Los Altos Library 60th Anniversary

Los Altos Library 60th Anniversary

This Tuesday February 21st, the Los Altos Library will celebrate its 60th Anniversary.

Councilman Daryl Supernaw announced the all-day celebration in his February 17th Weekly Newsletter.   

The anniversary day's events include:

• 2:30 pm light refreshments and Family Storytime with Miss Carla
• 3:45 pm Showing of The Lloyd S Whaley Story documentary film
• 5:30 pm light refreshments for "The History of Los Altos" with Press-Telegram columnist and author Tim Grobaty and retired Long Beach Librarian Claudine Burnett

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The Los Altos Library was built on land donated by Long Beach

developer Lloyd S Whaley.  The Los Altos Village neighborhoods were originally serviced by a library bookmobile. The Los Altos Library would be  the first local library completely built from the ground up at a cost of $132,000.

Original architect plans from the Long Beach Historical Society

Located at 5416 Britton Street behind the Whaley planned shopping center, the Los Altos Library would quickly become second in volume only to the city's Main Library as the Los Altos branch served not only the general public, but also provided Douglas Aircraft personnel with technical books and served students from the nearby Long Beach State College-now CSULB.

The Long Beach Historical Society information about the Los Altos Library states:

"Los Altos was second only to the Main library in circulation loaning 262,982 items the first year.  Staff also answered 29,911 reference question, filled 4793 reserves, hosted 133 adult meetings, 121 school visits and 44 story hours that first year."

For more information click on LBHS: Los Altos Library

Barbara Britton in 1953

Britton Street is the street where the Los Altos Library sits and the "main street" of the  neighborhood behind the library. The street was named by Lloyd Whaley for  movie star and Long Beach native, Barbara Britton.  Born in Long Beach in 1919, Britton attended Poly and LBCC.  She was "discovered"  by a Paramount Studio talent scout after her picture appeared in newspapers of her riding the City of Long Beach float for the 1941 Rose Parade. Appearing in movies (especially westerns)  and television (she played the original Laura Petrie in the pilot for the Dick Van Dyke Show- a role eventually given to Mary Tyler Moore). Barbara Britton received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The Britton star is located at 1719 Vine Street in front of Tiffany's on Vine just down the block from the iconic Capitol Records Building.

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Barbara Britton

Britton Star

Part 1 of the The Lloyd S Whaley Story

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Chronic Taco Grand Opening features Wee Man

 New Los Altos Chronic Taco Grand Opening Sunday February 12th in 
Los Altos Center North

The Los Altos Chronic Taco that reopened under new corporate management team after the former franchiser closed will have a Grand Opening this Sunday February 12, 2017 from 11 am - 4 pm.

The remodeled and re-opened Los Altos Chronic Taco is located at 5525 E. Stearns Street- in the Los Altos Center North facing the Stearns parking lot of the center. 

The buzz about the new Chronic Taco is one of the managing partners is professional skateboarder and actor Jason Acuna, better known by his stage name "Wee Man".    

Wee Man has a big personality and has actively been promoting the grand opening of his newest Chronic Taco site around town including a trip to CSULB this week on Wednesday February 8th.   

Wee Man taking selfies at CSULB- From CSULB Facebook page

The Sunday Grand Opening will feature not only Wee Man, but samples and giveaways and LA radio station KROQ.   Giveaways will include free tacos every week for a year to the first 20 people.

As part of the Los Altos Chronic Taco Grand Opening, 20% of the day's sales proceeds will be donated to the Eco Warrior Foundation, a California beach and coastal support group. 

For more information Click on ECO-Warrior

Jason Acuna is no stranger to the Long Beach skate and restaurant community. In the video below, Acuna shows off his 1962 Chevrolet Impala driving it from San Pedro to Long Beach, stops at a Long Beach skate park to show-off his skills and then ends up at one of the Long Beach Chronic Taco sites to talk about how he became involved with the Chronic Taco brand.