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Jan 23 3:08 pm
  • audit

Convention center’s lax record-keeping stymied audit of millions in public funds, firm says

Jeremiah Dobruck

City officials stopped pursuing the audit when it got more expensive, saying it would be unnecessary and too costly.

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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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Apr 28 2021 5:01 pm
  • Long Beach Convention Center

‘It’s like an avalanche’: Convention Center staff overwhelmed with book and toy donations for migrant children

Kelly Puente

Donations of new books and toys are being accepted through May 8. 

1.5k
Apr 23 2021 4:10 pm
  • Long Beach Convention Center

Federal government set to pay over $35 million to house migrant children in Long Beach

Kelly Puente and Jason Ruiz

The federal government will pay $197,356 a day for facility rental and other fees, and an additional $113,550 a day for meals and bottle water.

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Apr 22 2021 1:48 pm
  • Immigration

Migrant kids arrive at Long Beach Convention Center as officials give first public glimpse

Jason Ruiz

The first children arrived shortly after a tour for local officials and a press conference where they described conditions at the facility that will hold up to 1,000 kids.

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Apr 22 2021 9:49 am
  • Immigration

LIVE COVERAGE: Officials are housing asylum-seeking kids in Long Beach; what does that look like?

Staff Reports

Preparations reached their final stages today for unaccompanied children detained at the border to arrive in Long Beach.

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Apr 20 2021 9:43 am
  • Immigration

Migrant kids will arrive in Long Beach soon. What are they fleeing? Here’s one teen’s journey

Sebastian Echeverry

Charlee Hernandez’s story gives a glimpse at what some kids likely experienced before arriving at the Long Beach Convention Center.

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Apr 19 2021 5:20 pm
  • Long Beach Convention Center

With guidelines in place, Long Beach Convention Center to start hosting events in August

Jason Ruiz

The planned conventions, which include at least three already planned in August, leave little room for error with a federal holding facility for unaccompanied migrant children expected to open at the Convention Center this week.

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Apr 15 2021 2:17 pm
  • coronavirus

Are you newly eligible but couldn’t schedule a vaccine at the Convention Center? Here’s why

Jeremiah Dobruck and Sebastian Echeverry

Any California resident 16 years and older can now book a vaccine appointment, but there was a glitch today with Long Beach’s largest vaccination site.

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Apr 12 2021 10:15 am
  • Long Beach Convention Center

Convention Center, soon to house migrant children, graffitied with ‘no kids in cages,’ anti-ICE slogans

Brandon Richardson

The graffiti included phrases such as, “There’s blood on your hands” and “concentration camp.”

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