With what is touted as a “major milestone,” Community Hospital Long Beach (CHLB) Foundation Executive Director Matthew Faulkner told local residents Tuesday that the medical facility has achieved a seismic-compliance deadline extension to Jan. 1,...

During its June 11 meeting, the Signal Hill City Council conducted a public hearing before renewing Signal Hill Petroleum’s (SHP) conditional-use permit (CUP) to operate seven drill sites for a year while it negotiates a new use-and-development agreement...

Many people who did not grow up during the digital age remain unaware of the existence and potential dangers of the website Omegle, a site that allows users to video chat with randomly selected people from around the world. I was recently reminiscing...

This week, California 70th District Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell and Sen. Tom Umberg presented a resolution in the State Assembly and Senate congratulating the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) men’s volleyball team on its 2019 NCAA...

On Wednesday, June 12, at the State Capitol in Sacramento, Lena Gonzalez was officially sworn in as the Senator representing the nearly one million constituents that make up the 33rd district. Her predecessor, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, administered...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia has appointed his longtime staff member and senior advisor, Daniel Brezenoff, as Administrator for the 1st Council District, Garcia’s office announced this week. Brezenoff will oversee the operations of the 1st-district...

Long Beach 9th District Councilmember Rex Richardson congratulated a group of Jordan High School graduates Monday, June 10, on campus– 6500 Atlantic Ave.– and unveiled street banners, which featured the name of said graduates who will be attending...

On a recent evening, I was speaking with the man in his chair, and I noticed just over his shoulder that he was surrounded by names like Hugo, Melville, Churchill, Hemingway, La Carre, Faulkner, Hadrian, Augustus and Dickens. And by no coincidence...

On Friday, June 7, the City of Long Beach celebrated the grand opening of the new Bayshore Lifeguard Station, located at 5415 E. Ocean Blvd., which is the first pre-fabricated lifeguard station in Long Beach. The station will offer improved public...

Long Beach 1st District Councilmember Lena Gonzalez will likely be moving up to the State Senate, after her landslide victory in Tuesday’s run-off election to fill the 33rd District seat, according to unofficial results from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder...