While Long Beach Airport has recovered its passenger volume, air travel nationwide continues to trail behind pre-pandemic levels.
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6 weeks of free music in the park to return in June with Long Beach Municipal Band
The Long Beach Municipal Band will begin its 114th season with a June 27 performance at Whaley Park—the kickoff of a six-week run of free concerts in five city parks.
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Virgin Orbit sells $36M in assets at auction, with more layoffs coming this week
Rocket Lab, another Long Beach-based satellite launch provider, won its bid to take over Virgin Orbit’s 140,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Douglas Park.
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Club Studio Long Beach is coming soon!
Club Studio is a premium gym offering boutique fitness studios and upscale wellness amenities.
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Long Beach looks to update zoning for Downtown, waterfront entertainment area
Long Beach is beginning the process of updating its land use plans for Downtown and the nearby shoreline area, a swath of land known as “PD-6,” where the city says it hopes to increase housing production and create an attractive destination for tourists.
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Woman who ran health care fraud scheme at Long Beach port sentenced to prison
Sara Victoria, 46, offered dock workers cash kickbacks or sexual services in exchange for authorization to submit false claims for services not actually rendered, papers filed in Los Angeles federal court show.
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Long Beach may ease parking mandates to draw new businesses into vacant storefronts
The city wants to get rid of some parking requirements for commercial properties that are older than 10 years old.
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Dodgers backtrack, renew ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ Pride Night invite
The saga took another twist today when the Dodgers—who earlier rescinded an invitation for the group to participate in the team’s Pride Night—publicly apologized to the organization and again invited the group to take part in the event.
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What to know about Long Beach’s permanent parklet program
The new permanent parklets are costlier, more tightly regulated, open to appeals from local neighborhood groups—and they’re all required to be available for public use.
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Hahn calls for answers after 2nd high-profile attack on Metro A Line since April
An alleged attack on the Metro A Line in Long Beach last week has Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn calling for a “full accounting” of the organization’s partnerships with security and law enforcement agencies, which are contracted to patrol its bus and rail lines.