Man with fake gun sparks hours-long SWAT standoff in North Long Beach, police say
Police had the man’s home surrounded for hours on Sunday afternoon.
Long Beach will soon start planning budget cuts; here’s how you can weigh in
A proposed city budget — with expected reductions — will be revealed soon. Then you can give your opinion during a series of hearings and meetings.
California bans ‘sell by’ food labels to reduce food waste and confusion
Manufacturers selling food in California must now use two standardized labels — a “Best if Used By” label for peak quality and “Use By” label for product safety.
Man arrested after police standoff in Wrigley area
Initial reports were that he was threatening people with a box cutter. We’ll update this as we learn more.
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Long Beach will celebrate World Cup finale with an open-streets watch party
A swath of downtown streets will be shut down for a street fair, and there will be a big screen at Bixby Park.
Long Beach company Rocket Lab buys satellite comms firm in $8 billion deal to compete with SpaceX
It comes as a sign that the company is looking to compete with SpaceX and its Starlink network, which offers broadband internet service using a fleet of more than 10,000…
Teachers say they’re being bitten, headbutted and bruised while trying to manage classrooms
More school staff members are suffering more severe injuries, according to data from hundreds of workers’ comp claims reviewed by the Long Beach Post.
LA County drug overdose deaths declined for third straight year in 2025, mirroring national trend
L.A. County’s overdose strategy leans heavily on “harm reduction” — a public health approach that treats addiction as a health condition and focuses on keeping drug users alive rather than…
More than 400 firearms turned in during gun buyback in Long Beach
“It’s clear that people want a safe way to get rid of unwanted guns — and we will keep doing these buybacks as long as people keep showing up,” Supervisor…
Long Beach confirms first human case of West Nile in California this year
The person was hospitalized with neuroinvasive illness and is currently recovering at home, Long Beach said in a statement.
Want to speak your mind? You’ll soon be able to call into Long Beach City Council meetings.
Instead of sitting through the meeting in person — sometimes for hours on end — a new state law is forcing cities to give people remote access to speak.
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