Across the spectrum, organizations are struggling to overcome multiple challenges at once: This year’s lower-than-normal yield in crops comes amid a heightened need after COVID-era benefits recently ended.
Posted inAerospace
Want a piece of Virgin Orbit history? Online auction to be held this week
More than 1,000 items from the bankrupt Long Beach-based satellite launch company will be up for grabs.
Posted inThe Hi-lo
Is Big Bang on the Bay happening this year? Organizer says it will be the biggest ever
Big Bang on the Bay faced a lawsuit that threatened to cancel the July 3 fireworks extravaganza, but with the case over, the show is on.
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Long Beach City College to join trend of community colleges offering student housing
Long Beach City College is looking to become part of a larger trend by creating housing for 200 or more students in the next few years.
Posted inIn The Studio
Weaving together culture and community through vintage furniture repair
Ghermayn Baker and Christina Powers ditched their high-paying corporate jobs for a simpler life repairing intricately woven furniture, allowing for a more fulfilling and rewarding life built around community and each other.
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Newsom is proposing a boost in mental health funding. Why children’s advocates are worried
Critics say the proposal pits children’s mental health services against the state’s ballooning homelessness crisis.
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Stormwater treatment project could add recreation space, walking trails south of El Dorado Park
If the project moves forward, it would build five ponds to hold over 3.5 million gallons of water and create new recreation space in the form of walking trails that could be connected to the nature center through a tunnel under Willow Street.
Posted inCrime
Neighbor shot woman to death after intervening in attack near Recreation Park, witnesses say
Police said they were notified just before 1 a.m. about an argument that had escalated into a shooting, which left a woman dead.
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Police in California aren’t immune from certain misconduct lawsuits, high court rules
Police in California are not immune from civil lawsuits for misconduct that happens while they investigate crimes, the state Supreme Court ruled this week, overruling a precedent that had helped protect law enforcement from litigation for decades.
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LA City Council confirms Staycee Dains as new head of Animal Services
The council in an 11-0 vote approved Dains, who currently serves as the director of Long Beach Animal Care Services, to lead L.A. Animal Services, which faces chronic pet overpopulation, staffing issues and increased owner surrenders.