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May 18 6:30 am
  • city council

Small businesses, restaurants and nonprofits to soon see COVID relief grants

Kelly Puente

The funding comes more than a year after the city approved its recovery plan and received more than $60 million in federal COVID relief aid to address fiscal issues and urgent needs in the community. 

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May 14 8:00 am
  • city council

Long Beach rolling out relief programs a year after receiving millions in COVID aid

Kelly Puente

Long Beach last year received more than $60 million in federal COVID relief aid to address fiscal issues and urgent needs in the community, but a year later, the majority of those funds have yet to be spent.

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May 4 9:18 am
  • Playground

City Council approves ‘kid zone’ law that bars adults from playgrounds unless they’re supervising children

Jason Ruiz

The new law would bar adults from playground areas unless they’re supervising a child under the age of 12. Violating the new law could be prosecuted as a misdemeanor.

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Mar 2 3:07 pm
  • city council

City Council meetings will soon be in-person again

Jason Ruiz

The March 15 City Council meeting will be a hybrid format, and the March 22 meeting will be fully in-person as Long Beach transitions back to in-person public meetings, the city said Wednesday.

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Feb 16 2:47 pm
  • city council

City Council votes to change Community Hospital lease, ending requirement for emergency room

Kelly Puente

The lease change signifies the end of a failed effort to save the nearly 100-year-old hospital after it was shuttered in 2018 due to seismic compliance issues, leaving the East Long Beach area without an emergency room.

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Feb 8 9:00 pm
  • city council

City to submit new 8-year housing plan for state approval

Kelly Puente

Long Beach was assigned the goal of creating space for more than 26,000 units between 2021 and 2029, and nearly 60% of those units must be affordable. 

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Dec 2 9:00 am
  • 2022 election

Long Beach 5th District City Council race hits reset button, has 2 new candidates

Jason Ruiz

LBUSD Board of Education Member Megan Kerr and former Port of Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Rich Dines announced they are both running for the 5th District City Council seat in 2022.

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Nov 8 4:00 pm
  • Long Beach Police Department

Police thought a Black 17-year-old was a burglar in his own home, lawsuit says

Jeremiah Dobruck

The Long Beach City Council is set to vote on a $425,000 payment to settle the case at its next meeting.

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Jun 30 11:18 am
  • city council

Masks won’t be required when the public returns to City Council meetings, but capacity will be limited to half

Jason Ruiz

City Clerk Monique De La Garza said masks won’t be required, but they may be recommended given the recent rise in the Delta variant that has been detected in Long Beach.

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Jun 14 9:35 am
  • Missing Person

Pastor charged with stealing thousands from disabled veteran while family searched for him

Jeremiah Dobruck

Misi Tagaloa preached compassion for the homeless while he ran for City Council. In private, he was embezzling from a man under his care, prosecutors allege.

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