Here’s how the mayoral race — which could be decided as early as the June primary — is shaping up.
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Long Beach’s streets are too dangerous, solutions too slow, City Council says
Tired of long delays and a lack of answers, the City Council wants closer oversight of how the Public Works Department handles requests for new stop signs, left-turn signals, crosswalks and other safety measures.
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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend — including Battle of the Bands and a night at the Aquarium
Plus, First Fridays is back in Bixby Knolls.
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LA County pays $4.9M to settle lawsuits stemming from Sheriff’s Department car crashes
One Lakewood Station deputy was responding to a robbery call when he rear-ended a motorist, according to the lawsuit.
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Cambodian Genocide survivor released from ICE custody after court order
Yi, who fled the genocide and came to the U.S. with her family in 1981, was detained by ICE at a routine immigration check-in in Santa Ana on Jan. 8 and held at the Adelanto Detention Facility for almost two months.
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Long Beach cuts funding to free cart program for street vendors
City officials said it suffered from low participation. Vendors trying to get carts said they were frustrated by a sluggish application process.
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Students vie for cash prizes, studio time, bragging rights in districtwide Battle of the Bands
Acts from Renaissance, Browning, Cabrillo, Millikan, Wilson, Marshall and Stephens have put in countless hours of practice before their shot on stage Saturday.
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Theater News: Raw. Violent. Infused with love. How the director describes Long Beach Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
Christian Lee Navarro, of “13 Reasons Why” fame, is directing the production.
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Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter in crash that killed toddler
Jail logs show he lived at the apartment building where he allegedly backed into three people sitting on the front steps.
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Toddler killed, 2 others seriously hurt when SUV backs over curb onto sidewalk
Police officers rushed the young girl to the hospital themselves to get her there as quickly as possible, but it was not enough to save her, authorities said.