";s:4:"text";s:2984:" The Department of Public Works is organized into five bureaus focusing on the delivery of services to the community. The median age was 31 years. Long Beach, WA 98631. [154], Palacio Magazine (formerly Palacio de Long Beach) is a free quarterly,[155] bilingual magazine which runs stories focusing on community, education, art, health and wellness side-by-side in English and Spanish.[156]. The largest shopping center within the city is the Long Beach Towne Center, a power center opened in 1999 on the site of the Long Beach Naval Hospital. [11] The population density was 9,191.3 people per square mile (3,548.8/km2). The City Attorney, City Auditor, and City Prosecutor are also elected positions. The new coaster was also built on pilings over the ocean, but as the breakwater was built and the harbor expanded, the sandy beach extended. Long Beach is a full-service city that provides nearly all of its own municipal services, in contrast with a contract city.
[46] Long Beach is the first city in California to join the 'EcoZone' Program, intended to measurably improve environmental conditions through public-private partnerships.
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the nearest airport with international service. Long Beach's location directly east of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, paired with its south facing coastline, results in the city sometimes experiencing different weather patterns than the Los Angeles metropolitan area coastal communities to the northwest and southeast of Long Beach, which largely have west facing coastlines. In 1965, Long Beach State hosted the first International Sculpture Symposium to be held in the United States and the first at a college or university.