Long Beach, LA County unemployment continued to rise in February
Despite the increase, February marked the first time in three years that Long Beach reached a lower unemployment rate than Los Angeles County as a whole.
Despite the increase, February marked the first time in three years that Long Beach reached a lower unemployment rate than Los Angeles County as a whole.
The company delivered two more satellites and saw the successful splashdown and recovery of the first stage of its Electron rocket.
The facility, slated to open by 2029, will be a central location for attracting, recruiting, training and retraining dockworkers, truck drivers, warehouse employees and other essential logistics workers.
Of the county’s 124 cities and census designated places, 82 (66%) have a lower unemployment rate than Long Beach. Only 35 have a higher unemployment rate.
While the rocket successfully launched, the second stage experienced an anomaly after about five minutes of flight, ending the mission.
The previous contract agreement allowed employers to assign staggered lunch breaks, but that deal expired nearly nine months ago. Last week, dockworkers at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles began taking their lunches together, the Pacific Maritime Association claims.
Year-to-date, passenger volumes at Long Beach Airport are up 27% over the same period last year.
For most of its history, Long Beach Airport has offered a restaurant in its historic terminal building: first The Clouds Restaurant and Bar, then The Prop Room and finally Legends of Aviation, which closed in 2014. Now, officials are hoping to revive that tradition.
The Long Beach-based company is slated for another launch early Wednesday morning to deploy another pair of satellites to low-Earth orbit.
The launch of the world’s first 3D-printed rocket was scrubbed twice last week.