They traded for or captured 40 types of jellyfish from across the globe and built them a 7,700-gallon habitat.
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Things to do in Long Beach Memorial Day weekend — including a BBQ festival and a ceremony for lost sailors
There’s also a Fleet Week celebration and deals at local Cambodian restaurants.
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1 killed, 2 hurt in construction accident at Rescue Mission’s women’s shelter
A trench collapsed, trapping three men under the dirt.
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Stretch of old Red Car tracks that became parkland to get long-awaited facelift
Once a dumping ground overgrown with tall grass, neighbors hope new trees, native plants and walking paths will turn it into a community gathering space.
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School board chair apologizes for not pushing back harder on Islamophobia at recent meeting
After a tirade of xenophobic remarks from one public speaker, the school board’s “silence that followed was deafening,” said one advocate.
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Billie Jean King, 82, earns a bachelor’s degree 65 years after her first college class
“It’s never too late, whatever age you are, whatever your abilities are, go for it if you want it,” King said.
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California community colleges crack down on fake students stealing financial aid
After a spike in fraudulent applications to California’s community colleges, school officials say they are getting better at detecting and preventing fraud, though it still happens.
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Long Beach school’s new mural honors indigenous heritage; public invited to blessing Friday
Representatives from the Tongva nation will hold a land acknowledgement and blessing at the Maple Village Waldorf School in Belmont Heights.
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$6 gas and refinery fears collide with California’s climate ambitions
California is considering giving oil refineries and other major polluters billions in free pollution permits under a major overhaul of its carbon market.
The fight is exposing a deeper question inside Gov. Gavin Newsom’s climate agenda: Can California lower emissions without driving up gas prices?
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8-year-old boy killed in afternoon crash near North Long Beach park
Police said the boy had run onto Paramount Boulevard near 56th Street.