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Vol. 33 No. 12
MARCH 17 - 23, 2022
The city says goodbye to Mike Tangney By JAMes BeRNsTeiN jbernstein@liherald.com
Christina Daly/Herald
MiCHAel TANgNeY’s flAg-dRAPed casket was carried out of St. Ignatius Martyr Church after services Monday morning.
A hush fell over the packed St. Ignatius Martyr Church M o n d ay m o r n i n g w h e n Michael Ryan Tangney rose to eulogize his father. “He was my hero,” Michael said. “He was everyone’s hero.” About 200 people — city officials, police officers, family and friends — crowded into the church for funeral services for Tangney, the for mer Long Beach police commissioner, who died suddenly on March 8, at age 66. He had retired in 2020 as police commissioner, after a
20-year career with the Police Department. In all, he worked for the city for 42 years, serving also as acting city manager in 2017. Tangney was known as a “cop’s cop” and a no-nonsense manager. He rose rapidly in the Police Department, becoming a lieutenant before being named commissioner. In his years as head of the force, he was credited with reducing crime, keeping the department’s finances under control, securing funds for surveillance cameras and police training, and seeing to it that his officers were adept at Continued on page 7
Shine’s has kept Irish tradition intact for 110 years By BReNdAN CARPeNTeR bcarpenter@liherald.com
On St. Patrick’s Day, Shine’s, one of the oldest bars in Long Beach, planned to follow its decades-old tradition of handing out free corned beef and cabbage dinners to regular patrons. Long Beach celebrates Irish Day in the fall, but Shine’s and other pubs on the barrier island go out of their way to honor Ireland’s foremost patron saint. One Shine’s regular, Rich Doraio, of Long Beach, has been to several St. Pat’s celebrations there, and takes part in the bar’s annual New York-to-California
bike tour around the city’s streets. There’s a tradition of sharing a drink after the tour. Shine’s is the “first place you go into the West End and the last place on your way out,” Doraio said. “It’s a tradition. It’s really cool to say you’ve been to Shine’s.” “We can offer a more intimate, authentic Irish pub experience,” said Megan Casey, the co-proprietor, with her husband, Brent Wilson. “You can find all ages, music and all kinds of people having a good time.” This year, the establishment will celebrate its 110th anniversary. The building is even older, dating back to the 19th century.
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t’s really cool to say you’ve been to Shine’s. RiCH doRAio resident
Once called a tavern, it has been owned by three families since Eugene Shine, an Irish immigrant, opened shop in 1912. Shine owned it for over 30 years, and even stayed open secretly during Prohibition, from 1920 to 1933. At one point during that era,
Shine’s was raided, and was found to be stockpiling about $300,000 worth of alcohol, Casey said. The trap door leading to the area under the bar where patrons drank in secret is still there. The pub was sold in 1946 to Michael V. Delury, the father of former Long Beach City Councilman Mike Delury, for $12,000.
Mike V. had been working at the bar after returning from World War II, and wanted to buy it and allow Shine to retire. The $12,000 was an employee loan from Msgr. John Cass of St. Ignatius Martyr Church. Michael J. Delury, Michael V.’s father, was employed as a sexton at the church. St. Ignatius had a Continued on page 4