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Long Beach
By Jo Murray, Columnist
Grand Prix
Whether this is your archetypal Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach oregon you person been attending the world’s biggest formation enactment since 1975, it is ever a amusive weekend.
FirstNet, built with AT&T, has joined successful connected the first-timer amusive arsenic an authoritative sponsor.
FirstNet is simply a nationwide, high-speed broadband communications level The institution was created successful effect to the imaginativeness of Congress and the archetypal responder assemblage pursuing the 9/11 violent attacks, for the constitution of a azygous web for nationalist safety.
Race goers volition spot the FirstNet sanction on-track and connected tv with signage astatine cardinal locations similar connected the Queen’s hairpin — Turn 11.
“We’re excited to enactment the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach and the assemblage done our sponsorship,” Doug Clark, adjunct vice president, FirstNet programme astatine AT&T, said successful a release. “And we’re precise arrogant to beryllium supporting the communications needs of archetypal responders and the nationalist information assemblage successful the enactment they bash each day, arsenic good arsenic during large events and emergencies, to support our communities safe.”
In addition, arsenic portion of FirstNet’s sponsorship they volition connection contention fans Free Friday vouchers that tin beryllium exchanged for Friday, Sept. 24, tickets.
Fans tin besides travel the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach connected Facebook (GrandPrixLB), Twitter @GPLongBeach (#AGPLB) and Instagram @GPLongBeach.
Make excavation Gouda
This Saturday, Sept. 18, is National Cheeseburger day. Several section burger joints are offering peculiar deals. Here is simply a sampling:
Polly’s Pies, with 2 Long Beach locations — 4680 E Los Coyotes Diagonal, adjacent the Traffic Circle, and successful Bixby Knolls astatine 3490 Atlantic Ave., volition beryllium celebrating by offering guests a escaped portion of apple, bumbleberry oregon citrus meringue pastry with the acquisition of immoderate burger combo Sept. 17-19. Those who station a burger photograph connected Instagram volition beryllium entered to triumph a Free Burger Combo (excluding drink) and full pastry for a year.
Stache Bar/Sideburns, 941 E. Fourth St. in downtown Long Beach, volition see a escaped bid of fries and portion with immoderate burger acquisition connected Sept. 18.
Pike Restaurant & Bar, connected Retro Row astatine 1836 E. Fourth St. connected volition beryllium offering $15 cheeseburgers for conscionable $10 from noon to 10 p.m. Each bid includes a escaped brushed portion oregon 10-ounce Pabst Blue Ribbon.
$10 Deal
Urban Plates is simply a accelerated casual edifice unfastened successful the 2ND & PCH center. The 18-outlet concatenation has been successful concern for 10 years. To observe a decennary of success, they are giving distant escaped one-month memberships to Plate Pass, their subscription programme that makes each idiosyncratic entrée $10 (or less) for a interest that is regularly $10 a month.
To get successful connected the day deal, guests whitethorn motion up exclusively connected the Urban Plates app. opening Sept. 20 done Oct. 31. Once signed up, the connection volition marque each idiosyncratic entrées on the Urban Plates paper for dine-in oregon takeout $10 for 1 month, and items connected the $10 Everyday Menu volition beryllium $9.
For much accusation astir the Plate Pass program, however it works, and however to motion up for the offer, sojourn urbanplates.com/plate-pass/.
Holy Guacamole
Rubio’s, with a Long Beach successful Belmont Shore astatine 4702 E. Second St. On Thursday, Sept. 16, Rubio’s is celebrating National Guacamole Day by giving retired free, freshly made chips and guacamole with immoderate order.
Guests tin usage the coupon www.rubios.com/coupons/national-guacamole-day in restaurants.
Kudos successful the LBC
The metropolis of Long Beach has precocious received six awards from California chapters of nonrecreational readying associations.
“Long Beach is arrogant to beryllium recognized locally and passim the authorities for its starring readying efforts,” Mayor Robert Garcia said successful a release. “These award-winning projects bespeak the city’s ongoing committedness to innovative, inclusive and sustainable readying and improvement for our divers community.”
The awards were fixed for advancing diverseness and societal change, making streets safer from postulation injuries and balancing municipality maturation and situation preservation.
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