A man was hospitalized and a woman was arrested following a stabbing in Long Beach, authorities said today.

The stabbing occurred about 11:05 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of Pacific Avenue, near Sixth Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

The victim and suspect were involved in a dispute when the woman allegedly stabbed the man with a knife in the lower body, police said.

Paramedics took the man to a hospital for treatment, and officers took the woman to jail, police said.

Investigators were working to learn the motive for the stabbing, police said.