Even though the Long Beach Pride festival was canceled at the last minute, the longtime Pride parade and dozens of community events continued.
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Like a book club — but for food: This Long Beach group builds community by supporting local restaurants
“I want to support people that actually live here, have families here, and have been pillars of the community for some time,” founder Sherwin Souzankari said.
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Long Beach Pride festival canceled amid finger-pointing over permits. Parade still on.
The Long Beach Pride festival scheduled for this weekend was abruptly canceled Friday afternoon, with organizers and the city of Long Beach trading blame. The parade is still scheduled for Sunday.
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Long Beach Medical Center celebrates 15-year anniversary of division of Interventional Neuroradiology Program
May is Stroke Awareness Month During Stroke Awareness Month, MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center is recognizing 15 years of its Division of Interventional Neuroradiology (DINR) — a highly specialized program within theMemorialCare Neuroscience Institute that provides advanced, minimally invasive treatment for strokes, brain aneurysms and other complex blood vessel disorders of the brain and spine. […]
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Six people have died in California ICE detention centers as Trump deportations soared
The Trump administration immigration crackdown swelled the population inside California’s immigrant detention centers. State investigators in a report described strained medical resources inside the sites.
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Long Beach voter guide: LBUSD school board District 1
The race for the school board seat representing Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach has been complicated by a sexual abuse lawsuit and a prior arrest in a deadly hit-and-run. Here’s a guide to the candidates and issues.
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Why can the Queen Mary have fireworks but Alamitos Bay can’t? We dug into bureaucracy to find out.
“The bureaucracy just sucks,” said the organizer of the now-canceled Big Bang on the Bay.
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Free World Cup watch parties in downtown Long Beach: Here’s the schedule
The games will be shown on a big screen set up in Lincoln Park, said Downtown Long Beach Alliance President Austin Metoyer.
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Amid a spike in traumatic injuries, Long Beach to ban high-powered e-bikes on sidewalks
The city stopped short of seeking to ban e-bikes that can go over 20 mph from multi-use pathways like the beach and river trails.
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Coast baseball team picks Long Beach’s Trademark Brewing as concessions provider
There’s a hiring fair on Friday if you’re interested in serving up dishes like The 9th Inning Smash Burger, Elote Street Corn Cup and “The Regulator” loaded hot dog.