Plans to fix gaps in Newsom’s mental health court reopen divisions over involuntary care
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court struggles to serve Californians in acute mental health crises. Two bills are moving forward to change that.
Overnight fire damages SoCal Edison shed at Recreation Park; brief outage reported
Roughly 20 firefighters battled the flames shortly after midnight.
Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification
The court said the law “attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of governmental functions.”
Thousands eligible for payments under data breach settlement. Long Beach still won’t say how it happened.
The city has agreed to pay out $2.35 million in a class action lawsuit.
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Long Beach man gets year in jail for stealing bronze plaques
Bronze theft, police said, “is a growing concern in the Southern California area.”
Police find van, still searching for driver in deadly hit-and-run
When officers located the van, at an address less than two miles from the crash, its front driver’s side windshield had damage “consistent with striking a pedestrian,” a detective wrote.
The best photos from the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
We sent our best photographers and told them to give us the favorite shots. Here’s what they came back with.
Álex Palou wins his first Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach at its 51st running
Palou had been on the podium at Long Beach in each of the last three years, but Sunday’s win was his first checkered flag here.
Before he shaped the Long Beach Grand Prix, Jim Michaelian was the speed demon of Alhambra
Michaelian died of a heart attack weeks before what was supposed to be his last Grand Prix as CEO of the race. It was a life lived at full throttle.
UPDATE: Man stabs police officer in downtown Long Beach, LBPD says
The crime, just a couple of blocks from where the Grand Prix is taking place, prompted a large police response of at least a dozen officers.
Employee at Long Beach spa arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting women
Police allege he assaulted two women while working at La Dolce Vita Spa. They’re asking any other victims to come forward.
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