Rich Archbold: Saltzgaver made Long Beach a better place to live as Mr. Everything

If ever there was a Mr. Everything in Long Beach, his name would be Harry Saltzgaver.

As former executive editor of the Grunion Gazette, a weekly newspaper and sister publication of the Press-Telegram, Saltzgaver was a workaholic as a reporter, editor, page designer, public speaker and supporter of anything that helped people.

In his popular “A Pinch of Salt” column, Harry Saltzgaver has written about everything from his two dogs, Khloe and Pluto, to the heart attack that almost scared him to death and to making fun of himself when he has memory lapses.

There are two constants in Saltzgaver’s long career as a journalist: his love of people and his adopted community of Long Beach.

Those loves were honored last week when the American Journalism Historians Association presented Saltzgaver