#TBT time, Long Beach! Built in 1902, The Pike had its humble beginning as a beach and bathhouse resort (with the bathhouse later being called The Plunge). Located at the end of a red car electric line from Los Angeles, the space grew into a full-on amusement park. In the 1950s, as The Pike began to face competition from other SoCal amusement parks, the owners held a re-naming contest and “Nu-Pike” won. By 1969, it was then named Queens Park until it closed in 1979. This video is from a history

The Aquarium of the Pacific is one of the few places in California equipped to rehabilitate injured sea turtles. With growing demand, they just expanded their program. Read more: https://lbpost.com/news/long-beach-aquarium-doubles-the-size-of-its-sea-turtle-rehab-center/ | Long Beach Post