Our highlights from the Long Beach mayoral candidate forum
In The Grand’s beige-colored ballroom downtown, six of the seven candidates competing for the mayoral position sat down…
Dignity, Not Delay campaign seeks to rectify City’s treatment of Black workers
From an outsider’s perspective, Long Beach is a beacon for progress. Its diversity is constantly touted as an…
Signal Hill City Hall gets a $3.5 million facelift
After two years of construction, Signal Hill unveiled its newly renovated City Hall on April 16, featuring much-needed…
Long Beach’s Teamsters 848 wants to build a ‘playground with no bounds’
Local labor union Teamsters 848 wants to transform a 4-acre vacant lot near the Long Beach Airport into…
City Council waives affordable housing mandate for downtown LB development
Following direction from the Planning Commission, the 729-unit near City Hall will include no low-income units, as well as deferred development fees.
Our Generation Cares celebrates five years of youth empowerment
From running a restaurant and training student drivers to starting Long Beach’s only toy lending library, this nonprofit is just getting started.
Long Beach passes long-awaited MEHKO, no landlord approval required
Long Beach residents will now be able to operate with a MEHKO license and sell home cooked meals straight from their kitchen.
Long Beach may hop on the ‘Blue Highway’
Mayor Rex Richardson hopes Long Beach will be a prime location in a coastal ferry program from Malibu to Long Beach and cities in between.
Long Beach will explore buffer zones between smoke shops and schools
The City hopes to reduce the exposure of vaping to young students, and protect seniors with respiratory illnesses.
Anchored by community support, Long Beach Coast is ready to compete
The leadup to the Long Beach Coast’s inaugural season has felt like a rapid race to Opening Day. …