The funding comes more than a year after the city approved its recovery plan and received more than $60 million in federal COVID relief aid to address fiscal issues and urgent needs in the community.
Experts and a source within the District Attorney’s office said officials may be wary of prosecuting cases connected to online vigilante groups due to a myriad of legal concerns.
Long Beach last year received more than $60 million in federal COVID relief aid to address fiscal issues and urgent needs in the community, but a year later, the majority of those funds have yet to be spent.
An excavator with a large metal claw tore into the lifeboats this morning as part of the disposal process after no qualified bidders wanted the historic boats.
Health officials urge people to get vaccinated and get booster shots ahead of the Memorial Day holiday
The fallout from an LBPD officer being charged with lying on a police report has spread to a new case where his credibility is now in question.
It’s unclear how the city will dispose of the Queen Mary lifeboats, which span 36-feet-long and weigh 12,000 pounds.
The Port of Long Beach estimates that Pier H and the Queen Mary could bring in at least $38 million in operating revenue over the next five years, but that wouldn’t come close to offsetting the $392 million in costs.
City officials put Long Beach on the hook for millions of dollars in losses amassed by Community Hospital’s new operator. Now the bill is due.
An anonymous vigilante group has so far sparked the arrest of two men in Long Beach by accusing them of attempting to meet up with minors for sex.
