Long Beach abruptly cuts ties with its largest homeless shelter operator after concerns over billing practices
Until yesterday, the contractor operated hundreds of Long Beach’s shelter beds. Now they’re under investigation.
Poly High’s burgeoning band had a brass shortage. A rising-star alum came to the rescue.
The school’s music program has soared in popularity, but it created a problem for teachers who couldn’t get enough instruments into the hands of their students.
Olympic tickets go on sale Thursday. Here’s what you need to know
The much-anticipated drop is the first opportunity to get seats at Olympic events.
City demolishes two blighted North Long Beach buildings
It was a rare step to take out the pair of abandoned structures that residents had complained about for years.
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Millikan High School is mourning Canelo, a Long Beach cat whose secret life endeared him to thousands of students
It wasn’t until his owner bought a GPS collar that she discovered what Canelo meant to so many people.
Long Beach police disrupt street takeovers, promise more enforcement
“The blatant disregard of vehicle code laws and road safety is unacceptable and can lead to catastrophic traffic collisions,” Police Chief Wally Hebeish said in a statement.
California renames César Chavez Day; Long Beach City Council votes to begin doing the same
Newsom signed a bill to rename the state holiday, and local leaders voted to revise their recognition of it as well.
LA Olympics will be first to impose IOC’s ban on trans athletes from women’s sports
The new policy requires all athletes to undergo a genetic test to compete in women’s sporting events at the Olympics.
LBCC names performing arts center in honor of Jenni Rivera after $102-million rebuild
Rivera, a Long Beach native, studied business at LBCC before she catapulted to stardom.
Aquarium of the Pacific’s playful and inquisitive octopus, Ghost, dies
Aquarium officials said that Ghost died of senescence, a natural end-of-life process for female octopuses that started after she laid eggs last fall.
Want government records? This California lawmaker wants you to pay more for them
Californians have a constitutional right to government records, but a lawmaker’s plan would allow higher fees to get them. She says it aims to discourage filers who abuse the system.