Long Beach to Unveil New ‘Pride' Lifeguard Tower After Fire Destroyed the Original "To whoever committed this act, we will rebuild it better and brighter," Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said in ...

Long Beach officials Thursday unveiled a new rainbow lifeguard tower, a symbol of LGBTQ pride, replacing one that was destroyed in a suspected arson fire.

The Long Beach Fire Department responded to a fire at the city’s colorful Pride Lifeguard Tower early Tuesday and found it fully engulfed in flames, officials reported. The Pride Lifeguard Tower ...

When Long Beach resident Rich Charley heard on the morning of March 23 that the city’s rainbow lifeguard tower had been destroyed in a fire, he decided to see the smoky skeletal remains for himself.

Long Beach's rainbow lifeguard tower, a symbol of LGBTQ pride, is destroyed overnight by a fire that Mayor Robert Garcia calls as an act of hate.