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Modular shelters, social enterprise and supportive housing: Here’s how Long Beach is spending $10.4 million to combat homelessness
The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services will use $10.4 million in federal funds to address…
Professional fingerboarding exists, and the national champion got his start in Long Beach
A skateboard pirouettes in the air and slides down a yellow handrail belonging to a block of stairs—only…
After a dark year, this artist is creating “little happy places” in searingly bright technicolor
In the midst of a chaotic year, Marisa Avila Sayler created “little happy places”—fantastical scenes in searingly bright…
Student-driven Long Beach Green Schools Campaign powers on
While most of us are still fumbling with our 2022 resolutions, high schooler Diana Michaelson is laser-focused on…
CSULB will begin spring semester with two weeks of virtual learning amid COVID-19 surge
California State University, Long Beach announced today that it will switch to remote instruction for the first two…
LA County COVID hospitalizations near 2,000 mark as surge continues
The surge of COVID-19 infections continued to drive up hospitalizations, with state figures Monday showing the number of…
‘Ride now, die later’: East coast motorcycle duo set up shop in Zaferia neighborhood
“Ride now, die later.” Those are the words emblazoned on the wall at Off Track, a year-old motorcycle…
This little free library is also Long Beach’s smallest gallery
At 3539 Fanwood Ave. in Long Beach sits a tiny oasis for art and literature. With only about…
‘I know a spot’: 20 places to take people visiting Long Beach for the holidays
This holiday season, as out-of-town friends and family start to arrive, locals are preparing to show them the…
Long Beach is in for a rainy holiday weekend, series of storms to hit LA
A series of storms is expected to bring wet weather to Long Beach and Los Angeles County today,…