Live Music, 14 blocks of a variety of vendors, a raffle and free fun for all spectators. All proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House of Long Beach, which helps local families with adolescent cancer. Let’s help support local families in need.
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With LGBTQ+ rights under attack, Long Beach’s 40th Pride parade is a vital act of protest, local leaders say
“We need to show up more than ever now—we’re being threatened, we’re being shot, they’re trying to take us back, and we’re not gonna do it,” said Tonya Martin, Long Beach Pride’s historian.
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Long Beach guide to Pride 2023: Everything you need to know
The Long Beach Pride Parade and Festival is back for its 40th year this weekend at Marina Green Park.
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Business owners invited to voice concerns at public safety town hall Aug. 3
Break-ins and other safety issues have been an ongoing topic of discussion for business owners in Long Beach, which had 941 commercial burglaries reported last year, up 26.3% from the year before.
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Savor the last of summer with Long Beach’s rooftop and patio bars and restaurants
What are your favorite rooftop and patio bars and restaurants in Long Beach?
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Don’t call it ‘toilet to tap’ — California plans to turn sewage into drinking water
Californians could drink highly purified sewage water that is piped directly into drinking water supplies for the first time under proposed rules unveiled by state water officials.
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Long Beach reveals 2024 budget that focuses on 2028 Olympics, investing in West Long Beach
Long Beach unveiled its $3.2 billion budget Tuesday morning at Admiral Kidd Park in West Long Beach, a portion of the city where Mayor Rex Richardson is asking the city to make focused investments over the next decade.
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Pilot settles lawsuit alleging poor condition of Catalina Airport runway made him crash
The plane crashed 600 feet down a mountainside when the pilot tried to abort a landing, according to the lawsuit.
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50 National Night Out events planned for Tuesday in Long Beach
The events, which are scheduled to last from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, are part of the annual campaign in which residents lock their doors, turn on their front porch lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and law enforcement.
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California needs thousands of nurses, but leaders can’t agree on how to fill jobs
According to the Hospital Association of Southern California, nursing vacancy rates among local hospitals exceed 30%. Prior to the pandemic the average vacancy rate was 6%.