During its March 12 meeting, the Signal Hill City Council authorized a contract with MSW Consultants to conduct an audit of EDCO’s waste-management services. The council also reviewed its mid-year 2018-19 Fiscal Year (FY) budget, agreeing to revise...

Hilltop Park became the Griffith Observatory for Signal Hill at the City Public Library’s “Astronomy Night,” as experts brought telescopes from the Columbia Memorial Space Center for residents on Tuesday, March 12. The event provided accessibility...

The reopening of Community Hospital Long Beach is getting closer and closer for residents, even more so after a recent decision by the Long Beach City Council this week to approve a temporary agreement for the 95-year-old facility. The city council...

The City of Long Beach will host its consecutive Tsunami Preparedness Week from March 25 to March 29, and city officials are inviting the community to events and activities throughout that week in an effort to educate the public about tsunami preparation....

The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) announced March 12 the promotion of several employees that took place at a ceremony held at Long Beach City College. Command-staff level promotions included Lt. Donald Mauk and Lt. Melvin McGuire, who were both...

Finding love and business Susan Hathaway, born in Skowhegan, Maine, on March 22, 1845, was one of eight children born to Reverend George W. Hathaway and Mary Weston Locke Hathaway. Susan was also one of four Hathaway sisters to marry into the Bixby family....

Water taxis Last week, Long Beach Transit (LBT) announced a year-round water taxi service that began Friday, March 8, to provide customers and visitors alternative ways to access the city. “We are so pleased to launch year-round water taxi services...

Military personnel with the United States Marine Corps and the United States Naval Construction Battalions, also known as the “Seabees,” swarmed onto Catalina Island in January. Arriving by sky and sea, the troops set up camp and began their mission:...

As a first step in developing its new strategic plan, Long Beach Animal Care Services (LBACS) conducted a public workshop– which became contentious– on Sunday, March 3, at the El Dorado West Community Center. “A strategic plan for Long Beach...

Lend me a Tenor, a pun on “lend me a tenner” (a $10 bill), is an award-winning comedy by Ken Ludwig that has been revived numerous times since its 1989 Broadway adoption. Sharp humor, theatrical farce and mistaken identities make for a highly entertaining...