Photos: Long Beach Aquarium expansion
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is planning the largest expansion project in its history.
Kyra Nearents, 3, of Huntington Beach is awestruck by the Blue Cavern at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, which is planning the largest expansion project in its history.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is planning the largest expansion project in its history.
Young visitors press toward the glass to see Grady the octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)The Blue Cavern at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Grady the octopus uses a curled tentacle to move around his tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Jerry R. Schubel, president and chief executive of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)