LIKE KISSING YOUR SISTER (CITY)

Long Beach has a new Sister City — Mombasa, Kenya — thanks to Tuesday night’s vote by the City Council, and Randy Terrell of LBPost.com foreshadowed the latest addition to our international family with a funny bit that examined the resemblances between our old town and its new kid sister. Terrell points out that, Like Long Beach, the East African city of Mombasa is a port city of a half-million people with diverse culture, entertainment, tourist attractions — and lots of poverty. (more…)

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