Thousands of local kids rely on reduced-price lunches at school every day. Here’s where they can still get free, healthy food during the summer.
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Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians. Why does the proposed budget eliminate funding for it?
California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget.
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Long Beach’s inflatable water playgrounds are now open. Here are the rules for using them
The floating playgrounds were just set up at Alamitos Beach and Horny Corner.
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The man leading the fight to keep fireworks in Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay
“It’s crazy,” said restaurateur Morris. “Thousands of people come out, charities raise money, we celebrate the country. Why are they against us?”
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Thousands turn out for No Kings Day to protest Trump after a week of ICE raids spark outrage
Police briefly closed portions of Ocean Boulevard — a smaller crowd walked to Downtown, then returned to Alamitos Beach — but otherwise no incidents were reported.
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Fear of ICE is driving local immigrants away from school, work, even the grocery store
Students, nonprofit leaders and medical providers say a wide swath of Long Beach has gone into hiding amid Trump’s crackdown.
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Health Department warns about confirmed measles case in Long Beach
A child infected with measles may have been contagious while at MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center on Atlantic Avenue last week.
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Hundreds run, walk and wheel at the Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Institute’s olympic style torch run
On Saturday, June 7, hundreds of children with cancer and serious blood disorders, along with survivors and families honoring loved ones who have passed, participated for the 38th Annual Champions Run for Life “Torch Run.” This event helped raise funds for expanded treatment programs and research at the Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Institute at Miller […]
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With neighbors concerned about recent violence, police put focus on 2nd Street
Three recent shootings in Belmont Shore frayed some nerves.
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Downey church community on edge after masked, armed officers detain man on church property
The pastors of Downey Memorial Christian Church say a man they believed to be an ICE agent pointed a gun at one of them and said “this whole country is our property.”