WomenShelter of Long Beach distributes Mother’s Day gifts to survivors, as domestic violence rises during pandemic
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic being an especially difficult time for survivors of domestic violence, the WomenShelter of…
California Attorney General asks that more gay men be allowed to donate blood in response to nationwide shortage
As the cancelation of thousands of blood drives due to the coronavirus pandemic has led to a nationwide…
Long Beach resident Rot Mythong being held by ICE at Adelanto Detention Center
Local immigrant-rights groups have been phone banking the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since April 30 to…
Free online tutoring for K-12 students provided by Bayanihan Carson & Long Beach: Filipino Community Support Network
The local organization Bayanihan Carson & Long Beach: Filipino Community Support Network is offering free online tutoring for…
Car caravan drives through Long Beach on May Day, demands rent forgiveness and freedom for immigrants
A caravan of over 60 cars drove through Long Beach on May Day, May 1, to demand the…
California State Senator Kamala Harris writes letter addressing police profiling of minorities in face masks
California State Senator Kamala D. Harris, along with five other senators, sent a letter requesting that law enforcement…
As LA County expands vote by mail due to pandemic, NAACP and CAP warn against eliminating polling places
With many counties across the nation, including Los Angeles County, expanding vote-by-mail options for constituents in order to…
Face masks donated by beauty supply store to NAACP for distribution to Long Beach minorities and seniors
Beauty4U, a Korean-owned beauty supply store in north Long Beach, has donated 500 masks to the Long Beach…
Long Beach activists join struggle to free immigrants during pandemic
Khmer Girls in Action, a nonprofit organization in Long Beach that works with the city’s sizeable Cambodian population,…
Black, Asian and Pacific Islander people of Long Beach disproportionately catching coronavirus
Members of the Black, Asian and Pacific Islander populations of Long Beach have been disproportionately infected by coronavirus,…