Thousands struggle in the shadow of affluence The signs of poverty are everywhere in Long Beach, if you care to look. By Greg Mellen, Staff writer LONG BEACH - Take a walk in Long Beach and what do you see? Stray from the palm-lined streets by the ocean shore, the bustling hubs at Pine Avenue, the Pike or Belmont Shore; leave the manicured lawns of the Virginia Country Club area or the Bixby neighborhoods, and there's another Long Beach. It is the Long Beach that struggles daily to make the rent, rather than the one that plops down a fortune...