8-year-old killed by car had chased ball into street, family says. They’re demanding safer roads.
Two years ago, a 4-year-old girl was killed at nearly the same spot on Paramount Boulevard.
School board chair apologizes for not pushing back harder on Islamophobia at recent meeting
After a tirade of xenophobic remarks from one public speaker, the school board’s “silence that followed was deafening,” said one advocate.
Billie Jean King, 82, earns a bachelor’s degree 65 years after her first college class
“It’s never too late, whatever age you are, whatever your abilities are, go for it if you want it,” King said.
California community colleges crack down on fake students stealing financial aid
After a spike in fraudulent applications to California’s community colleges, school officials say they are getting better at detecting and preventing fraud, though it still happens.
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Long Beach man arrested after running from deadly Rancho Mirage crash, sheriff’s office says
Authorities alleged he’d been drinking before the wreck.
Long Beach Pride festival canceled amid finger-pointing over permits. Parade still on.
The Long Beach Pride festival scheduled for this weekend was abruptly canceled Friday afternoon, with organizers and the city of Long Beach trading blame. The parade is still scheduled for…
Six people have died in California ICE detention centers as Trump deportations soared
The Trump administration immigration crackdown swelled the population inside California’s immigrant detention centers. State investigators in a report described strained medical resources inside the sites.
Long Beach Unified School Board District 1 candidate questionnaire: Maria Isabel López
As part of our June 2026 primary voter guide, the Long Beach Post and LAist partnered to ask school board candidates how they’d handle the issues voters said they cared…
Long Beach voter guide: LBUSD school board District 1
The race for the school board seat representing Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach has been complicated by a sexual abuse lawsuit and a prior arrest in a deadly hit-and-run.…
Why can the Queen Mary have fireworks but Alamitos Bay can’t? We dug into bureaucracy to find out.
“The bureaucracy just sucks,” said the organizer of the now-canceled Big Bang on the Bay.
Amid a spike in traumatic injuries, Long Beach to ban high-powered e-bikes on sidewalks
The city stopped short of seeking to ban e-bikes that can go over 20 mph from multi-use pathways like the beach and river trails.
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