Lawsuit alleges school board member’s husband groomed, abused elementary school student
He’s a teacher at Long Beach Unified, where his wife sits on the governing board. She called the lawsuit’s accusations “categorically false.”
Police search for hit-and-run driver who seriously hurt 67-year-old at Anaheim and Redondo
No arrests have been made, but a search warrant to seize and search the involved vehicle lays out how the crash happened and how police tracked down the van.
2 plead no contest to stealing thousands from CSULB Athletics Department by filing false time sheets
They paid restitution and were sentenced to community service and probation, prosecutors said.
Trump administration acknowledges it needs immigrant farmworkers as it moves to cut their pay
The Trump administration handed down a rule that would cut the minimum wage for immigrants with H-2A visas, including farm workers. The United Farm Workers sued, arguing the change would depress pay to all agricultural employees, including citizens.
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Construction starts on affordable housing project at historic National Guard armory
Developers plan to preserve the 1930s Art Deco structure while converting it into 64 apartments.
California lawmakers want to rename César Chavez Day following sexual abuse allegations
They plan to pass a bill renaming the holiday Farmworkers Day before the end of the month. Long Beach leaders have also pledged to look at whether his name should remain on…
Crews at Port of Long Beach work to stabilize containers on ship that encountered rough seas
Containers fell into the sea and others were damaged and left teetering after the ship reportedly traversed 20-foot waves off Alaska.
Driver charged with killing high schooler sitting at bus stop gets 6 months of jail time
“I really hope that everybody learns from this because with one mistake, he ruined a lot of lives,” the victim’s mother said of the driver.
Will César Chávez’s name be stripped from public facilities? Here’s what local politicians say
In Long Beach, the mayor said the city will be “reviewing the naming of public facilities.” The statement came in response to a New York Times report that Chávez abused…
Some California Democrats pitch gas price relief as prices at the pump soar
Experts say the latest gas price spike is driven by global oil markets and the Iran conflict, while California’s higher base price stems from refinery closures, the state’s market and…
Plans for apartment towers on grounds of old City Hall come forward after years of delays
The site at Ocean and Cedar has sat vacant since demolition was finished in 2022.