Festival of Flight, the city’s annual celebration of local aviation, lands at Long Beach Airport on Oct. 25
This award-winning event is free and open to the public, with 15,000 people expected to attend.
Police investigate bank robbery at 2nd & PCH
Police did not disclose if the man was armed during the robbery and did not provide a description of the suspect.
Gavin Newsom signs law overhauling local zoning to build more housing
After weeks of waiting, California’s governor signed a bill that will allow mid-rise apartment buildings near major transit stops in California’s biggest metro areas.
Long Beach says its ‘Fixit’ repair clinics have diverted about 3,000 pounds of waste from landfills
The next clinic is this Saturday from noon to 3 p.m.
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Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches
California health officials will now decide which ingredients, additives, dyes, and other forms of processing don’t belong in school meals and K-12 cafeterias.
World War II-era explosive found at Port of Long Beach, temporarily stalling cargo movement at terminal
An ordnance disposal team removed the explosive.
Long Beach may lift fireworks ban, allow ‘safe and sane’ pyrotechnics
City Council members floated the idea of letting people buy and use state-certified “safe and sane” fireworks during the Fourth of July season.
Newsom signs bill to prevent sex abuse in schools
The law requires a database intended to stop teachers facing credible accusations of abuse from quitting and getting rehired at another school, potentially abusing more children.
Potential names revealed for Long Beach baseball team. Now it’s time to vote
How does the Long Beach Grit sound? Maybe the Regulators? Team owners want your votes on six options.
Long Beach expands city-sanctioned public drinking experiment with Halloween party downtown
It’s an expansion of Long Beach’s experiment to allow alcohol consumption at certain public events.
Gov. Gavin Newsom just banned loud ads on Netflix and other streaming services. Here’s why
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning ads that are substantially louder than the shows on streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu.