Non-academic student employees who fill more than 10,000 positions across the CSU system are campaigning for union representation, higher wages and better working conditions. The effort is the latest major labor movement within California’s public universities.
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Workers break down Grand Prix track; traffic flow to be restored by 5 p.m.
Crews were at work to tear down the event’s track on Monday, marking the end of another race weekend.
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Police arrest suspect in Downtown shootings Sunday, authorities say
Esmundo Chavarin, 39, of Long Beach, is believed to be responsible for four shootings that took place in Downtown on Sunday, April 16, according to police.
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Erratic driver interferes with Grand Prix teardown on Shoreline Drive
Jaclyn Battalia, a 44-year-old resident of Arizona, was booked Monday for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
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Real estate rarities: $1 million two-bedroom homes
While the current inventory of two-bedroom homes listed at below $750,000 is fairly ample—there are about a dozen—let’s take a look at a few anomalies currently for sale: million-dollar two-bedroom homes.
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Homeless deaths have soared in Long Beach. Meth and fentanyl are largely to blame
The number of unhoused people dying in Long Beach has nearly doubled in just three years.
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Officer shoots suspect in 4 other shootings near Downtown Long Beach, police say
Four separate shootings were reported in the area Sunday afternoon before an officer located a suspect and shot him, according to authorities. The suspect was wounded and transported to a local hospital.
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Photos: Kirkwood earns 1st win Sunday at Long Beach Grand Prix
Here are some of our best photos of the day’s action.
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Long Beach assistant fire chief named chief of Palm Springs Fire Department
Paul Alvarado has been assistant fire chief in Long Beach since 2018, and began his career in Long Beach 27 years ago as a firefighter/paramedic before working his way up to captain, battalion chief, and then assistant chief.
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American Kyle Kirkwood wins 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
A crafty race strategy and great defensive driving down the stretch gives Kyle Kirkwood his first-ever IndyCar win, made all the more special for happening in Long Beach.