Police said a man was driving through the intersection when a woman who may have been distracted or impaired slammed into his vehicle.
It may take only a few thousand votes to win a Long Beach City Council seat in March
With a noncompetitive presidential primary driving down turnout, local candidates don’t need to compete for as many votes.
Seal Beach Starbucks joins the largest unionizing push in the company’s history
In all, 21 Starbucks locations in 14 states filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board.
A rescued, endangered sea turtle is being nursed back to health at Aquarium of the Pacific
The turtle underwent surgery and is now being rehabilitated on a specialty diet of restaurant-quality seafood and greens — but it seems to prefer fish over clams.
2nd Street shooting: San Pedro man arrested on suspicion of killing city employee
SWAT officers took the suspected killer into custody Monday evening at his San Pedro home.
Commissioners grill city manager and mayor about proposed changes to the city’s hiring process
The mayor and city manager are proposing an amendment to Long Beach’s charter that they say would speed up hiring, but Civil Service commissioners are skeptical of what one called “a major change in the way the city operates.”
Selva to mark 2-year anniversary with 5 days of dinner specials, specialty drinks and live music
Chef Carlos Jurado plans to feature dishes like smoked pollo and arepas and Bar Director Mike Borowski has crafted a special Colombian Hot Chocolate with brandy.
New details of deadly shooting on 2nd Street emerge from video and witness account
There was “so much tension” on Second Street, according to a witness, who said he saw multiple fights break out before the fatal shot.
Faculty vote to approve new contract with the California State University system
The new contract covers more than 29,000 tenure-line instructional faculty, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches in the 23-campuses system.
How psychedelic drug therapy became a rare bipartisan issue in California
Former Assembly Republican leader Marie Waldron and San Francisco Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener may not have a lot in common, but they’ve formed an unlikely alliance over psychedelic drugs.