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Aug 9 11:30 am
  • lawsuit

Long Beach freezes convention center fund after complaints of unchecked spending

Kelly Puente

The action stems from allegations that the city’s top tourism official was spending tens of thousands of dollars in public funds on unnecessary furnishings for the facility without proper approvals.

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Jul 3 12:00 pm
  • lawsuit

City could settle 2018 complaint over 15-foot tree branch that fell on woman driving in North Long Beach

Anthony Pignataro

The recommended settlement amount, $245,000, is in line with what plaintiff Crystal Whitsett was seeking in her original complaint, which she filed in Long Beach Superior Court in October 2018.

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Jun 27 8:01 am
  • LBUSD

Ex-teacher accused of sex abuse seeks to block release of employment record

Jeremiah Dobruck

A former student’s lawsuit says a computer teacher at Hughes Middle School groped her and groomed other students. He says details of his time at the campus should be kept private.

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Mar 31 9:39 am
  • Housing

Southland cities file legal challenge to state lot-split law

City News Service

By enacting SB 9, the state “eviscerated a city’s local control overland use decisions and a community-tailored zoning process,” the petition states.  

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Mar 10 4:46 pm
  • lawsuit

Long Beach settles alleged police brutality case involving officer accused of lying

Kelly Puente

Long Beach will pay $499,800 to settle a federal police brutality lawsuit from a Lomita man who alleges that he was injured by a police officer outside a Pine Avenue bar in 2018.

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Jan 17 4:42 pm
  • lawsuit

Man sues Long Beach reggae fest concert promoters over tripping injury

City News Service

The lawsuit alleges he was hurt when he tripped on a black-taped cable stretched across a walkway of the same color, making the cable hard to see.

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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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Oct 22 1:55 pm
  • dominguez channel

Residents sue over foul smell in Dominguez Channel, alleging fire released harmful chemicals

Crystal Niebla and Sebastian Echeverry

The plaintiffs want an injunction directing the companies to pay for relocation and future medical monitoring expenses as a result of the nauseating gas, as well as unspecified damages.

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Sep 12 11:16 am
  • lawsuit

Judge leans toward trial in lawsuit brought by family of Long Beach woman fatally struck by train

City News Service

A judge has indicated she is poised to allow to proceed to trial a consolidated lawsuit brought against a security guard service by parents whose 24-year-old daughter was killed after falling onto tracks and being hit by a train at the Sylmar Metrolink station.

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Aug 10 2021 9:26 am
  • lawsuit

LA Sheriff’s deputies shot in ambush attack sue ‘ghost gun’ kit maker

Robert Jablon, Associated Press

Two deputies badly wounded in an ambush shooting last year have sued a company for making the parts for a “ghost gun” used in the attack.

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