Officials promised at least one lane each way will stay open during two years of work on the street, which they said “is in desperate need of renovation and repair.”
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Woman killed in North Long Beach hit-and-run identified as 76-year-old grandmother
“She always put other people first; it was always her sons or her husband or the people around her,” her son said.
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California’s marijuana industry gets a break under new law suspending tax hike
California’s legal weed industry is still overshadowed by the larger black market. A new state law gives businesses a break by delaying a tax increase.
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SWAT standoff at downtown 7-Eleven lasts nearly all day but ends without any arrests
Police said store employees were able to escape a robber and flag down officers, who thought they had him cornered inside the store.
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City of Hope Orange County’s cancer hospital: Built to save lives
When Jeff Fitzhugh toured City of Hope’s new cancer specialty hospital opening later this year in Irvine, he didn’t expect to become emotional. But for Fitzhugh, a City of Hope grateful patient living with multiple myeloma, the thought of the hope others like him will experience there hit home. “To see where City of Hope […]
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Immigration agents question Long Beach car wash workers about their citizenship
The agents showed up suddenly in unmarked vehicles and left almost as quickly after demanding to know where employees were born, the car wash manager said.
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Police investigate anti-LGBTQ graffiti outside Long Beach Pride headquarters
“It’s very shocking, only because we live in such a great city,” Long Beach Pride President Tonya Martin said.
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California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications
The court of appeals said 21 of 23 quotes in an opening brief were fake. State authorities are scrambling to grapple with widespread use of artificial intelligence.
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To have fewer police on campus, LBUSD may give its safety officers power to cite, arrest students
Long Beach Unified hopes to handle infractions and misdemeanors in-house, giving students the chance to have their cases dismissed before they make it to court.
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Dozens of pets killed when fire breaks out in Long Beach apartment
The animals were staying at the apartment temporarily as rescuers prepared to adopt them out, according to the LBFD.