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“Stop corporate greed”: Protesters rally in solidarity with essential workers against Kroger Co.’s planned closures of North and East Long Beach grocery stores
City leaders, union representatives, community members and workers gathered at a local Food 4 Less on Wednesday, Feb.…
Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network seeking young people for its Hire-A-Youth program
Five hundred youth ages 18 to 24 will have access to employment opportunities, and 250 youth ages 16…
Job seekers get employment tips from HireLB.com workshop
By Stephanie Raygoza Editorial Intern More than 25 Long Beach residents and job seekers showed up Tuesday for…
LBUSD, California School Employees Association reach tentative agreement with job-protection provisions
The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) has reached a tentative agreement with the California School Employees Association…
SH accepting applications for Civil Service Commission
The City of Signal Hill is seeking applications from residents who are interested in serving on the Signal…
Recovered and reinvested
More than 335 employers have benefited from 209,000 hours of subsidized work through the efforts of 1,045 youth, thanks…
Signal Hill city manager explains councilmembers’ complicated salaries
By Steven Piper Editorial Intern The end of August concluded the California legislature’s law-making season, and a bill…
Obama, Congress enact Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act
President Obama signed a bill Tuesday that is expected to save 300,000 jobs nationwide, including 161,000 teaching jobs,…
New Marshalls store in Bixby to open next week
Marshalls, one of the nation’s largest off-price retailers, will open a new store in the Bixby Knolls Shopping…
Ready-to-work youth still available for small businesses at no cost
Already 325 area employers are receiving no-cost assistance from approximately 1,000 youth as part of the Pacific Gateway…