Coroner identifies woman found dying on Downtown Long Beach sidewalk
Nancy Romero, 46, died at the hospital after she was found wounded on the sidewalk, according to coroner’s records. She’d been shot in the back.
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UPDATE: Missing 24-year-old man found in Wilmington, police say
He was found Monday night and has been reunited with his family.
Man leads officers on short chase after carjacking woman, police say
The woman told officers that shortly before 7:40 p.m. Monday, a man made motions as if he had a gun and stole her car near the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Burnett Street.
Which city has the highest sales tax in California? Hint: It isn’t Long Beach
Long Beach once had one of the highest sales tax rates in the state. Other cities are now catching up.
CHP looks for raging driver who used tire iron to beat woman
After a crash on the 605 Freeway, the man beat the other driver with a tire iron, leaving her with major injuries, according to the CHP.
Road diet disaster? Protestors rally against Broadway Corridor project
Long Beach put Broadway on a “road diet” this year to make the street safer. Some residents say the street is now more dangerous.
ICE operations targeting people with criminal convictions often end in ‘collateral’ arrests
ICE operations that zero in on people with criminal convictions in the U.S. result in about 30% of targets being arrested, plus an unknown number of non-targets, or “collaterals,” who are also swept up.
Ex-cheerleading coach gets prison for sex-assault on cruise from Long Beach to Mexico
He was sentenced to more than 6 years in prison for locking himself into a room with a woman and sexually assaulting her, authorities said.
Big-rig drives off 405 Freeway, ends up stuck at bottom of embankment
Nobody was seriously hurt, but crews had to call in heavy equipment to hoist the tractor-trailer out of a the ditch.