In early January, the World Health Organization first announced the emergence of a mysterious coronavirus that had been discovered in Wuhan, China, nearly 7,000 miles from Long Beach, a city basking as usual in the weeks before spring, living life as always: Shopping, dining out, attending concerts and sporting events, attending classes, gathering with friends, only barely aware of the virus and not overly concerned about it.
- ADVERTISEMENT -
From our current vantage, it’s difficult to believe life once went on like that.
For a while, it was a faraway problem. The virus was immune to distance and boundaries, though, and it stealthily traveled from person to person, country to country, aboard airplanes and cruise ships, and when it came, it came hard and changed how we live in Long Beach and throughout the world, and, in one short but ferocious year it killed more than 2.5 million people worldwide, including more than 520,000 in the United States and 857 in Long Beach.
Arsenal vs Birmingham - 2011 League Cup final: Where are they now?
Obafemi Martins scored the winner at Wembley | ADRIAN DENNIS/Getty Images
Who could forget the 2011 League Cup final? One thing s for sure, Laurent Koscielny definitely won t forget it, but more on that to come.
Birmingham City upset the odds in overcoming Arsenal to secure just their second ever League Cup trophy, with Obafemi Martins writing his name in Blues folklore with his late winner.
The game is disappearing into the annuls of time at an alarming rate, but the big question is were are the stars of that day now?
Is Landing Elite 2022 Mississippi RB Realistic For USC?
The Trojans offered 2022 Mississippi prospect Branson Robinson.
Author:
Feb 23, 2021
In their attempt to take back the west , the Trojans recruiting staff has offered 2022 running back from Madison, Mississippi in
Branson Robinson. Robinson took to Twitter to share the news earlier this week.
Robinson is 5-foot-10 and 220-pounds, he has received offers from Georgia, Tennessee, Florida State, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia Tech, LSU, Michigan, Penn State, Oregon, Mississippi State and Ole Miss. But thats just to name a few.
USC has offered 13 running backs in the 2022 recruiting cycle. The Trojans are expected to get several tailbacks back in the rotation next season, with seniors
LA Opera s newest digital short film, Death, unites the striking visuals of celebrated filmmaker Nadia Hallgren, the Emmy-nominated director of the Michelle Obama documentary Becoming, with the intriguing harmonies of composer Tyshawn Sorey, a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship.
The new Public Safety Campus in Fayetteville officially broke ground this morning. The campus will house a new fire station and police headquarters off Deane and Porter roads. “I’ve looked forward to this moment for a long time,” said Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan.“We are just so excited, so blessed, and appreciative that our community continues to support us, to give us the confidence that we need to do our jobs,” said Fayetteville Chief of police Mike Reynolds.Reynolds said the new police headquarters will meet the needs of the community for the next century. “We are going to be highly visible, highly accessible and a highly welcoming facility,” said Reynolds.The campus is right near highway ramp 65 which will help response times in the city. He said safety for the community and officers is the number one priority. “We all know too well, it’s still fresh in our memories what happened on Dec. 7, 2019,” said Reynolds referring to the day Officer Stephen