The Pike sells for $50 million; new owner plans $20 million in improvements before Olympics
The new owners say they want to make the outdoor mall more appealing to Long Beach locals.
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.
A street vendor worked hard for his family; after an attack, they’re asking for help aiding him
“My father has spent years working tirelessly, treating people with kindness and earning an honest living,” his daughter wrote. “Seeing him hurt in this way has been heartbreaking.”
Billionaire tax, affordable housing: See the measures on California’s November ballot
California voters will decide on 14 statewide policy proposals come November, including the high-stakes billionaire tax, an $11 billion affordable housing bond and voter ID requirements.
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Trump renews push to shift homelessness funding. What’s at stake
The Trump administration wants to shift more money to homeless shelters that require sobriety, a change that would disrupt California’s “housing-first” policies.
Police look for hit-and-run driver who seriously hurt pedestrian on 2nd Street
The crash happened on Naples Island last month.
Harbor Commission OKs $1.05B budget for Port with increased capital improvement spending
Port officials noted the increase in spending reflects a 53.7% increase in capital expenditures compared to the prior year, to $571.8 million, as work continues on delivering the Pier B…
Ex-parks superintendent charged with secretly recording naked lifeguards in Orange County
Kevin Pearsall, who lives in Long Beach, is accused of secretly filming 23 people in the men’s locker room at Bolsa Chica State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters.
Long Beach Pride faces debt crisis, potential building sale after festival collapse
The nonprofit running the annual festival was already in debt, according to its outgoing president, and it now must find a way to pay back ticketholders, vendors and sponsors.
Driver arrested for DUI, 2 hurt when car crashes into North Long Beach home
“We really need some speed bumps around here,” one neighbor said.
New earthquake study finds San Andreas fault is primed for a big quake
Scientists found that the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are under more stress than at any point in the last 1,000 years, meaning that a massive earthquake could be…