Municipal departments have been told to start trimming their budgets now as the city expects leaner, more turbulent times ahead.
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Long Beach nurses to strike May 22 in protest of pay, working conditions
As many as 2,000 nurses from MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital are expected to participate.
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Long Beach loses $9.5 million in social welfare programs as Trump Admin dismantles AmeriCorps service agency
The money was funding 79 positions across the city for young workers seeking experience in health care, education, shelters and other social services.
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Big Bang fireworks show escapes cancellation; next year, it must be drones, Coastal Commission says
Staff at the Coastal Commission said Long Beach’s annual July 3 fireworks show should end immediately. Instead, commissioners voted to give organizer John Morris one more year — and only one more year — of pyrotechnics.
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Students are triggering smoke alarms and evacuations with ‘Chromebook challenge’ spreading on TikTok, LBUSD says
The prank involves jamming pins, paperclips or other items into laptop charging ports to spark a fire or send smoke wafting through the classroom.
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Long Beach Medical Center to improve bystander CPR rates in the Long Beach community
Long Beach, Calif. – May 8, 2025 – According to data from the Emergency Medical Services Agency in 2023, only 33-34% of cardiac arrest victims in Los Angeles County received CPR from a bystander. At Long Beach Medical Center, 141 cases of cardiac arrest patients were treated between July 2023 and June 2024 – but […]
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Hoping to draw back customers, dozens of small business owners push for more Downtown events
“We need to connect our new residents to our Downtown,” one of them said. “We have more new buildings and residents than we’ve ever had, and yet we have lower foot traffic.”
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One killed in 4-vehicle crash on 405 Freeway, CHP says
A semi, a box truck and two sedans were significantly damaged in the crash Thursday night, they said.
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Long Beach is getting 156 acres of new wetlands; work begins to convert oil field into public space
The land owned by Synergy Gas & Oil has been used for decades as an active oil drilling site. Now it will be restored to natural coastal habitat.
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Apple TV+ scheduled to film car chase scene in Downtown Long Beach this weekend
A notice sent to neighbors said they should expect a “choreographed vehicle collision” on Saturday.