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Signal Hill mayor kicks off community cleanup program
Signal Hill Mayor Ellen Ward is asking residents to help clean the city. BY NICK DIAMANTIDES Staff Writer…
May 15, 2009
Long Beach recognized as Bike Friendly Community
Continuing the city’s aggressive efforts to become the most bike-friendly urban city in the nation, Long Beach has…
May 15, 2009
Garden Variety: How to Kill Your Lawn
by Jennifer E. Beaver Secretly plotting to kill your grass? Relax. It’s not a crime. Many Californians are…
May 15, 2009
LB switches from potable to recycled water for street sweepers
As part of a week-long celebration of Earth Day, and as the region continues to prepare for a…
May 1, 2009
Construction company gives Bixby Knolls free concrete cuts for tree planting
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES Staff Writer For years, many business owners and residents have wished that Atlantic Avenue north…
April 24, 2009
Taking It to the Streets
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster assists Water Commission President John Allen in hooking up a street sweeper to…
April 24, 2009
Worsening water shortage prompts SH council to tighten use restrictions
BY NICK DIAMANTIDES Staff Writer Now that California is in its third year of drought, municipalities throughout the…
April 24, 2009
Councilwoman Gabelich invites residents, business owners
Tax time has passed, and for those wondering what to do with all of their old receipts and…
April 24, 2009
Not just for Earth Week: several projects make LB an ever-greening city
The City of Long Beach has announced events celebrating Earth Week 2009, including unveiling a new city LNG…
April 24, 2009
Cal Heights gets some ReLeaf from neighborhood volunteers
The ReLeaf program has benefited hundreds of trees in the Cal Heights neighborhood in the last seven years.…
April 24, 2009