Eighteen Hughes students, ranging in age from 11 to 14, will join students from three other schools to sing Fauré’s “Requiem” in D minor on June 7.
Posted inNews
Homelessness in Long Beach rose 6.5% over the last year, new data shows
It’s a reversal from 2024 when city officials celebrated a small decline in homelessness.
Posted inTrade & Transportation
Massive military training exercise with simulated attacks arrives at Port of Long Beach
As part of Operation Mojave Falcon, Army Reserve soldiers will practice loading and unloading cargo from a ship that’s under fire.
Posted inClimate Change
Severe toxic algae bloom that sickened or killed hundreds of marine animals appears to be subsiding
The Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro said this was “the longest, most toxic, and deadliest bloom” it’s ever experienced.
Posted inCrime
Man fires gun into the air during altercation on popular stretch of 2nd Street, LBPD says
It happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the 5200 block of E Second Street, in the middle of Belmont Shore’s popular nightlife district.
Posted inLocal History
Wayfarers Chapel finds potential new home in Rancho Palos Verdes
Accelerated land movements forced the dismantling of the Lloyd Wright building last year, with the intention of reconstructing the chapel in a new location.
Posted inCity
New bike lanes, half a dozen crosswalks, 400 trees: The remade Artesia Boulevard is complete
The roadway had been a “high-injury corridor” for pedestrians and bicyclists. A $44.2 million project just added a bevy of safety improvements.
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Efilism, the ideology behind the Palm Springs bombing, has been spread online for years
The deceased suspect in the bombing of a Palm Springs fertility clinic on May 17 espoused an “anti-life” ideology called “efilism” that was invented by Gary Mosher, a 65-year-old New Jersey man who has spent years promoting his views in hundreds of YouTube videos. Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, who injured four bystanders and killed himself […]
Posted inAerospace
As the space business scales in Long Beach, major companies say they need workers
Executives on a panel Friday praised Long Beach for welcoming the space industry, but they said the workforce for these high-tech jobs needs to grow.
Posted inImmigration
Trump Administration names Long Beach as a sanctuary city that could soon face penalties
Long Beach was specifically called out as a jurisdiction that undermines immigration enforcement. A city spokesman said Long Beach “does not obstruct federal law enforcement in any way.”