Mike Guardabascio
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 18 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous state and national honors for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

Screen Shot 2022 10 06 at 1.31.48 PM
Football Millikan

Millikan Football Coach Romeo Pellum Reinstated

Mike Guardabascio

Millikan football coach Romeo Pellum confirmed Thursday afternoon that he’d been reinstated as the Rams coach, following a paid leave during an investigation of the Millikan football program by the Long Beach Unified School District. “I’m back, I’m happy to be back, and we have three games to win so we can get to that […]

Allin.press
Baseball Long Beach State Photos

PHOTOS: Long Beach State Dirtbags vs. Sacramento State

Art O'Neill

The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2022 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more. Support The562.org

Walter Pyramid
Avalon Cabrillo Education Jordan Lakewood Long Beach Poly Long Beach State Middle Schools Millikan Wilson

Local Schools Bracing For Major Budget Cuts

Mike Guardabascio

Last week, California governor Gavin Newsom released his May Revision to the proposed budget for for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Because of a $54 billion deficit associated with revenue loss due to COVID-19 shutdowns, there are significant cuts to education, a harsh blow for the city of Long Beach, where the Long Beach Unified School […]