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.”
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Firefighters rescue man from 4th-floor balcony as blaze burns inside
Metro service down the A Line tracks on Long Beach Boulevard was also briefly shut down as crews fought the fire, but it has resumed.
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$400M overhaul of Poly High School set to begin this fall
The construction is expected to last more than six years. It will start in November with repairs to the school’s HVAC system and construction of interim classrooms.
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Man shot near Long Beach Rescue Mission
Police said the gunfire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. near 14th Street and Pacific Avenue.