BACK TO THE HOOD - LONG BEACH, CA

MY HOME IN NORTH LONG BEACH WHERE I SPENT MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS NEXT TO CARMALITAS HOUSING PROJECTS.   BELOW IS THE LIQUOR STORE I WORKED IN DURING HIGH SCHOOL.  WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT AND TAKEN INTO THE COOLER WITH A GUN TO MY HEAD AT AGE 16.  SAW SO MUCH GO DOWN HERE THAT IT AMAZES ME WHERE I ENDED UP

BACK TO MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL.  LONG BEACH JORDAN.   GO PANTHERS.  I PLAYED A LOT OF BASKETBALL ON THESE TWO COURTS