Photos: It’s not exactly romantic, but Aquarium hopes to preserve zebra sharks via artificial insemination
Staffers artificially inseminated a 130-pound shark this week as a part of a larger effort to help the species’ numbers grow.
Community to rally at Long Beach City Hall after mass shooting in Buffalo
On Saturday, Buffalo authorities said 18-year-old Payton Gendron, who lives in a city more than 200 miles from the shooting location, drove to a supermarket in a historically Black neighborhood and shot and killed 10 people, almost all of them Black.
Long Beach Transit proposes removing 31 bus stops, asks for feedback
The bus stops being considered for removal are on routes 8, 191, 40, 91, 93, 121 and 173, many of which are along Easy Avenue or Anaheim Street.
Man stabbed in attempted robbery in Central Long Beach
Close to 2 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of east 10th Street near Alamitos and Martin Luther King, Jr., avenues, and found the victim suffering from stab wounds to the upper body, according to police.
Sold out international LGBTQ conference focuses on empowering youth, human rights
More than 600 human rights activists will gather this week to celebrate the achievements made by LGBTQ communities and assess the struggles still left to overcome on a policy, cultural and systemic level, according to organizers.
May Day rally returns to Long Beach after 2 years of car caravans
Dozens of Long Beach community organizers and activists rallied on Sunday at Cesar E. Chavez Park for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day.
Man shot in parking lot outside of Lakewood mall bowling alley, LASD says
A man was shot in a parking lot outside of the bowling, arcade and amusement complex Round 1 at the Lakewood Center overnight, authorities said.
Nonprofit orders new playground equipment for Admiral Kidd Park; reopening date unclear
A fire, the cause of which is still undetermined, burned down the playground in July. Since September, the nonprofit Partners of Parks has been fundraising to buy new equipment.
House of Haven, a hub for homeless youth, slated to open in North Long Beach this May
Brandi Brown-Shock wants to create a safe place for homeless youth to hang out, get a shower, grab some food and connect them with employment assistance, education or other services.
2 separate shootings leave 2 wounded in Long Beach overnight
Police are investigating two separate shootings that took place early Sunday, leaving two men hospitalized, according to the Long Beach Police Department.