Convention center’s lax record-keeping stymied audit of millions in public funds, firm says
City officials stopped pursuing the audit when it got more expensive, saying it would be unnecessary and too costly.
Long Beach freezes convention center fund after complaints of unchecked spending
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.
‘It’s like an avalanche’: Convention Center staff overwhelmed with book and toy donations for migrant children
Donations of new books and toys are being accepted through May 8.
Federal government set to pay over $35 million to house migrant children in Long Beach
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.
Migrant kids arrive at Long Beach Convention Center as officials give first public glimpse
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.
LIVE COVERAGE: Officials are housing asylum-seeking kids in Long Beach; what does that look like?
Preparations reached their final stages today for unaccompanied children detained at the border to arrive in Long Beach.
Migrant kids will arrive in Long Beach soon. What are they fleeing? Here’s one teen’s journey
Charlee Hernandez’s story gives a glimpse at what some kids likely experienced before arriving at the Long Beach Convention Center.
With guidelines in place, Long Beach Convention Center to start hosting events in August
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.
Are you newly eligible but couldn’t schedule a vaccine at the Convention Center? Here’s why
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.
Convention Center, soon to house migrant children, graffitied with ‘no kids in cages,’ anti-ICE slogans
The graffiti included phrases such as, “There’s blood on your hands” and “concentration camp.”