Los Angeles Relocation Guide - Antevia

Long Beach, andmuch of the MonsterGarage cable TVshow is filmed inLong Beach.MediaThe local daily newspaper is the Long Beach Press-Telegram, which is distributedthroughout most of the Gateway Cities and South Bay areas of southwest Los AngelesCounty. The Press-Telegram is part of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which hasseveral newspapers in the Southern California area that share some resources andreporters.Long Beach also has two weekly community newspapers, the "Grunion Gazette" and"Downtown Gazette." Both highlight the city's cultural, educational and political goingson.The downtown edition features articles pertaining to the happenings in the EastVillage Arts District, Long Beach Convention Center, the Pike, Aquarium of the Pacific,etc.There is also an "on-line news agency", the LBReport (http://www.LBReport.com) thatcovers local stories in depth as they happen.Long Beach also gets distribution of the daily Los Angeles Times, Orange CountyRegister, and La Opinión newspapers, plus the weekly Los Angeles Sentinel and free OCWeekly. Business news is covered by the biweekly Long Beach Business Journal.Long Beach is part of the Los Angeles DMA radio and television markets. Although afew radio stations have had studios in Long Beach over the years, including the 80'salternative music and later hard rock station KNAC, the only remaining radio stationstudio in Long Beach is the jazz and blues station KKJZ on the Cal State Long Beachcampus.EducationPublic schoolsThe primary school district that serves Long Beach is Long Beach Unified SchoolDistrict. It is the third largest school district in California. The district is noted for startinga trend to the return to school uniforms for public schools in the 1990s. It has also wonseveral awards in recent years, including the 2003 Broad Prize for Urban Education, asthe best urban school district in the US.Other school districts, including ABC Unified School District, serve small portions ofLong Beach.