Year in review: The Top 10 Long Beach stories of 2021
This year was an incredibly busy news year; January 2021 alone may have been the busiest month in recent history.
Year in review: COVID-19 remained the biggest story of 2021
2020 ended bleak, and 2021 began even bleaker: More than 15,000 new cases of the virus were diagnosed in the first month of the year, and the city recorded 268 deaths—more than any single month since the start of the pandemic.
Year in review: Here are some of Long Beach’s most notable deaths in 2021
Long Beach lost a big part of its history this year with the deaths of three former councilmembers, a state Assemblywoman and Senator, and others who made a big impact on the city: a leader in the Cambodian community, a longtime strawberry farmer, a Filipina chef, the owner of a shoeshine stand and a former gang detective.
10 Long Beach crime stories we’re still thinking about at the end of 2021
As it does every year, Long Beach saw its share of crime in 2021. But some stories were especially memorable, poignant or had an outsized potential to affect the city.
Year in pictures: The top photos of 2021
Tragedy. Beauty. Joy. Anger. The photographers at the Post roll on breaking news and illustrate events and features of note, freezing them in time as a record of moments in the city’s history.
A year in review inside the Long Beach Post newsroom
As we reflect on a year that was, we would like to take a moment to acknowledge the work we did together and the decisions we made in 2020.
The 10 best Post video stories of 2020
In these videos, we bring you some joyous and uplifting times along with the heartbreaking and touching moments of the year.
The 10 most read Long Beach stories of 2018
Readers of the Long Beach Post spent the equivalent of 10 years, 231 days, 14 hours, 53 minutes and 15 seconds reading our coverage online throughout 2018. Which stories were the most read this year?
2018 in pictures: The best photos of the year
Long Beach laughed, danced, mourned, sang, flipped, walked, protested, fell and saluted in 2018. Here are some of our best photos of the year.