JONATHAN MURRIETTA
writer, actor, singer
Stories from The Beach
Catching Up With Shark Expert Chris Lowe
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
Dive deep into the world of Long Beach State's shark expert Chris Lowe in this Q&A to learn how he became known as the "shark guy" and what's new from the CSULB Shark Lab (click photo to read full story)...
Coyotes in Long Beach: Learning to Live With Urban Wildlife
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
The cutting edge technology that has helped Long Beach State professor and mammologist Dr. Ted Stankowich monitor local coyote populations (Click photo to read more...)
Fun Fact: The Long Beach State Bell Tower
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
Walking up the steps to upper campus at Cal State Long Beach, it can feel quite tranquil, even sacred—especially with the lanky, 68-foot bell tower that rises proudly on the southeast corner of the student union. (Click photo to read more...)
Achieving Greatness With a Smile: Special Olympics Summer Games at Long Beach State
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
The Special Olympics Summer Games at Long Beach State comprised 1,100 of Southern California’s best athletes who competed in front of a crowd of 10,000 people. (Click photo to read more...)
Long Beach State Opens 3D Printing Lab
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
Thanks to the new Gerald M. Kline Innovation Space, aka “I-Space,” students can take learning to limitless realities... (Click photo to read more...)
Fun Fact: The Robot Librarian
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
It’s something out of movies like “iRobot” and “The Terminator.” Did you know at the Long Beach State University Library, a technology that is usually used in the aerospace and automobile industry is being employed? That technology is the Online Remote Collection Access system, also known as ORCA... (Click photo to read more...)
The Man Behind the Name Deukmejian
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
The Long Beach State University Library houses the George Deukmejian archives -- thousands of official government papers and documents from Deukmejian's time as California's Governor...(Click photo to read more...)
What's in a Name: The Walter Pyramid
By: Jonathan Murrietta (originally appeared in Long Beach 908 Magazine)
The iconic blue pyramid at Long Beach State was being built when Mike Walter first came to Long Beach with his wife Arline in 1993....(Click photo to read more...)