Swapping a nursing home for ‘neighborhoods’: Long Beach VA unveils new care facility
Administrators say the new Community Living Center, which has been in the works since 2008, is a model for the future of long-term veteran care.
Parents speak out against consolidation of LBUSD’s English-Spanish immersion program
Westside families in particular say long commutes to a new campus may force their children to forego a chance at a bilingual education.
Downtown’s Mosaic shopping center sells for $30 million
It’s the latest development around the former City Place mall.
This Long Beach warehouse is ‘where food trucks are born.’ Meet the family behind it.
For 15 years, California Food Trucks has built out vans and commercial trucks into mobile kitchens.
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Firefighters knock down flames at unoccupied home filled with trash
No one was injured, and the fire’s cause is under investigation.
Police arrest suspect who’s been wanted for years in connection to gang murder
The 25-year-old was taken into custody at LAX five years after allegedly helping gun down a man in West Long Beach.
Parents push Long Beach Unified to limit screen use, technology in the classroom
Momentum has built around the idea since Los Angeles Unified stopped using tablets and laptops in the lowest grades and capped screen time for older students.
Police ask for help finding gunmen who robbed off-duty officer in Bixby Knolls
According to police, the suspects are believed to be armed and dangerous.
Hit-and-run driver who claimed her car was stolen gets 364 days in jail for killing Long Beach dad
Felix Castro’s family continues to mourn. “Time has not softened the loss,” his wife told the judge and the rest of the courtroom Thursday.
SWAT officers arrest domestic violence suspect after standoff near Bixby Park
The suspect and the victim were barricaded inside an apartment, a police spokeswoman said.
Long Beach uses millions from emergency reserves, braces for ‘difficult changes’ ahead
The city now heads into its next budget cycle with its reserves at their lowest level in years and little cushion to absorb another bad year.