This Week's Top News in Long Beach

Here is a look at what made headlines this week in Long Beach and Belmont Shore the week of July 29 - Aug. 2:

Belmont Shore-Long Beach Patch Editor Bids Farewell: "I don't really want to say goodbye to Patch readers, and so I won't," writes editor Nancy Wride. "After Friday, I will no longer be the local editor of Belmont Shore-Naples, and for that I am melancholy right now."

Tragedy Widens in Fatality: McKenna's Owner Who Struck Cyclists is Terminally Ill: Nicholas Limer, the driver of an SUV that struck and killed a motorcyclist and  hospitalized another, is the owner of McKenna's on the Bay, where his manager revealed Sunday that's he's profoundly "remorseful." And, said MKenna's manager John Morris, who has known Limer for decades, his friend is already stricken with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and, at the time of the crash, was driving to his Belmont Shore home in crippling pain.

New Details and Motorcyclists Named in 2nd Street Fatal Crash: An SUV driver making an "unsafe" turn in Belmont Shore Friday night struck two motorcyclists from Huntington Beach, resulting in the death of one and injury of the other, Long Beach Police Department said Saturday.

The Glass Truck of Long Beach: Perhaps you've seen the mostly-glass truck with a modern sofa, coffee table and widescreen TV inside, "Flare Entertainment" on the outside, and wondered what the deal was.