About 1,000 Blue Shield of California employees will be coming to Long Beach this summer, when the company will open an office on the Aero Long Beach campus.
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Long Beach to open interim homeless shelter just as winter shelter at Community Hospital closes
Long Beach is moving forward with opening its first summertime temporary homeless shelter, which will open up 85 beds just two days before the city’s winter shelter at Community Hospital closes.
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Southwest flights resume after nationwide grounding, but delays remain at LGB
More than half of all arriving and departing flights at Long Beach are marked as delayed for the rest of the day.
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Long Beach to ensure accessibility in disaster and emergency plans
One way the city will encourage residents with disabilities to share their input is in a series of free zine-making workshops.
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Man ordered to face trial for crash that killed Millikan student
Investigators said during court Monday that Kevin Dahl was driving 10 to 20 miles over the speed limit when he struck 16-year-old Aiden Gossage in 2021.
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Long Beach to look at reducing retail cannabis taxes as the industry continues to struggle
The City Council is scheduled to vote on an item Tuesday night that would direct city management to look at ways to cut taxes for the industry, specifically the gross receipts tax charged on top of normal tax for adult use (8%) and medical cannabis sales (6%).
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Proposed 14-story project would dedicate 75% of units to unhoused people
Because the proposed project is fully affordable, it can be taller than the current limit for building heights in the area of Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue, which is 80 feet.
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Thousands of CSU undergraduate workers file for union representation
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.