Bike thefts in Long Beach may become easier to track, prevent and potentially recover in the future if the city manager’s office finds it feasible to initiate an application-based registration system for bikes following a vote from the city council to move forward with the study Tuesday night.
The City of Long Beach could soon loosen restrictions on musicians in the city as two separate studies aimed at increasing the ability for them to perform in city streets and inside non-traditional music venues without the burden of an entertainment license were advanced by the city council last night.
The condition of the nearly 800 miles of streets in Long Beach is improving but the estimated amount needed to bring them up to a pavement condition index (PCI) score of good/excellent stands at over $500 million.
Last year’s wet winter may have pulled California out of its years-long drought but the influx of water had one noticeable negative impact as it dragged down water quality scores in a number of beaches across the state.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of funding allocation for Measure H funds Tuesday, giving a clearer picture of how and where money generated from the voter-approved sales tax increase that passed in March.
Should residents be able to use their CalFresh benefits to acquire fresh fruits and vegetables from all Long Beach area farmers markets? The Long Beach City Council thinks so, and Tuesday night it commenced a study to examine how it could both mandate and ease the impacts of an ordinance change that would require the acceptance of those transactions.
As the Independence Day holiday approaches city leaders in Long Beach are ramping up their anti-firework campaign in an attempt to quell what has been characterized as an annual escalation in the use of illegal fireworks in the days and weeks leading up to the Fourth of July.
The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday night to appoint Monique DeLaGarza as the new city clerk after weeks of closed session meetings were held to vet candidates for the open position.
