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The story behind the story on Patch's effort to help you and your grade school, tweeners and teenagers to get the most out of summer reading.

The story behind the story on Patch's effort to help you and your grade school, tweeners and teenagers to get the most out of summer reading.

Up to 2,500 employees may be cut and every store impacted, chain says. The store at Second Street and Marina Drive, and at least two other Long Beach stores will face employee changes.
The once-in-a-lifetime celestial event won't ignite passions again until 2117.
Check out this summer recipe from Fairway's own Chef du cuisine Mitchel London.
A one-day pass at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park for visitors 10 and older is now 9% more.
This week's voyage to Southern California has been stalled due to gale force wind forecasts, a risk to the large-scale towing operation.
Professors at Cal State Long Beach this week hosted the 18th annual overview of 5 counties, concluding that there has been progress in the past year.
Several wrecks were reported, and some motorists made U-turns to exit the jammed freeway. Nearby surface street signals were also out.
Long Beach police say the victim was standing in the roadway, not in a crosswalk.
Truck veers off freeway into a tree, killing one person and injuring a second.
Marijuana convenience machine, which may be a first, even takes credit cards.
Also, one woman shows us an even worse way to get a DWI charge
The orcas, actually large dolphins, were sighted Saturday afternoon headed south from Palos Verdes.
Maintenance said to happen annually and unrelated to the Grand Prix will have lanes closed today.
Meteorologists say a Pacific storm will bring rain early Sunday.
National Weather Service advises caution until 6 p.m. due to heavy rainfall. A 4-car crash caused injuries at the Long Beach-Signal Hill border.
Reader's Choice results are in, and Murphy's At The Belmont ranked #1, according to our Patch poll, followed by other popular Belmont Shore and Naples haunts.
St. Patrick's Day being almost a national drinking holiday in some locations, law enforcement will be scouting roads for impaired drivers.
Transporting huge supplies from the Port of Long Beach to the Haynes Power Plant near Studebaker and Westminster Avenue may clog roads. Here's what to avoid.
Deputy Denison convicted of felony sex charge with teen relative in his Long Beach home.