Eight Southland hotels -- including first-time honoree Hotel Bel-Air -- earned the AAA's coveted Five Diamond rating, putting them on a list that includes just 119 hotels nationwide, the Automobile Club of Southern California announced Wednesday, Feb....

A Lakewood man who was hit by a truck while crossing a street in Long Beach died nine days later at a hospital, and police Wednesday, Feb. 19 urged possible witnesses to the crash to contact them. The 62-year-old man was struck on Feb. 5 about 7pm...

The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday, Feb. 18 to accept a $913,991 grant from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) to support the city’s Cannabis Social Equity Program (CSEP). Councilmember Al Austin expressed support for accepting...

During the Long Beach City Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18, the council accepted $373,697 in grant funds from the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Inc. to operate the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) Prison-to-Employment (P2E) program,...

California Repertory’s latest production directed by Desean K. Terry is Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, a modern day riff on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter. It introduces audiences to the homeless Hester La Negrita (Sara-Michelle...

A 23-year-old man was fatally shot while sitting in a parked car in Long Beach early Tuesday, Feb. 18. As of this afternoon, police had not identified any suspects or established a motive for the killing of Tyree Latrell Coleman, who was wounded...

In an online blog post dated Feb. 13, multiple Polytechnic High School students alleged their teacher, identified in the post as Libby Huff, called a student the N-word and "put her hands on many of us students on multiple occasions." The Long Beach...

The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) published a memorandum on Feb. 14, updating the public on prohibited possessor enforcement in the city. Prohibited possessors are individuals who are legally barred from owning a gun. Four detectives were...

A man was stabbed on Saturday, Feb. 15, in Long Beach and the woman suspected of wielding the weapon was arrested, authorities said. It was reported about 4:05 p.m. at a residence in the 500 block of East Esther Street, said Long Beach Police Department...

Officers on Sunday, Feb. 16, found a 33-year-old man shot dead in an alleyway behind a home in Long Beach and detectives believe the attack might have been a gang-related shooting. Officers were dispatched at 2:05 a.m. to the 700 block of East Sixth...