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Holiday Guide

Mark Blackburn/Daily Forty-Niner

Santa Claus comes to Long Beach by Spirit Cruiser Yacht, landing at Parker's Lighthouse in Shoreline Village as part of the restaurant’s holiday season kick-off celebration.

Freshmen dropout rate declines   Educators fight for district seat   Lawmakers back textbook tax drop   Disease common in U.S. colleges   Student aims for U.S. presidency   SEMESTER IN REVIEW   Millennium celebrations across the Southland   Holiday mail volume skyrockets   L.B. 99 percent ready for Y2K, officials say   500 bands to be at first city celebrating 2000   Y2K bug exterminated at CSULB, CSU system   Cultural Christmas NASA wasting space   President pitches reading program   Big market for booze in Long Beach

Thank you!

• Maya Yamane
• Jason Steinberg
• Emily Nash
• Nicola Chadwick
• Troy Fresch
• Michelle Devera
• Kristopher Hanson
• Arnold Cruz
• Tracy Reynolds
• Jason Kosareff
• Wesley Woods II
• Amanda  Thomason
• Greg Hanson
• Ingela Ringbjer