
Broadway Video launched a GoFundMe to help raise $20,000 to stay open as a result of a year’s worth of nonessential business closures and now, fewer customers visiting.
Former CSULB student is creating an original show to create inclusivity in entertainment
Jonathan Aldridge, who goes by the name AJ Billions professionally and personally, is in the process of getting his show “Minorities” picked up. It’s the latest project for Aldridge, who as a child, dreamed of being in the entertainment industry.
Alumna Brittany Olivia Logan’s path to the opera leads to recent wins
Brittany Olivia Logan, a Bob Cole Conservatory of Music alumna, won the Audience Choice Award for the Houston Grand Opera. Logan, a student at the University of Cincinnati, shares how she continued with her music education.
Heart of Ida helps keep senior citizens connected during the coronavirus pandemic
Founder of Heart of Ida Dina Berg shares how the Long Beach nonprofit has worked to keep seniors in Long Beach fed, informed and connected in the past year.