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Long Beach moves forward in support for reproductive health care should Roe v. Wade be overturned
With the future of women’s reproductive rights at risk, the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday directed the…
Local MemorialCare hospitals avoid impact of national blood shortage with in-house donation center
The Red Cross is facing its worst blood shortage in more than a decade. “Ideally, the organization has…
Shlap Muan founders move back to Long Beach, close San Francisco location
Soon Long Beach will be the only place you can taste the uniquely seasoned and sauced chicken wings…
‘A tireless community champion’: Signal Hill Commissioner Terry Rogers dies
Update: Feb. 3, This story has been updated with statements from Mayor Keir Jones, Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, Long…
‘We needed a voice’: Local nonprofit forms Long Beach’s first Beauty and Barber Association
In April 2020, Shirin Senegal called nearly 100 barber and beauty shops in Long Beach. Ryan Grier, owner…
Signal Hill to grant qualifying microbusinesses $5,000 each in relief
During its Tuesday, Jan. 25, meeting, the Signal Hill City Council agreed to grant 10 Signal Hill microbusinesses—those…
Born out of creative exploration, Verse Collective charms with handmade wearable art and curiosities
While some were using their mixing bowls to make sourdough bread in 2020, artist Shira Tagle was armed…
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…