Long Beach bookstore Casita, struggling with debt, will move to a new space

During a phone conversation this week, Antonette Franceschi-Chavez, owner of the Long Beach bookstore, Casita, handles a child’s requests, a blaring security alarm and a journalist’s questions with unwavering calm.

Because there are even more pressing issues for the bookstore located on Long Beach’s Fourth Street, which Franceschi-Chavez revealed on a social media post and GoFundMe campaign: The store can no longer afford to remain in its current location and plans to move to a new one a mile or so away.