Tag: Press-Telegram
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How deeply the internet, smart devices are woven into everyday life for today’s kids just might surprise you (infographic)
According to a 2017 report released by Common Sense Media, children 8 years old and younger spend an average of two hours and 19 minutes a day on…
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Infographic: The mammoth impact of the smartphone on our lives — and the digital divide
Although 87 percent of California households are reported to have broadband Internet connectivity at home, a growing segment of underconnected residents’ only means of connecting to broadband is…
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There’s no E-miracle at hand: Experts say solving Long Beach digital divide will take teamwork
It’s easy to put a finger on the problem that is the Long Beach digital divide. The issue: U.S. Census Bureau statistics show 25 percent of residents do…
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For many, the dwellings can be affordable but inaccessible for wheelchair users – or they are accommodating but expensive.
Mary Zendejas needed to leave her home. She’d had a good run. For a decade she’d cultivated a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment into a place she could call home.
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A Long Beach housing-crisis solution could be spelled A-D-U … and it’s not just for ‘granny’
Accessory dwelling units, commonly called “granny flats,” are typically smaller structures built in someone’s backyard – attached or unattached to a single-family house – and can range from a converted garage to a free-standing pool house.
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Relocation assistance for renters: A necessity amid the housing crisis? Or a cumbersome business burden to Long Beach property owners?
Wedged between rows of variegated single-family homes, on Alamitos Avenue, sits a dual-property apartment complex. The exteriors of 900 and 904 Alamitos Ave. are beige, or maybe a cream-yellow – shaded, perhaps, by grime, and made illusory by patchwork touch-ups.