Columnist Shirley Wild writes about various fundraisers, galas, and other recent social gatherings in Long Beach.

Highlights: Eugene Warburg’s Parian statue ‘Uncle Tiff,’ $95,592; “I Am A Man” protest placard from 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, $58,427; Frederick Douglass broadside from 1872, $25,486 ...

Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of the sushi chain, has a long history of expensive fish purchases Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty A Japanese sushi chain bought a 535-pound bluefin tuna for more than $3 million ...

Kiyomura Corp., the company behind the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain, shelled out $3.24 million for a 536-pound bluefin tuna at Tokyo’s first fish auction of 2026. The winning bid broke the company’s ...

TOKYO (AP) — A massive 243-kilogram (535-pound) bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized ...

A Japanese sushi chain shattered records Monday by paying a staggering $3.24 million (510 million yen) for a single bluefin tuna at Tokyo’s famed New Year fish auction. The top bidder for the prized ...

A big fish has fetched a massive price at auction. The Associated Press reported Monday that the massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish ...

TOKYO — A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record $3.2 million at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. The top bidder for the prized tuna at the predawn auction on Monday ...

TOKYO — A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...