Mustard was among the most prominent of wild flowering plants that seemingly popped up everywhere in California this spring. As temperatures warm it is starting to die, making it tinder for wildfires in a state that has been ravaged by blazes.
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California’s COVID unemployment reckoning goes national
A former federal technology official enlisted by Gov. Gavin Newsom to triage California’s pandemic unemployment response details in a new book how technical and political failures combined to block payments to workers while enabling fraud.
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Judge dismisses Long Beach vacant lot fee challenge
The lawsuit by a Long Beach property owner and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association challenged the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance in which landowners are charged a monthly fee for letting their property sit vacant.
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Graduation photos: Educational Partnership High School celebrates class of 2023
Educational Partnership High School held its commencement ceremony Friday, where 297 graduates commemorated the end of their high school education.
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Graduation photos: Millikan High School celebrates class of 2023
Robert A. Millikan High School held its commencement ceremony Thursday, where 788 graduates commemorated the end of their high school education.
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Long Beach, county unemployment jump in May
Of the 134 cities and areas across LA County, 82, or 66%, have a lower unemployment rate than Long Beach, according to California Employment Development Department data.
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Yasu on 2nd Street to close June 25 and relocate to Corona Del Mar
The restaurant, with its well traveled menu, opened in Belmont Shore just under a year ago.
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Railroad industry sues to block new locomotive pollution rules in California
State rules governing railroads would ban the use of locomotives more than 23 years old starting in 2030, but the industry says the technology for zero-emission locomotives hasn’t been sufficiently tested and won’t be ready.
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Rents soared 151%. Under California’s new law, tenants are getting a refund
Nearly four years after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Tenant Protection Act, the state announced its first enforcement action against a landlord under the California rent control law.
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Man convicted of voluntary manslaughter in fatal Belmont Shore stabbing
Sergio Alvarez was found not guilty of second-degree murder, with jurors instead choosing to convict him of voluntary manslaughter for the stabbing death of 33-year-old Gavin Clason on the night of March 6, 2022.