Winter homeless shelter placed under quarantine for COVID-19
The shelter was placed under quarantine on March 17, and as a result, guests were restricted from leaving the facility through at least Wednesday, March 22.
Seal Beach police release video of officer shooting man in January
In accordance with state law, the Seal Beach Police Department released roughly three minutes of video footage from a police officer’s body-worn camera, as well as excerpts of a 911 call prior to the shooting.
2 teens arrested in slaying of 17-year-old at Silverado Park basketball court, police say
The teenagers, whose names were not released because they are juveniles, were taken into custody Thursday on suspicion of murdering Khalil Saleem, whose death shook the community in January.
Man who’d been stabbing himself dies in custody after officers Tase, handcuff him, LBPD says
Police said they Tasered a man to try to get him to stop stabbing himself. He later died at the hospital, according to the LBPD.
Student sues LBUSD, saying district failed to protect her from sexually abusive teacher
An LBUSD spokesperson said the student’s accusations were investigated by school administration and law enforcement last year, but they were “neither corroborated nor substantiated.”
Long Beach police schedule St. Patrick’s Day DUI checkpoint
The exact location for the checkpoint was not released, but the LBPD said it would set up from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the city’s South Division, which includes West and Downtown Long Beach.
Carver Elementary School ordered to close amid norovirus outbreak
Carver Elementary School has been ordered to close for multiple days starting Friday, weeks after officials began detecting an increase in norovirus among students and staff.
Man ordered to stand trial for mother’s stabbing death last year
Superior Court Judge Christopher J. Frisco on Monday ruled there was sufficient evidence to allow the case against 25-year-old Nathaniel King to proceed to trial, court records show.
Man heads to hospital after being shot near PCH and Pine, police say
Yellow police tape blocked off the parking lot of Mike’s Liquor Wednesday evening as authorities investigated the shooting.
Police pursuit ends at parking structure near Traffic Circle
A police chase that started in West Covina ended in Long Beach Wednesday after a burglary suspect led pursuing officers to a parking structure near Ximeno Way.