Rollout of changes to CalFresh puts 600K Californians at risk of losing food benefits
More than 1 in 5 Long Beach residents, about 93,000 people, rely on CalFresh food benefits. Some will begin losing them soon.
California community colleges crack down on fake students stealing financial aid
After a spike in fraudulent applications to California’s community colleges, school officials say they are getting better at detecting and preventing fraud, though it still happens.
Long Beach school’s new mural honors indigenous heritage; public invited to blessing Friday
Representatives from the Tongva nation will hold a land acknowledgement and blessing at the Maple Village Waldorf School in Belmont Heights.
$6 gas and refinery fears collide with California’s climate ambitions
California is considering giving oil refineries and other major polluters billions in free pollution permits under a major overhaul of its carbon market. The fight is exposing a deeper question inside Gov. Gavin Newsom’s climate agenda: Can California lower emissions without driving up gas prices?
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Six people have died in California ICE detention centers as Trump deportations soared
The Trump administration immigration crackdown swelled the population inside California’s immigrant detention centers. State investigators in a report described strained medical resources inside the sites.
Long Beach Unified School Board District 1 candidate questionnaire: Maria Isabel López
As part of our June 2026 primary voter guide, the Long Beach Post and LAist partnered to ask school board candidates how they’d handle the issues voters said they cared…
Long Beach voter guide: LBUSD school board District 1
The race for the school board seat representing Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach has been complicated by a sexual abuse lawsuit and a prior arrest in a deadly hit-and-run.…
Why can the Queen Mary have fireworks but Alamitos Bay can’t? We dug into bureaucracy to find out.
“The bureaucracy just sucks,” said the organizer of the now-canceled Big Bang on the Bay.
Amid a spike in traumatic injuries, Long Beach to ban high-powered e-bikes on sidewalks
The city stopped short of seeking to ban e-bikes that can go over 20 mph from multi-use pathways like the beach and river trails.
Where does California rank in homelessness? The federal report that could tell us has been delayed for months
The federal government’s annual “point-in-time” homelessness count is used by city and county governments across the country to determine funding and gauge progress in getting people off the streets.
Long Beach, Wonderful Company want a zero-emission truck route between the port and Central Valley
Port officials, executives with Wonderful Company Real Estate and trucking companies signed an agreement to more quickly transition to electric fleets and build up needed charging infrastructure.
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