California spends billions based on this pollution tracker. Who benefits from its latest update?
California is updating CalEnviroScreen, the influential pollution tracker that helps determine which communities get environmental grants. Advocates say the state should improve the tool and use it more frequently to cut pollution.
LBUSD may drop a year of math from graduation requirements. Personal finance, ethnic studies will be added.
The current four-year requirement means many students are in math classes they don’t want to be in and have no interest in passing, according to one math teacher.
Botched gang ambush killed longtime street vendor, investigators testify in court hearing
They said four gunmen let off at least 25 rounds trying to shoot a rival they recognized from social media. Instead, one bullet hit an unintended target.
Supreme Court lets California use new Congressional maps designed to boost Democrats
Long Beach’s congressman is a key part of the plan. His district will absorb some Republican-heavy portions of Orange County to dilute their voting power.
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Construction starts on 272-unit apartment complex, part of a larger downtown development plan
It’s part of a wider project that’s expected to eventually bring 900 apartments and 50 new storefronts. The first building, called Portico, is slated to finish by June 2028.
Long Beach coffee shop closes after being ordered to pay $65,000 in back wages
A judge ruled the East Village Café was liable for minimum wage violations and overtime that was never paid.
Virgin Mary statues defaced, religious articles vandalized at Catholic school ransacked overnight
The extent of the damage, some of it targeted at the school’s most precious items, left staff and parents disturbed.
Long Beach man found guilty of selling fentanyl-laced cocaine in deadly overdoses
Authorities said an engaged couple bought the drugs and overdosed at their home.
California chief justice steps up monitoring of immigration arrests at courthouses
California’s top judge wants to deter immigration agents from making arrests in courthouses, a practice that she says instills fear in witnesses and litigants.
Cops have to treat marijuana in your car differently after new California Supreme Court ruling
If you can’t easily consume it, having marijuana in your car does not give California police the right to search the vehicle.
Long Beach congressman to help lead impeachment inquiry of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
At a press event in Long Beach on Friday, Garcia told reporters that if Noem “doesn’t resign today,” the inquiry will be launched in the coming days.
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