News

• Long Beach Police Department

6 hours ago

Police defend using app that deleted messages, but admit there may be better options

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in News

The app, called Tiger Text, destroyed officers' communications five days after they were sent, drawing cries of protest from some attorneys.

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Crime

• court cases

7 hours ago

Judge dismisses felony counts against ‘Dine-and-Dash dater’

by City News Service    in Crime

But Judge Darrell Mavis ordered Paul Guadalupe Gonzales to stand trial on a pair of misdemeanors—petty theft and defrauding an innkeeper.

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Crime

• school lockdown

8 hours ago

UPDATE: Person with a gun prompts Poly High School lockdown

by Valerie Osier    in Crime

Authorities placed Poly High School on lockdown shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday as police investigate an incident at or around the school.

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News

• metro blue line

8 hours ago

Blue Line could be no more as Metro considers naming overhaul for its network

by Jason Ruiz    in News

The Blue Line isn't physically going anywhere, but Metro may consider renaming its train lines as the agency runs out of color options.

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City

• Long Beach Police Department

15 hours ago

App that deleted police messages was not approved by legal team, city attorney says

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in City

The Tiger Text app, which automatically destroys messages sent through it, has been used by the LBPD since at least 2014.

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Crime

• dui checkpoint

September 18, 2018

Police net one arrest at DUI checkpoint Saturday

by Staff Reports    in Crime

Long Beach police released stats Tuesday on their latest DUI checkpoint, held Saturday at Pacific Coast Highway and Daisy Avenue.

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News

• Long Beach Police Department

September 18, 2018

App that allows Long Beach police messages to disappear sparks legal furor

by Staff Reports    in News

The Long Beach Police Department has for years used an application that allows officers to message each other with potentially sensitive information before it's automatically erased, shielding it from detection, according to a report Tuesday by the news network...

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News

• Immigration

September 18, 2018

Long Beach immigrants create thousands of jobs, pay millions in taxes, new report finds

by Stephanie Rivera    in News

Immigrants living in Long Beach were 18.5 percent more likely to be entrepreneurs than their U.S.-born counterparts in 2016 and helped create or preserve nearly 6,000 local manufacturing jobs, according to a report released Monday by New American Economy.

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News

• Aquarium of the Pacific
• releases
• sea turtle

September 18, 2018

IN PICTURES: Aquarium of the Pacific releases Jelly the sea turtle

by Staff Reports    in News

Aquarium of the Pacific employees releases Jelly, the sea turtle, back into the ocean

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Crime

• Sexual Battery

September 18, 2018

NYPD lieutenant gets attacked, arrested after accusation of sexual battery at Long Beach event

by Jeremiah Dobruck    in Crime

Police said another guest got into an altercation with the NYPD lieutenant after the woman accused him of touching her.

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