Bush’s appearance at Monday night’s Distinguished Speakers series’ inaugural event at the Terrace Theater will likely be met with enthusiastic, but not rabid, applause and quiet attention.
In addition to providing resources, services, and networks for those coming home from incarceration, we also need to embrace them as part of our community.
Seeing the Jordan players flood the field to celebrate in front of a quality crowd that included a band, a drumline, and cheerleaders was like getting a B12 shot of optimism.
Yes, the city still has its share of red tape when it comes to starting a business, but for every hurdle, there are resources available.
In this final piece of the inaugural board, we reflect on the hopes and visions that we have for the city of Long Beach over the next five years.
The individualistic American ideal that if people work hard enough, they are guaranteed more access is a big, fat, white lie.
None of the 1,616 children who have passed through the Convention Center have been afforded a voice of their own—except one girl, whose account is buried in court documents.
Everyday arguments are escalating into violent, deadly encounters.
As we celebrate these improvements in LGBTQ+ affirmation, there’s also work to be done.
The following is a list of resources meant to educate parents, caregivers and allies of LGBTQ+ youth with age-appropriate books, information and more. Email us at [email protected] about any other resources not included and we’ll add them to this list.
The Local Control and Accountability Plan was the subject of a complaint in 2017 that accused LBUSD of misallocating funds earmarked for high-needs students. A settlement was reached the next year.
El impacto inicial para las familias en marzo de 2020 fue lidiar con los cierres y el cuidado infantil, un año después se ha producido una conversación similar en toda nuestra ciudad.
The initial shock for families in March 2020 was grappling over closures and child care, a year later a similar conversation has taken place across our city.
In mid-May 1997, after two hours of discussion, the council torpedoed the Queen’s adventure to Japan.
As a Latino, I cannot pretend to understand what it is like to be a Black man in America but I can relate with the feeling of total helplessness during an interaction with law enforcement.
The name that you shall call the bridge henceforth: Long Beach International Gateway Bridge.
Here in Long Beach, you can be entered into a drawing for a Nintendo Switch or a couple of nights in one of the city’s fine hotels. The catch? To be eligible you have to get a vaccination that will prevent you from dying a slow and miserable death.
What’s the story behind the latest surge in shootings?
Many of the weak-of-heart who have over the years abandoned the southern part of the the aptly-named Golden State, have kept the “the,” so you’ll hear it now and again in some of the lesser western states. But it remains, by birth, a Southern California thing.
