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.
$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.
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Man intentionally ran over his 89-year-old father, Long Beach police say
He was arrested on suspicion of murder, according to the LBPD.
Plagued by delays, roads around Colorado Lagoon may open by summer, but construction will drag on
It’s already two years overdue, but with hazardous waste discoveries, including asbestos, officials say they don’t know when work will be finished.
Trump’s Medicaid work mandate could kick thousands of homeless Californians off coverage
A majority of California’s roughly 180,000 people experiencing homelessness have health insurance through Medi-Cal. Providers predict that many will lose insurance under President Donald Trump’s upcoming work mandates even if…
Long Beach man gets prison for mailing cocaine to motorcycle gang
Federal prosecutors said he was shipping it to “a large-scale drug trafficking organization” responsible for distributing kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine in Connecticut.
California, 23 other states sue Trump over new tariffs
The states argue that President Trump is incorrectly using a never-before-invoked law to put these tariffs in place.
In a bid to curb overdoses, Long Beach will now mail residents fentanyl test strips and Narcan
There’s been swift demand for the program. Dozens of requests rolled in within hours of its launch, according to a Health Department worker.
Long Beach Rescue Mission opens new youth shelter, expects it to be full ‘immediately’
Young men aged 18 to 24 have a new place to seek help. “We want to be able to equip them with the tools to be able to survive in…