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Inside the Honda Pacific Visions Theater, visitors enjoyed Filipino traditional dance, Japanese Taiko drumming, a Northe...
11/24/2025

Inside the Honda Pacific Visions Theater, visitors enjoyed Filipino traditional dance, Japanese Taiko drumming, a Northern Chinese Lion Dance and a martial arts demonstration—just on the first day.

Beyond performances, the aquarium lobby was transformed into an interactive classroom.

The festival featured exhibitions and demonstrations from individual organizations, including Asian history book lessons from East West Discovery Press, origami lessons from Peninsula Paper Folders and a Sumi-e Japanese ink painting showcase from a Long Beach Sumi-e group.

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✍️ & 📸: Yoichi Terada

Reigning Big West Player of the Year and sophomore center Gabi Acosta registered a hat trick in an attempt to lift The B...
11/23/2025

Reigning Big West Player of the Year and sophomore center Gabi Acosta registered a hat trick in an attempt to lift The Beach to back-to-back conference titles, but LBSU ultimately fell short.

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✍️: Alan Ibarra
📸: Rehansa Kulatilleke

The California Faculty Association, CSU Employees Union and Teamsters Local 2010 gathered outside the Chancellor’s Offic...
11/23/2025

The California Faculty Association, CSU Employees Union and Teamsters Local 2010 gathered outside the Chancellor’s Office in Downtown Long Beach, holding signs and chanting, “CSU, you can’t hide, we can see your greedy side,” as they marched around the perimeter of the building. 

In an email sent by Chancellor Mildred Garcia to CSU employees, she said: “This is more than a financial decision – it is well-deserved recognition for the extraordinary skill and dedication you demonstrate across our campuses every day. And it advances our priority of becoming the employer of choice in higher education, a pillar of the CSU’s new systemwide strategic plan, CSU Forward.”

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✍️: Annette Quijada and Josephine Robinson
📸: Diego Perez

In the game’s first minute, freshman Triton attacker Jackson Boettner momentarily silenced the visiting Beach fans, find...
11/22/2025

In the game’s first minute, freshman Triton attacker Jackson Boettner momentarily silenced the visiting Beach fans, finding the back of the net to give UCSD a 1-0 lead. 

However, it became clear early that UCSD could not defend LBSU’s potent offensive attack without fouling, as The Beach drew seven exclusions in the first quarter and a yellow card from Triton senior utility Ante Buzov. 

LBSU’s star sophomore center Gabi Acosta shot wide on a power play opportunity at the midway point of the period, but made up for it on another six-on-five opportunity for The Beach’s first score of the game. 

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✍️: Timothy Hessen
📸: Rehansa Kulatilleke

Looking to get involved? The Long Beach Current is hiring multimedia and editorial editor and assistants for the 2026 Sp...
11/22/2025

Looking to get involved? The Long Beach Current is hiring multimedia and editorial editor and assistants for the 2026 Spring semester!

Applications to apply are available at the link in bio and are due Dec. 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm!

Join the award winning Long Beach Current team providing coverage on campus news, sports and community for over 75 years!

Christmas traditions like caroling can be tied back to ancient Roman pagan winter solstice celebrations. Soon, religious...
11/22/2025

Christmas traditions like caroling can be tied back to ancient Roman pagan winter solstice celebrations. Soon, religious hymns made their way onto the scene. 

In the United States, Christmas Day only became an official federal holiday in 1870 after a failed ban campaign led by the Puritans. Originally enacted as a day of rest, it also created a sense of community during a time of rapid industrialization, according to Time Magazine.

Holiday songs even led to a World War I Christmas miracle, when dual trenches came to a truce after German and English soldiers sang “Silent Night” in unison.

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✍️ & 📸: Skylar Stock

The strong defensive mindset led to offense for The Beach, as they capped off a 9-0 run with a transition layup by LBSU ...
11/20/2025

The strong defensive mindset led to offense for The Beach, as they capped off a 9-0 run with a transition layup by LBSU sophomore guard Christian Jones, extending their opening lead to 12-2.

Nobel began the game 1-for-8 before finding a rhythm offensively, going on a 12-4 run while shooting an efficient 45% to cut a 13-point LBSU lead to three at 27-24.

Back-to-back layups from Leopold Levillain gave The Beach a 31-24 first half lead, as the freshman forward led LBSU in scoring at half with six. 

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✍️: Junior Contreras
📸: Diego Perez

The song’s dominance and return have almost become as predictable as the season itself, unofficially crowning Carey with...
11/20/2025

The song’s dominance and return have almost become as predictable as the season itself, unofficially crowning Carey with the title “Queen of Christmas,” a role she’s publicly embraced with open arms.

But, for all the popularity the track has brought her, not everyone agrees that Carey deserves the crown.

Among her critics is Elizabeth Chan, a singer-songwriter who has built her career exclusively around Christmas music.

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✍️: Jordan Brown
📸: Dante Estrada

“At a young age, I could see how coordinated and athletic she was, left-handed and destined to be tall,” Sarah King said...
11/20/2025

“At a young age, I could see how coordinated and athletic she was, left-handed and destined to be tall,” Sarah King said. “That’s like finding a unicorn in the volleyball world; she had too many unique attributes for me not to introduce her to volleyball.”

Sarah King said she gave her daughter a choice between soccer and volleyball, although they both agree on volleyball being the more successful sports path.

There were several “unknowns” during Logan King’s recruiting process, with the Ontario native looking to embark on a new journey to the U.S. 

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✍️: Junior Contreras
📸: Diego Perez

Worried about being bored this autumn and winter season? No need, The Current caught up with the Long Beach State Tablet...
11/20/2025

Worried about being bored this autumn and winter season? No need, The Current caught up with the Long Beach State Tabletop Game Club to ask their favorite recommendations for the best games for all occasions. What’s your favorite?

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✍️ & 📸: Jason Green

Prior to attending law school, Flocken traveled to Africa, where he studied wildlife management and conducted field rese...
11/19/2025

Prior to attending law school, Flocken traveled to Africa, where he studied wildlife management and conducted field research, intending to pursue a career in science.

“When this opportunity came up, I saw the great work they’ve been doing already on conservation and thought this could be a place that I could actually really help catalyze what they’re currently doing and actually start initiatives and bring it to a global scale,” Flocken said. 

One source of inspiration for Flocken is Jane Goodall, who was famously dedicated to wildlife conservation before her passing in October. Flocken became friends with Goodall after several collaborative efforts and wrote a tribute to Goodall earlier this month before attending her memorial service. 

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✍️: Joshua Min
📸: Photo courtesy of Aquarium of the Pacific

The mission? Increasing food sustainability and equity in urban cities like L.A. The method? Using microfarms to grow nu...
11/18/2025

The mission? Increasing food sustainability and equity in urban cities like L.A. The method? Using microfarms to grow nutrient-dense produce for the community. The inspiration? Parenthood. Hear from this microfarm founder as he shared his project’s goals during a Long Beach lecture series.

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✍️: Delfino Camacho
📸: Photo courtesy of Crop Swap LA

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