UPDATE: Man believed to be walking in sewer tunnels sparks large rescue effort
Eyewitness reports described several fire crews, including personnel wearing hazmat outfits.
Long Beach police commander named chief in Hermosa Beach
Paul LeBaron, a 27-year veteran of the LBPD, will begin serving asHermosa Beach’s new top cop on April 16.
Sea lion pup found on 710 Freeway is released back into the ocean
The pup was underweight and dehydrated but made a full recovery during her rehabilitation Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, where she was nicknamed “Little 710.”
Golf cart battery sparks fire at Seal Beach country club, OCFA says
A fire inside a maintenance building today at Seal Beach’s Old Ranch Country Club heavily damaged the structure and destroyed several golf carts.
‘There’s no jobs’: A new form of drive-by protest demands city leaders cancel rent
The activists gathered at an empty parking lot in East Long Beach to decorate nearly a dozen vehicles with signs that called for canceling rent, mortgages and debt among other demands.
Hot spots: Pandemic pushes California to bridge a digital divide
The demands of social distancing have revealed the digital divide to be a chasm. California is partnering with Google to close it. Here’s what that means.
Gun background checks smash records amid coronavirus fears
Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled by a run on guns from Americans worried about their safety during the coronavirus crisis.
Quarantine Chronicles Day 21: In the hunkering era, here are ways some others are handling it
“One thing I have noticed about conspiracy theorists is they are always, always, the smartest people in the room,” writes Tom Brayton. “Of course, one reason for this is they are usually the only person in the room. Little competition.”
St. Mary to replace ER group, a decision doctors call ‘borderline obscene’ in midst of pandemic
In an internal memo sent to staff on Thursday, President and CEO Carolyn Caldwell said the process to open bids for the contract had begun long before the pandemic struck.
Police investigating two overnight shootings in the Westside, North Long Beach; no injuries reported
In both shootings, police located several casings at the scenes but no injuries were reported, authorities said.