Just three blocks from the shore they have comfortable amenities from a living room fireplace and computer access, to a garden hot tub. The OC Weekly is a good source for coverage of social issues, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle and entertainment listings in Long Beach and Orange County towns gay as well as general.įrontiers Magazine, the 35-year-old biweekly L.A.-based gay magazine shut down in September 2016.įor map locations and website links to the businesses below, and more, see our gay Long Beach and Orange County listings pages.īeachrunners' Inn (231 Kennebec Ave 86) is the premier bed and breakfast in Bluff Heights at the heart of the Broadway Corridor of boutiques, galleries and fine restaurants. The regional bus company OCTA connects Long Beach to cities in Orange County. There is Metro service to Metro Center Los Angeles and, with a change at Willowbrook station, to LAX. Within Long Beach LBT buses service Long Beach, Lakewood and Signal Hill with 34 routes. See LBT for bus routes within Long Beach.īecause the everything is so spread out, getting around in Southern California almost requires a car. The Orange County Transportation Authority ( OCTA) bus number 76 will get you to Huntington Beach/ Talbert Beach, then change for the number 29 up Coast Hwy, to connect to bus number 1 at San Clemente for PCH Marketplace E, just south of Long Beach - about 95 minutes ride and walk. See their website for recent photos and videos, and for updates.įrom both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and the John Wayne Airport (SNA), you can grab a shuttle. Long Beach Pride takes place each year in May, with a Sunday parade along Ocean Blvd, concerts/performances, drag shows, and more. With their own distinct gay scenes of mostly small neighborhood bars, restaurants and shops, Long Beach and Orange County towns to the southeast offer visitors a more laid-back Southern Californian experience from that of trendy West Hollywood and Downtown LA. Take the freeway south from downtown LA for the coastal community of Long Beach. But effective November 21, 2020, governor Newsom ordered non-essential activities between 10pm to 5am to stop across most of the state for a month following another surge in coronavirus cases. See the CDC website for details and updates.īars, nightclubs, restaurants, entertainment and recreational venues that had been closed, began to reopen with restrictions. There are restrictions on the entry of certain travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19: