What Meta’s $17 billion social media addiction settlement means for California teens
The state attorney general’s office will enforce screen-time limits, blocks on notifications and age verification.
Three killed in separate crashes during deadly weekend on Long Beach streets
Three people were killed and several more were injured in a string of wrecks, including a speeding Tesla driver crashing through a cinderblock wall and a suspected drunk driver slamming into another car.
More than 26,000 homes and businesses lost power after electrical vault fire
SoCal Edison said the blackout initially affected more than 25,000 customers.
DUI suspected in high-speed crash that killed a woman, injured a man, LBPD says
Police said the driver was speeding up Atlantic Avenue before the deadly crash on Saturday afternoon.
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Top city traffic engineer leaves, says he was forced out of the job
Paul Van Dyk helped lead Long Beach’s response to rising traffic deaths. He’s departing as the city is about to turn on a key part of its strategy: speed cameras.
Xavier Becerra gets to play it safe in the race for governor, and he isn’t making promises
What would Xavier Becerra, a 35-year veteran of Democratic politics, do as California governor? He’s still not saying.
Long Beach police look for shooter who killed 56-year-old woman, wounded 2 others
Police said they could not provide details on a suspect or motive and asked anyone with information to call investigators.
With a strong El Niño expected in SoCal, should you consider flood insurance?
“ We are now explicitly expecting the strongest El Niño event ever observed,” said University of California climate scientist Daniel Swain.
A broken mental health system has kept a Long Beach father locked up without a trial, his family says
Kaizann Guerrero’s mother says he was doing well, with his schizophrenia under control, until he was sent to a state mental hospital following his arrest.
Man stabbed outside beachside restaurant in Long Beach; suspect arrested
Police said the violence stemmed from an argument between two homeless men near the Gaucho Beach restaurant on Alamitos Beach.
LA County will add people to its public housing waitlist for the first time in years
The rent in these county-owned and managed units — like the Carmelitos complex in Long Beach — is generally capped at 30% of a household’s gross income.