Gompers and Edison elementary schools will close at the end of the school year
The Board of Education voted Wednesday night to close the elementary schools as the district continues to struggle with falling enrollment and a multimillion-dollar budget deficit.
ICE agents who injured Long Beach man must be pulled off the streets and investigated, mayor says
Mayor Rex Richardson told the Long Beach Post he was sending a written complaint seeking answers from federal authorities about why agents stopped the man.
Students say AI use is rampant in the classroom. They’re using performance art to push back on it
They want Long Beach Unified to ban generative AI use. They’re acting out skits and surveying their classmates to get their point across.
Neighbors rush to defend man after ICE agents break his arm, witnesses say. ICE says they used ‘minimum amount of force’
Dramatic video shows a crowd blocked ICE agents from leaving until Long Beach police arrived, uncuffed the injured man and took him for medical treatment.
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New body-camera footage shows high-speed police shootout with driver wielding AK-47
While police were chasing him, the driver fired multiple times out of the driver’s side window back at officers, authorities say.
He promised homes for families. Now he’s accused of millions in fraud — and one attorney says that’s just the beginning
Helpful Housing says it’s provided homes for 10,000 people, but it’s accused of falsifying tax documents and tenant information, as well as swindling low-income renters out of money.
As police searched for driver who killed beloved grandma, neighbors moved swiftly to support her family
The family of Song Tate has felt so embraced by their local community that they’re extending an open invitation to her celebration of life this weekend.
High school water polo players hurt in ‘shocking’ hazing incident, coach says in email to parents
One parent who spoke out said there must be accountability and consequences.
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
The governor announced his positions on most of the 14 propositions on the November ballot.
Pacific hurricane region sets record for big, long-lasting storms thanks to El Niño
El Niño and other factors have combined to turbocharge the central and eastern Pacific hurricane region to record activity.
Extensive damage, unsteady homes and urgent repairs: What’s next for the Peninsula?
Damage from Tropical Storm Rachel could have been worse if peak swell, high tide and wind direction had lined up.