Apple launched California IDs and driver’s licenses for iPhones today, but you can’t ditch the card in your wallet yet.
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Goodbye purple bins: Long Beach is getting a new — mandatory — way of throwing away trash
Long Beach will start rolling out new green waste bins for yard trimmings and food scraps next month. And the change won’t come free.
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From northern Spain to Long Beach, Telefèric Barcelona shows off this family’s paella and tapas
The brother-sister duo Xavi and Maria Padrosa expanded their parent’s restaurant business to the U.S. but kept the authentic recipes and atmosphere.
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‘Unprecedented’: 2 more locally acquired dengue cases in LA County
Health officials reported a single case of locally acquired dengue in Long Beach last year. Now, three such cases in Baldwin Park mark an unprecedented escalation.
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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend — including a massive country music jam and Disney mini-golf
You can also squeeze in an improv comedy show at CSULB and a coastal cleanup at Junipero Beach.
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Long Beach may increase fines on scofflaws who leave trash, debris strewn across the city
The City Council wants to crack down on widespread illegal dumping that’s left tons of litter and thousands of bulky items clogging alleys and streets.
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Billie Jean King to be the first individual female athlete awarded the Congressional Gold Medal
The honor is meant to recognize her “lifetime of work fighting for Title IX, and women’s and LGBTQ+ equality on and off the tennis court.”
Posted inPolitics
City Council won’t support increased penalties on repeated theft, drug possession crimes
Council members were split on the ballot measure that has won backing from many businesses and the mayors of San Diego and San Francisco.
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Newsom threatens to sue Norwalk over temporary ban on new homeless shelters
Newsom called the moratorium “unfathomable.” Norwalk leaders countered that the city has already been forced to “manage the fallout from abandoned state-mandated programs.”
Posted inEducation
Homeless students can sleep safely in their cars at LBCC. Other campuses say no
Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California campuses while awaiting housing. Meanwhile, Long Beach City College allows homeless students to park overnight.