State lawmakers give up on bills to force tech companies to pay media outlets for using news. Instead, they agree with Google on a program to help local newsrooms and to explore artificial intelligence.
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Long Beach police are taking longer to respond to calls due to vacancies, data shows
An analysis of city data found that for all but the highest-priority requests, Long Beach police officers are taking more than 20 minutes longer to respond than they did three years ago.
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Long Beach will ban cars for 2 weeks on this Downtown block for Summer on Pine celebration
The closures are a test run for even bigger events like the Olympics where city officials could shut down streets for pedestrians and crowds, according to the area’s councilperson.
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Plan to regulate access to online porn in California dies quietly in Legislature
California’s Senate killed a bill, similar to laws enacted in conservative states, that would require porn sites to verify visitors are adults.
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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend — including a free, sprawling festival and a kitty fundraiser
Supporting local businesses is the highlight of this weekend’s round-up.
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Long Beach police schedule DUI checkpoint Friday night
Police said the checkpoint would be in the South Patrol Division, which covers the Downtown and Alamitos Beach areas and is bordered to the north by Anaheim Street.
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Downed power line at CSULB dorms leaves hundreds without power
University police responded to the dorms and found a downed power line along with an electrocuted squirrel, according to a CSULB spokesperson.
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Long Beach plans to cut 70 public health jobs including epidemiologists, outbreak response
Amid a tuberculosis emergency and summer COVID surge, mass layoffs of health workers are expected in September. Workers say they’ll be left “critically understaffed.”
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Ex-LBUSD school safety officer takes plea agreement in killing of 18-year-old
After jurors deadlocked in his murder trial, Eddie Gonzalez has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for killing Mona Rodriguez about a block away from Millikan High School.
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More California schools are banning smartphones, but kids keep bringing them
Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.