School nursing staff reported that 14 students experienced symptoms of gastroenteritis last week, according to Long Beach Unified School District spokesperson Chris Eftychiou.
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Officials: Epic California snowpack among biggest on record
This year’s epic snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada could top records, state officials said Monday, and significant flooding is expected when it melts and flows down from the mountains.
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LA County Sheriff’s patrol vehicle stolen; culprit arrested after chase
A woman who allegedly stole a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol SUV led deputies on a chase today from Compton through Long Beach to Orange County, where she was eventually boxed in by other vehicles and taken into custody.
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Free harbor tours return to Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach will once again host free harbor tours beginning in May, offering the public a chance to visit the sights and sounds of the nation’s largest seaport complex, port officials announced today.
Posted inNews, Politics
California may change its mental health funding. Why that might cut some services
For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this time by overhauling the way counties spend mental health dollars and placing a bond measure before voters to build more psychiatric beds.
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They cared for a disabled homeless woman for a year. Then someone took her.
When a homeless woman they knew suddenly disappeared, a group of volunteers set out to find her and learn her story.
Posted inNews, Real Estate
Nearly $3M Lloyd Wright house, perhaps overpriced and under-restored
The upgrades of everything is apparent. If it was how Lloyd Wright would have done it is, at best, debatable. He died in 1978 at the age of 88.
Posted inThe Hi-lo
Photos: ‘Stop hate with love.’ Thousands celebrate Cambodian New Year in Long Beach
Anaheim Street turned into a giant celebration of Cambodian culture during the 15th annual Cambodia Town Parade on Sunday.
Posted inCrime
UPDATE: Man wounded in shooting on 2nd Street
Police said two men were fighting near Second Street and Bay Shore Avenue around 3:45 p.m. when one of them shot the other in the upper body.
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Queen Mary sells out first weekend of tours; hotel stays start mid-May
“People have been waiting for a long time for us to reopen,” Queen Mary General Manager Steve Caloca said Saturday.