As city leaders prepare to unveil the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, a new series of community meetings has been announced where Long Beach residents can weigh in on how hundreds of millions will be spent.
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Trial begins for 2 men charged with shooting death at Long Beach taco truck in 2020
Authorities say Jacquise Wright, 33, and Tyquan Benson, 27, shot and killed Alejandra Martinez, 36, as she was awaiting her order at the taco truck on Anaheim Street and Magnolia Avenue the night of Dec. 4, 2020. A 17-year-old teen was also shot but survived.
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Fire Wings to open at Long Beach Towne Center this year
It’s slated to take over a space at the Towne Center that had long been a Starbucks coffee shop.
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Planning Commission delays vote on 600-unit development in Southeast Long Beach
The vote was postponed until July 20, with city staff citing a potential noticing error that may not have given the public enough time to review the project.
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2 arrests made in connection to drive-by shooting that killed 12-year-old
“As a father, it pains me to think that anybody would think so little of a life, let alone the life of children, that they’d commit a crime like this,” LBPD’s chief of police said as he announced the arrests.
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Southwest awarded 2 more slots at LGB, now holds 86% of daily flights
Over the past seven years, Southwest’s foothold in Long Beach has grown exponentially from four daily flight slots to 50.
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July 4 stats: Long Beach officials seize more than 1,000 pounds of fireworks
Overall, 1,025 pounds of fireworks were recovered during Long Beach’s firework enforcement efforts, which began on May 20 and will continue through July, according to city officials.
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Chronic safety concerns, staff shortages force closure at Mark Twain Library
The neighborhood library on Anaheim Street will stay closed through at least July as staff have faced “volatile” and unwanted behavior from some patrons, a library official said.
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State sues Cambrian Homecare over alleged failure to report pay data
Officials said that for the last three years, Cambrian Homecare has failed to file legally mandated pay and transparency reports despite repeated warnings by the California Civil Rights Department.