A Pentagon official said they “were instrumental in restoring order” after immigration protests. Local leaders said their arrival was nothing more than a political stunt.
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Shootings hit a 5-year low in Long Beach, and homicides are also on the decline, police chief says
Cities across the state are reporting major declines in killings and other violent crimes through the first half of 2025.
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Long Beach is a street art destination; this long-running festival helped make it that way
Artists are spread across Long Beach this week, turning concrete and cityscapes into their canvas. To mark the occasion, we took a look at some work from previous Long Beach Walls and Art Renzei festivals.
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In a race to replace the International Space Station, Vast unveils new headquarters in Long Beach
The local company has amassed 1,000 workers at its 189,00-square-foot campus where it aims to build a new generation of space station by 2030.
Posted inImmigration
City Council votes to join lawsuits against ICE raids, starts fundraising drive for immigrant families
“As the second largest city in LA County, Long Beach is proud to throw its full weight behind this effort,” Mayor Rex Richardson said.
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The Queen Mary’s commodore, who welcomed tourists aboard for over 40 years, has died
Nobody embodied the Queen Mary quite like Everette Hoard, who was a near-constant presence on the ship since 1982.
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Bryan Braman, former LBCC linebacker who helped Eagles win Super Bowl, dies at 38
Braman returned to LBCC less than a month after his Super Bowl win with the Eagles and credited the coaching staff for helping him achieve his lifelong dream of playing in the NFL.
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Long Beach in talks to land minor league baseball team
“Long Beach actually is the largest city, to our knowledge, the largest city in the country that doesn’t have its own pro baseball team,” said one of the potential team’s owners.
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Judge won’t stay her ban on roving immigration patrols as government appeals the order
Government lawyers have compared her order to a “strait-jacket” crippling the Trump Administration’s ability to enforce immigration laws.
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Long Beach surgeons perform complex three-valve replacement surgery
Rheumatic heart disease, linked to rare rheumatic fever, leads to high-risk, complex operation—one that many heart surgeons will only encounter once or twice in their careers. A 64-year-old man with advanced rheumatic heart disease recently underwent a rare and complex three-valve heart replacement surgery at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center—an operation performed by Dr. Marc […]