Rich Archbold

2 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Rich Archbold

Everywhere you looked at Recreation Park’s Bandshell on Saturday, May 31, you could hear singing and see smiles. It was a perfect Southern California afternoon as almost 500 people enjoyed balmy temperatures, a gentle wind and a variety of songs at the city’s inaugural Sing-a-Long Beach event.

2 weeks ago | sanluisobispo.com | Rich Archbold

It's hard to imagine the local Boy Scouts without a member of the Watts family. There have been four generations of the Watts family in the Scouts, starting with the patriarch, the late Albern Watts - who was in the Scouts for 70 years. He was followed by his son, John, who was a Boy Scout in the 1950s. John and his wife, Gale, had a son, Mike, and a daughter, Cynthia. Mike was a Scout in the late 1970s and became a third -generation Watts Scout member.

2 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Rich Archbold

It’s hard to imagine the local Boy Scouts without a member of the Watts family. There have been four generations of the Watts family in the Scouts, starting with the patriarch, the late Albern Watts — who was in the Scouts for 70 years. He was followed by his son, John, who was a Boy Scout in the 1950s. John and his wife, Gale, had a son, Mike, and a daughter, Cynthia. Mike was a Scout in the late 1970s and became a third -generation Watts Scout member.

2 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Rich Archbold

Rich Archbold: First ladies of U.S. and Long Beach in library spotlight

3 weeks ago | presstelegram.com | Rich Archbold

Long Beach is back as champions of the national amateur rugby world with U.S. titles won recently by the Belmont Shore Rugby Club’s men’s team and the girls high school team. “We are thrilled beyond words with these great efforts by our teams in national competition,” said Stu Ledsam, cofounder of the Belmont Shore Rugby Club.