The MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center’s electrophysiology team, led by Mark Lee, M.D., medical director of the program, successfully completed its 200th WATCHMANTM procedure for patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), a common heart rhythm disorder affecting millions of Americans. This milestone signifies the program’s standing as one of the most […]
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Understaffed and working overtime, Public Works wants help with a backlog of potholes
Crews have been working six days a week trying to fill 63,000 potholes left by the wet winter. With just 2 months until the next rainy season, about 35,000 remain.
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Hiccups to give away coffee and tea at grand opening near CSULB Saturday
The boba shop and restaurant is bringing its drinks — and fan-favorite garlic noodles — to the Bixby Village Plaza.
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Beachwood, one of Long Beach’s beloved local breweries, launches house-made spirits
Beachwood Brewing has started serving up its own gin, vodka and rum at its Bixby Knolls location.
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City says it will clear encampments from 5 parks emblematic of Long Beach’s homelessness crisis
The city is prepared to force people out under threat of criminal penalties. The people living there say they have nowhere else to go.
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California seeks Biden administration approval for controversial diesel truck ban
The EPA must grant a waiver before the diesel truck measure can be implemented. It’s one of California’s most controversial measures to clean up air pollution and greenhouse gases.
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2 dogs killed by apartment fire in Long Beach’s Willmore neighborhood, LBFD says
The blaze was reported shortly after 4:40 a.m. at a unit in a two-story apartment building on Magnolia Avenue just south of Eighth Street.
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Cargo volume soars in July at the Port of Long Beach
It was the third-busiest month in the port’s 113-year history.
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Californians will vote on a $18 minimum wage. Workers already want $25 and more
Proposition 32 to increase the minimum wage from $16 isn’t as far-reaching as when it was first proposed. Fast food workers are already making more, and health care employees are on track. But worker groups are already pushing for more.
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This 7th Street taco stand bears their son’s name, and business is booming
Tacos Uziel struggled when it first opened. Two years later, their $1 and $2 tacos filled with al pastor, suadero, cabeza and more have a dedicated following.