After the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions, some students are rethinking their school selections. Some colleges are also boosting their student outreach as they seek diversity.
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Long Beach celebrates Dia de los Muertos with parade and festival
Thousands of revelers flocked to Downtown Pine Avenue for the city’s annual Dia de los Muertos celebration, which included Aztec drummers, mariachi brass, ballet folkloric dancers and decorated parade floats that speckled the sky with confetti.
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Extra Frames: The photos we didn’t publish in October
The photos were not used in a story for one reason or another but are too good to simply fade into obscurity.
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Don’t forget to change your clocks tonight
At 2 a.m. Sunday, it will be time to “fall back” to Pacific Standard Time, meaning turn your clocks back one hour.
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Long Beach trucking company sued in crash that killed family of 5 in Colorado
The truck involved was defective, had unmaintained brakes and had no insurance, the lawsuit alleges.
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Belmont Brewing Company gives up on parklet, pulls application from Coastal Commission
Business co-owner David Lott said the approval process became exhausting, but he didn’t rule out pursuing a parklet in the future.
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Joe Jost’s 100th anniversary is on the horizon; celebrate early with a special edition T-shirt
The bar, which opened in August 1924, will announce official celebration plans closer to the anniversary. For now, you can snag a commemorative T-shirt.
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DA changes course, files felony charges in suspected Downtown sexual assault
Miguel Avila, 30, will now face one felony count of assault with intent to commit a forcible sex crime and one count of misdemeanor sexual battery, authorities said.
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‘Bargaining in bad faith’: Hotel Maya files unfair labor practice charge against union
The union, meanwhile, says it wants Hotel Maya to pay medical expenses for four workers who were injured during a protest last August.
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Social media threat directed at Bancroft Middle School doesn’t appear to be credible, LBUSD says
Police said they received report of the threat just before 8 p.m. Thursday.