“I can’t believe the one guy, the first guy, to see me fall, to show up and give me help, was a cardiac surgeon,” said Tuan Pham, 47, who is lucky to be alive. “What are the odds?”
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LBUSD closes treatment center for children with disabilities, leaving families scrambling for services
District officials did not give a timeline for when services would be restored at Tucker Elementary. Families, meanwhile, have had to drive to other cities to get care for the kids.
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Why tiny homes will remain part of California’s homelessness equation for years
Tiny homes are increasingly California cities’ shelter option of choice — but how far they go in solving homelessness is a contentious question.
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Long Beach Pride will move back to May next year, returning to a decades-long tradition
The Long Beach LGBTQ+ community has spoken and concluded that they want Long Beach Pride to be celebrated in May again.
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Long Beach looks for contractors to run mobile, healthy food markets in underserved areas
The pop-up mobile markets would sell fresh produce and other healthy food. The city is looking for bidders to operate them.
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Man gets 21 years in prison for killing of Long Beach musician Toko Tasi
“It’s certainly a devastating loss and people are still suffering four years later,” the judge said before handing down the sentence.
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Long Beach will offer free flu shots for the unhoused starting next week
Long Beach will offer free flu shots to homeless people at several locations through its Mobile Access Center vehicle and over on the Westside at the Multi-Service Center.
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Metro says its safety ambassadors have saved dozens of lives, may make them permanent
Metro began experimenting with unarmed transit ambassadors when it sought to reimagine the public safety system across its trains and busses.
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Advanced navigation system for accurate spine surgery
By: Amandeep Bhalla, M.D., medical director, spine health center, MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center While I always look at surgery as the last step in a patient’s care path, I never encourage a patient to delay surgery – especially if a patient’s quality of life is greatly affected. For those who do require spine surgery, […]
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Planning Commission OKs Open Sesame’s parklet application, overruling parking concerns
Open Sesame is one of a handful of restaurants along Second Street seeking to build permanent outdoor dining parklets on the busy Belmont Shore corridor.