From Shakespearean classics to a live tell-all by Lucille Ball’s daughter — here’s a roundup of the plays and live shows happening around Long Beach this year.
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New parent or caregiver? Long Beach is offering a series of free workshops
The classes will cover topics like special education, early start intervention and mental health to ensure that families concerned about their children’s development have access to services and resources.
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Cal State faculty call off strikes after reaching tentative agreement with university
The news marks an abrupt end to the systemwide strike that was planned to last through Friday.
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Long Beach to close its trash-burning facility, making garbage collection more expensive
The city plans to send all trash to a landfill until an organic recycling program begins, something that’s expected to happen by the end of this year.
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Dream for All: Down payment assistance for first-time California homebuyers relaunches with new lottery
State officials hope a lottery and an emphasis on first-generation homebuyers will make California’s most generous down payment assistance program more equitable.
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Parents object to plea deal for driver accused of killing their son, argue it’s too lenient
Aiden Gossage, 16, was killed while crossing the street. Now his parents are speaking out, saying the man accused of hitting him should get more than a six-month sentence.
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Faculty members strike at Cal State Long Beach as they demand better pay
Hundreds marched through campus in the rain on Monday morning on the first day of a planned weeklong strike.
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Long Beach may encourage pilots to use unleaded fuel with $200K in subsidies
Leaded fuel is nearly $4 cheaper, and the vast majority of small planes filling up in Long Beach are still using it instead of the safer alternative.
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California picks its next governor in more than 1,000 days. Why the race is already so crowded
More than two years until the first votes are cast, Senate leader Toni Atkins becomes the fourth big-name Democrat to jump into the governor’s race. She is seeking to become the first female and openly gay chief executive.
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2 killed when speeding SUV plunges off Studebaker Road into Los Cerritos Channel, LBPD says
Divers scoured the channel near Studebaker Road and Loynes Drive where they found the two victims.