Fairbrook Manor returns to haunt Los Altos' trick-or-treaters
The display at 5426 Fairbrook Street will be open to walking through the two last weekends of October from 7-10 pm. On Halloween, Monday, October 31, the outside will be on display, but the maze will be closed.
For the third year, Fairbrook Manor Haunted House returns to haunt Los Altos' trick-or-treaters with an expanded front-yard-themed Halloween experience at 5426 E Fairbrook.
Entry to the neighborhood haunt is free, but food and personal care item donations for the Long Beach Rescue Mission are being accepted.
Supernaw will host Los Altos Meet and
Greet for Suzie Price at Whaley Park
North
Councilman Daryl Supernaw will
host a Meet and Greet for the Los Altos Village area this Sunday, September 25th at 3 pm for mayoral
candidate Councilwoman Suzie Price.
Councilwoman Price received one
of the rare few endorsements Councilman Supernaw has ever given out in his seven
years as the 4th District councilman.
The Meet and Greet will take
place at the corner of Los Santos and San Anseline at Whaley Park North.
Since it is in the park, folding chairs or a blanket for seating are recommended.
Kennedy’s
Craft Kitchen takes over Ecco’s Pizza location and Beach Streets returns to ELB
Kennedy’s
Craft Kitchen owner Ian Moston and Chef Ryan McIntyre announced on social media
the takeover of the former Ecco’s Pizza
space.
The second
Los Altos location will be a family-friendly pizza house dubbed District 4
Pizza, the social media posting described the concept as “Quality pizza &
pasta. Top of the line beer and wine” in a “kid friendly environment”.
Demolition
of the old Ecco’s Pizza space has already begun.
Kennedy's Ian Moston, Ryan McIntyre & Nevi Maddy at soon-to-be-remodeled Ecco's counter photo:@ryanmcintyre
The first ELB Beach
Streets was held five years ago in April 2017 (see video below).
Free
Bike Valet and portable restrooms will be available at the entertainment hubs
throughout the event.
While it is named after CSULB, only one of the
five “hub” activities is actually located at CSULB.
The “Pyramid Hub” will be in the park area in front of the CSULB Walter Pyramid. Along
with the more “official” popups at the event, music at the hub will be provided by DJ Dennis Owens and four popular local band favorites
(click on blue hyperlinksfor more information on bands):
A few miles away down Atherton, North on
Bellflower to Los Coyotes Diagonal (LCD) to Spring Street will be the two other
major hubs. On the way, bikers will be
treated to a small “405 Hub” ( a drive-by hub) under the 405 overpass at LCD. There will be
music will be provided by the Long Beach based GRN + GLD music collective:
While Los Altos Village and other neighborhoods directly
impacted by street closures have been notified by flyers put on front doors and
the information has appeared in 4th District Councilman Daryl Supernaw’s weekly newsletter, the 405 on ramps and the Los Altos and the Spring Street shopping
areas are major draws from all of East Long Beach and West Orange County, so
many are sure to be caught unaware. This will lead to a lot of traffic challenges.
Beach Streets East Long
Beach street closure information
In addition to the 405 ramps at Bellflower having detours, here
are the following traffic patterns that will be in place:
Eastbound traffic on Atherton at Bellflower will
be directed South on Bellflower Blvd.
Northbound traffic on Bellflower Blvd. at
Atherton will be directed West on Atherton.
Southbound traffic on Bellflower will encounter "Street
Closed Ahead" signs at Spring Street (eastbound Spring will be closed at Bellflower).
Traffic continuing South down Bellflower and not taking the 405
on-ramps will be directed East on Willow or South East at the Los
Coyotes Diagonal (LCD) at Bellflower.
North East Bound Los Coyotes traffic at Bellflower will
be directed North on Bellflower.
New At Home store in the Los Altos Gateway Center occupies former KMart speace.
The Grand Opening for the
new Long Beach At
Home store was on Saturday, June 18, 2022. The Texas-based home decor company renovated the former KMart next to
the Lowe's in the Los Altos Gateway Shopping Center. The new store opened with a soft opening on June 1, 2022.
At
Homeis a superstore for both indoor and outdoor home decor. The store features a selection of both name brands
and At
Homeprivate label brands. Inside the store, isles include both
warehouse-like isles for big-bulk items like furniture and regular shopping
isles for items like kitchen accessories. As an example of the huge
selection, the mirror "department" includes 6 isles of various types
of mirrors.
The Long Beach store joins other seven California stores. The four
Southern California At
Home stores are in Lake Forest, Riverside, Temecula, and San Diego. In
May 2021 At
Home was sold to the powerhouse investment firm of Hellman & Friedman in an
all-cash deal of $2.8 billion.
Operating over 200 stores in 40 states, At Home has a target of growth of 600 stores nationwide. The stores are known for their huge inventory of over 50,000 home and garden-related items at reasonable pricing. The inventory features 75% of unbranded merchandise developed specifically for At Home.
The E Long Beach Kmart site was a focal point in the original Land Use Element fight. Long Beach Development Services argued that with the inevitable demise of Kmart and big-box retail, the site should be slated for mixed-use residential and business. After strong local opposition led by eastside neighborhood association members of the Council of Neighborhood Organizations (CONO), the site remained zoned for retail only.
In
2012 Sky Hoang launched his entrepreneurial journey when he decided to import
the popular Orange Country-style Asian dining to this community by
opening Hiccups
Restaurant and Teahouse.
