City and county crews are preparing a sweep of homeless encampments near the Los Angeles River south of Anaheim Street in Long Beach, even as the city’s homeless shelters are near capacity and the temporary winter shelter is slated to close in a little more than a week.
One resident said he was kept from going to work even though he wasn’t sick, something the Long Beach Health Department says it didn’t recommend.
A judge today declared a mistrial when jurors deadlocked over whether to convict a CHP officer of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for crashing into and killing a 24-year-old man walking in the street.
Cezannie Mount was walking in the road when a CHP officer crashed into him at high speed, prosecutors allege. Mount’s family has questioned why the officer is facing only misdemeanor charges.
Police said an officer shot the attacker when he refused to drop the knife.
Long Beach will no longer move forward with plans to set up a temporary winter homeless shelter at a community gym within the Westside’s Silverado Park, officials announced Tuesday, after the city received an outpouring of community opposition last week.
The case centers around accusations that a CHP motorcycle officer was going 69 mph when he crashed into a man walking in the roadway on Del Amo Boulevard.
New revelations in court documents show two top-level financial employees were concerned about how public money was spent at the Long Beach Convention Center.
One winter shelter resident who spoke with the Post said the incident left him shaken and wondering if he’s safe.
Hundreds of people live in their vehicles on Long Beach’s streets. Those in RVs have the challenge of finding a sanitary place to unload their sewage tanks.
