21 miles S of downtown L.A.

The fifth-largest city in California, Long Beach is best known as the permanent home of the former cruise liner Queen Mary and the Long Beach Grand Prix, whose star-studded warm-up race sends hipster Jason Priestly and perennial racer Paul Newman burning rubber through the streets of the city in mid-April.

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