Located
in the Ralphs Center on the Outer Traffic Circle in Long Beach’s Fourth District,
the unique concept was a big hit with the nearby CSULB students and residents.
The Hiccups chain now has franchise locations across California, Arizona,
Texas, and Florida.
With
a decade of accumulated experience and passion for food and drinks, Hoang decided
to return to his Fourth District business roots and launch -Hiccups Barista a new
concept hub for Asian coffee, tea, and boba drinks at 4172 E Willow Street at
Lakewood Blvd.
Sky Hoang at Hiccups Barrista
Hoang
is driven by a passion for coffee, customer service, and creating new products
and market testing them to actual customers. He understands that to most coffee
consumers it is more than just a beverage, it is a daily emotional support, a
jump start for the day, and an afternoon pick-me-up. This insight ignited the
concept for the new Hiccups Barista. Every coffee recipe is created via
trials and errors in order to develop recipes designed for coffee enthusiasts
who crave to indulge.
The
new Hiccups Barista’s interesting pricing strategy helps customers indulge.
Customers pay just a 40-cent incremental
up-charge to get a significantly larger size drink. This small price differential for a drink that
is nearly 50% larger is a subtle yet strategic way to nudge customers into
getting a larger apportioning of happiness in a cup.
With
Hiccups BaristaHoang
has returned to a start-up and away from
the model where franchise management meant that each store is not fully in
sync with his vision. The recent pandemic afforded him the time to workshop
his coffee formula to excellence and rationalize a switch in focus to coffee,
which is an easier operation to manage and eventually scale.
Hoang
has been rejuvenating by recreating the thrill of starting an endeavor from
scratch but with more expertise this time. Yet, even with another successful
restaurant launch accomplished, new challenges are presenting themselves.
The
new location is tucked into a corner, away from easy street visibility and with
hard-to-spot signage. Moreover, competitive pressure kicked up within weeks of
debuting, as Starbucks opened a high-profile location directly across the
street on the land that used to house a Spires restaurant.
In
addition, there are employment challenges. Hoang is particular about the
learning curve, training time, and coffee experience in any new hires so as to
not compromise the experience he is looking to create. He is not seeking to
hire new staff and simply schedule them immediately.
The
current labor shortage sees Hoang spending even more hours than planned in the
store. Hoang jokes about his transition a decade ago from the finance industry
into the restaurant industry so he could enjoy working seven days a week,
rather than just a mere five days a week. All that time working has actually helped him
form connections more quickly with the community.
Most
recently Hoang has observed how consumer spending behavior is being impacted by
the rapid rise in gas prices.As fuel
costs have been rising he has noted a concurrent drop in customers' average per check
spending.
After
years of experimenting with taste notes in brewed coffee, Hoang enjoys offering
patrons a house coffee formulation he is eager for them to sample. He is
inviting local nonprofits to coordinate community fundraisers with 20% of receipts given back to the organization.
It’s
rare for an entrepreneur to step away from something they have successfully
cultivated into a growth vehicle and return back to their start-up roots. The
newHiccups Baristaaffords Sky and his wife, Khiem, the ability to return to
their passion for developing diverse and authentic Asian beverage and culinary
experiences.
Long Beach’s first fiVe
BEL°W store coming to Los Altos Village
Long
Beach’s first Five Below store is coming to Los Altos Village. The new store will occupy the former Rite
Aide space in the Los Altos North Shopping Center.
First
opening in 2002 in Philadelphia, the store has expanded to nearly 2,000
locations across 40 states.The two
closest stores to Long Beach are in Compton and Downey. This year the fast-growing retailer announced a goal of 400 new stores with the goal of 3,500 retail stores by 2030.
The
current Long Beach location is being remodeled but is accepting job applications online. The Los Altos Village store is expected to open this Summer.
Councilman Supernaw is
hosting a Los Altos reception to introduce residents to Suzie Price's mayoral
campaign
Fourth District Councilman Daryl Supernaw will
host a campaign meet-and-greet style reception for Councilwoman Suzie Price’s campaign for Long
Beach Mayor from 6pm-7:30 pm on Tuesday, April 26th at Ecco’s Pizza in Los Altos.
The event gives East Long Beach residents the chance to see what all the local buzz around Price as the next mayor is all about.
Supernaw is the Long Beach City Council’s only
non-partisan member and he rarely makes any type of political endorsement. Even rarer for Supernaw is actually holding a reception for a candidate, which appears to be evidence of his
depth of support for Price becoming Long Beach’s next mayor.
Price’s broad-based support across the cityis tied to her common-sense approach to some of
Long Beach’s most pressing problems: the homeless; crime and public safety;
infrastructure needs like street repair and support for common-sense solutions
to increase housing.
Price’s campaign slogan “Service over Politics” clearly relates to Long Beach’s current local government climate.Price articulates that a Mayor Price will
focus on making Long Beach’s local
government “competent and functional”.That
vision is in stark contrast to her main opponent Councilman Rex Richardson who
is focused on partisanship, ideology, and promises based on current political rhetoric
and verbiage.
The difference between Price being able to lead and
Richardson not being ready for the mayor’s office is crystal clear in the San Pedro
Democratic Club debate between the two in the short video below.Watching the debate clearly shows that Price is ready to lead Long Beach as Mayor Price.
