The following list is a curated roundup of weekend events in Long Beach published every Wednesday on the Hi-lo and Long Beach Post. Have an event to share? Email [email protected] with “Things to Do” in the subject line. As Hispanic Heritage Month nears an end and the Halloween season revs up, this weekend’s events in […]
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5 dead in Catalina Island plane crash
The small plane had just left Catalina Airport in Avalon when it went down.
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He’s a professor, magician — and winner of an elusive international award
Christopher Bange won the Karrell Fox Comedic Excellence Award, which the International Brotherhood of Magicians had not granted to a magician for 18 years.
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Man injured in explosion suffered severe burns, wife says
The man injured in an explosion on Monday had taken the day off from work to recover from a father-daughter cycling marathon the day before, his wife said.
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Long Beach’s Rocket Lab snags NASA contract to bring rocks from Mars back to Earth
The work is part of an ongoing international effort to study whether life ever existed on Mars, and potentially pave the way for human exploration of the “red planet.”
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School safety officer sentenced to 3 years in shooting death of Long Beach teen
Eddie Gonzalez, 54, received the lower end of the sentencing range of three years, which he has already served through a combination of jail time and electronic monitoring.
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Construction to begin on new Silverado Park playground early next year
Long Beach officials say they’ve finalized designs for the playground at Silverado Park — one of the last major parks without a signature play area.
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Long Beach native Billie Jean King to be Rose Parade Grand Marshal
King called it “a dream come true”
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Back house ‘completely destroyed’ by explosion in West Long Beach, fire officials say
Neighbors reported a powerful blast. Rescuers went door-to-door to make sure nobody else was hurt.
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Motorcyclist in critical condition after crash on Studebaker Road, Long Beach police say
Police said they believe the motorcyclist ran a red light, and they suspect speed was a factor.