Why this new cookie shop in Long Beach has a shelf life

With the entrance painted in bright green, it’s hard to miss the new Royal Gourmet Cookies in Long Beach.
But if you want to take home freshly baked cookies from a baker who has been doing it since she was a kid, you better find this place by Dec. 23 or you’ll miss out.
“We have happiness in a cookie here,” owner Emerald Austin said the day she opened the doors at 2640 E. Anaheim St.
Austin, who up until now has been selling her cookies online and to retail stores, has br