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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend including… tiki drinks and Black dance festivals
From art, to music, dance, movies, and cocktails, we’ve found plenty for you to experience this weekend.
Police and firefighters report lowest vaccination rates among Long Beach employees
Just 58% of sworn fire employees and 51% of sworn police employees reported being fully vaccinated, according to data from the city of Long Beach.
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Girl, 17, and her infant child rescued in human trafficking investigation, police say
Police rescued a 17-year-old girl and reunited the girl with her infant child following an investigation into allegations that a man was holding the child for ransom, authorities said Wednesday.
Long Beach will begin looking at building a public pool in North Long Beach
Four council members signed onto the item that asked the city manager to not only look at potential locations, but at possible funding sources for a public pool to be built in North Long Beach.
South Coast Shingle Co. celebrates 75 years in Long Beach thanks to ‘good customers and faithful employees’
For decades, the South Coast Shingle Company has been a family affair.
Long Beach likely to miss deadline for state organic recycling program
The city is not expected to meet the current deadline to implement its program by January 2022, but once it does it could increase refuse and recycling rates by double “at minimum,” officials said Tuesday.
Una crisis silenciosa: Inquilinos caen de la red de seguridad a un grupo de desalojados en Long Beach
Familias indocumentadas, hogares envejecidos, alto desempleo: las causas fundamentales de un grupo de desalojos en Long Beach.
LASD releases missing person alert for Catalina Express passenger over a month after he went missing
The missing person report went out a week after family held a memorial for Keion Dade
Long Beach-born pro skateboarder faces murder charge in suburban Chicago
Terry Kennedy 36, of Long Beach, California, was ordered held without bail while he hires an attorney.
Students can get free school supplies, food resources at this drive-thru giveaway Wednesday
Any students who need help can head to the drive-thru event on Aug. 4 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. to get free school supplies, food and other resources
Long Beach craft beer scene is the star in documentary film ‘Brewmance’
The long-awaited craft beer documentary is now available for streaming on major platforms.
Engineers at LB/LA Ports sue freight railroad company
The plaintiffs–six of whom are Black–are current and former railroad engineers with 7 to 18 years of tenure with PHL and Anacostia Rail Holdings Co. at the ports.
High schoolers can have distance-learning grades changed to pass-fail if they apply by Aug. 15
LBUSD high school students, parents or guardians have until Aug. 15 to apply for classes’ letter grades to be removed from transcripts.
A record of pandemic life—Long Beach Historical Society is building a crowdsourced archive of local experiences
The Long Beach Historical Society continues to build a record of life under lockdown and the reopening process in the form of a crowdsourced archive fed by survey submissions.
Early campaign contributions show wide fundraising spectrum in 2022 city races
Five of the city’s nine City Council districts are up for reelection in 2022 in addition to the mayor’s office and other citywide offices like city prosecutor and city auditor.