Some California Democrats pitch gas price relief as prices at the pump soar
Experts say the latest gas price spike is driven by global oil markets and the Iran conflict, while California’s higher base price stems from refinery closures, the state’s market and environmental rules.
Firefighters union, renter advocates launch tax initiative to fund road repairs, new stations, housing production
If passed, most residents would be exempt from paying the tax, which is aimed at commercial properties and high-earning homeowners. It also has protections against landlords passing the cost on to renters.
California passed a law to curb spikes in gas prices. Why isn’t it using those powers now?
California built a first-in-the-nation system to police refinery profits during price spikes. Regulators delayed it for five years. Gasoline has surged to record highs as global oil markets spike amid the Iran war. The spike exposes a deeper problem: fewer refineries and limited California fuel supply.
Hit-and-run driver who killed bicyclist in Bluff Park called police dispatch to confess, detectives say
New court documents reveal what happened — and how police say the case was solved — in the days after the deadly crash at Second and Redondo.
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Long Beach Unified withholds records about aide accused of molesting disabled student
“The way it’s being treated is as if nothing happened, it’s very, very frustrating, very demoralizing,” the girl’s grandmother said.
Metal thievery is plunging Long Beach streets into darkness. Residents are anxious for a fix.
There’s been a surge in copper wire theft, and residents say it’s sometimes taken months or years to get stripped streetlights fixed.
Man charged with murder for allegedly running over his 89-year-old father
He’s being held on just over $2.1 million bail.
$3.7 million in federal funds will help pay for new crime lab, park improvements, youth center in Long Beach
Garcia said there continues to be bipartisan support for funding the universal issues seen in every city, like streets, bridges and parks.
Why is it so hard to get a new stop sign, left-turn signal or other traffic-safety measure in Long Beach?
The city is forming a plan to speed up their installation, but it raised the question for us: What’s taking so long to begin with?
Dozens of guns seized from home of man wanted in road rage shooting, police say
They said the man had gotten into a dispute with another driver that escalated into him firing multiple shots at the other vehicle.
Deaths among unhoused LA County residents fell in 2024, marking first decline on record
About 2,208 people experiencing homelessness died in the county that year, 300 fewer than the previous year, according to the report from the county Department of Public Health.
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