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• Famed teacher who helped students to form Freedom Writers to speak at APSU

  In the fall of 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif., began her career in a classroom of at-risk students many of whom were victims of racial intolerance and simply accepted it as part of their lives.

• Last Gasp of Summer Labor Day 2010

  Looking to get out and enjoy this LA Labor Day weekend? Here are some great last minute ideas: Taste of Beverly Hills 9900 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills September 2nd-5th Headlined by Wolfgang Puck, a oeTop Chef!a Michael Voltaggio, Ludo Lefebvre, Ted Allen, Art Smith, Walter Manzke, and many more, the first annual event offers plenty of food and ...

• Chamber lunch to welcome fire chief

  Long Beach. The Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce's Good Afternoon Lunch will feature the city's new fire chief, Alan Patalano, at its Tuesday event.

• Saving the Wigwam Motels

  A family's labor of love brings back the Wigwam Motel in San Bernardino. Only three of the iconic roadside motels with rooms shaped like teepees have survived.

• Local Tastings

  Sommelier Jonathan Rosenson will conduct a dinner featuring wines and food of Spain, at 7 p.m. Thursday for $79 a person, plus tax and tip.

• Legionnaires' caught from compost

  A hidden danger in the garden has been highlighted by the case of a man who contracted Legionnaires' disease from handling compost.

• Carnival cruise ships in Tampa, Long Beach to swap roles

  The industry giant today announced the Carnival Inspiration and Carnival Paradise, two sister ships based in Tampa and Long Beach, Calif., respectively, would swap roles in late 2011.

• Three city employee groups renegotiate contracts to ease Long Beach budget woes

  Three Long Beach city employee associations have renegotiated their contracts to help eliminate a small portion of the $18.5 million general fund deficit in the coming year, officials said Wednesday.

• PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Open for Business! The Sea Bird Jazz Lounge in Long Beach, CA

  The Sea Bird Jazz Lounge was formally known as the "Cotton Club," a classy, intimate straight-ahead and contemporary Jazz Lounge in Long Beach, CA.

• Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach Declares Third-Quarter Dividend of $21 Per Share

  Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $21 per share on the Banka s common stock.