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.
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. With its first game of the season came some early growing pains for the Long Beach State women’s soccer team, which took time to find its rhythm against Saint Mary’s on Wednesday night. The Beach gained traction late but […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach State athletics for the 2025-26 season is sponsored by Marilyn Bohl. Coming off a three-set loss to Oregon the night before, Long Beach State found itself in another hole after dropping the first set to San Diego State on Saturday night. Needing a response, the Beach found its rhythm in the […]
Photos by John Napalan The two twin sisters are having a conversation that could be had by any siblings in Long Beach, but could also be only had by these two women: Marilyn Bohl and Arline Walter. They’re trying to figure out whose place to meet at to take a few pictures together—that’s the normal […]
