LIVE BLOG: The latest updates on the coronavirus
The Post staff will be updating this blog with the latest information and news on the coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
LBUSD appoints Jill Baker as superintendent, the first woman to hold the job
Jill Baker, the current deputy superintendent, will take over at a critical moment, as schools have been shuttered for the remainder of the school to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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National Guard to arrive, provide humanitarian support on Friday
The National Guard members will not be enforcing the city health orders, the mayor emphasized in an email to residents.
Q&A: Incoming LBUSD Superintendent Jill Baker talks coronavirus, leadership styles
“The biggest challenges we’ll have are some critical budget decisions and the issue of stability in a post-COVID environment, and thinking about how to bring school back.”
Gig workers and self-employed face delays in jobless aid
Even as nearly 17 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits in the past three weeks — a record high, by far — millions of people appear to be falling through the cracks.
Spring storm brings more rain and snow to California
Rains this week pushed Long Beach over its average yearly rain total, with 12.87 inches since Oct. 1, or 113% of normal for this time.
How to attend and participate in public meetings during COVID-19
COVID-19 social distancing measures are changing the dynamics of attending public meetings and how residents engage with their elected officials.
VIDEO: ‘I thought I’d seen everything’: CSULB president talks about COVID-19 response
President Jane Close Conoley joined the Long Beach Post and the Daily Forty-Niner in a live discussion Thursday to share what it’s been like managing one of the largest campuses in the Cal State University system during the coronavirus pandemic.
Opinion: Equitable decisions and policy are crucial to success for LBUSD students during and after the pandemic
We need everyone’s help but we need to lead with equity, be grounded in and centered on equity, and equity must be woven through and embedded in all of our strategic thinking and decision-making during this crisis and in the subsequent healing and recovery.
Family offers reward to find to hit-and-run drivers that killed beloved teacher
The family of Velton Johnson has put together a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit and run driver, his older brother Garry Johnson said.
As passenger numbers crater, JetBlue slashes flights in Long Beach, L.A.
With current travel demand reminiscent of the early post-9/11 era, JetBlue announced a consolidation plan Wednesday that will drastically reduce flights in the Los Angeles region. The plan could see daily flights out of Los Angeles and Long Beach reduced by nearly 90%.
With rising infections and death, Long Beach nursing homes are ‘highest priority’ for health officials
According to the city’s public health department, 47 of the city’s 285 positive coronavirus cases have been linked to six long-term care facilities, along with four of the city’s seven fatalities.
Recount costs soar as county begins tracking down Long Beach ballots
For the first time voters were allowed to cast their ballots from anywhere in the county and now the task of tracking down all of those ballots could be adding to a local recount effort.