The Great ShakeOut earthquake drill hits this morning
Municipalities across the state, including Long Beach, are participating in the Great ShakeOut. The earthquake drill is scheduled for 10:21 a.m.
New North Long Beach playground to be built using $1.5 million in state funding
A check for $1.5 million was presented to the public at Ramona Park in North Long Beach where the money will be used to build a new playground.
Who qualifies for a COVID-19 vaccine exemption? Experts say they are rare
Long Beach is requiring all of its 6,069 employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19—and those workers will face uphill battle if they seek an exemption to the requirement, officials say.
LBPD announces arrest of two suspects in 2020 homicide
Both suspects are accused in the shooting death of 33-year-old Joseph Roque, the Long Beach Police Department reported.
State Supreme Court won’t review case of ex-con convicted of Long Beach murder
Jason Monroe Daniels, now 37, was convicted of second-degree murder for the April 19, 2017 killing of William Luther Hayes, along with child abuse under circumstances likely to produce or cause great bodily injury or death and possession of a firearm by a felon.
‘Unheard of’: Food Finders rescued 17 million pounds of food last year
Among other programs, Food Finders provides a bag of four to six meals per family at 15 schools across Long Beach, but in the coming year, this will double to 30 schools.
‘Unacceptable on so many levels’: Dominguez Channel stench will last another week, officials say
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health also announced that it is now advising Carson and surrounding communities to avoid “prolonged outdoor activities” between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. near the Dominguez Channel.
Port of Long Beach purchases 29 acres of privately owned land on Pier D
The city’s port authority does not own all of the land within the Port of Long Beach. But it appears port officials are looking to change that.
Long Beach to adopt statewide organic recycling mandate, still unsure how it will comply
Senate bill 1383 was signed into law in September 2016 and gave local governments until January 2022 to set in place rules that require residential and commercial customers to separate yard clippings and food scraps into different containers to be recycled as the state tries to cut back on methane emissions from landfills.
City Council approves takeover agreement, will allow new contractor to finish Alamitos Beach concession stand
The project was initially scheduled to be completed by April 2020 but multiple extensions were given to the previous contractor, Klassic Engineering and Construction Inc., before the city ultimately found it in default of the contract on Aug. 17.