Permitting and construction of these units, typically on single-family lots, has risen 10-fold in Long Beach since 2018, and they accounted for 90% of all new housing that came online in the city last year.
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Los Compadres in Zaferia to add outdoor patio, extend hours
The restaurant will be allowed to serve alcohol on the patio, which will include shading, landscaping and a barrier from the parking lot on the west side of the main building.
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Police say they’ve arrested homeless man who attacked woman pushing stroller in Long Beach
Video of the incident shows a man following a woman as she pushes a stroller and then hitting her with a metal pole.
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Protesters want help reining in noise, lead pollution from small planes at Long Beach Airport
A surge in flight school operations and other small plane flights has resulted in over 30,000 complaints from more than 100 households in the neighborhoods around the airport.
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MemorialCare Medical Group unveils new Naples primary care location with ribbon cutting ceremony
On Friday, May 10, MemorialCare Medical Group hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new health center in Long Beach, Calif. Recognizing the increased demand for health care services in the area, MemorialCare Medical Group Long Beach (Naples) expands access to care for those in the Long Beach community, providing family medicine […]
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Should California doctors report domestic abuse to police? Here’s how physician lawmakers voted
Pending legislation would lift requirements for California’s doctors to report all domestic abuse cases to police. The Assembly’s three physicians had different opinions.
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Suspected DUI driver charged with manslaughter in crash that killed CSULB custodian
Rodger Watkins’ smile always “greeted you like a warm hug,” his family said. The woman accused of killing him in a high-speed crash is now charged with a felony.
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Hospital improperly discharged man with mental conditions; he’s now missing, Long Beach police say
The 61-year-old man is under a conservatorship and “should not have been discharged on his own,” police said.
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California’s $12 billion Medicaid makeover banks on nonprofits’ buy-in
California’s Medicaid program is relying heavily on community groups to deliver new social services to vulnerable patients, such as security deposits for homeless people and air purifiers for asthma patients.
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Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia won’t attend embassy event after Peru declares transgender people mentally ill
Garcia, a Long Beach Democrat and first Peruvian American elected to Congress, said the move was “discriminatory, dangerous and shameful.”