Disney’s The Little Mermaid, at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center through July 28, is everything you’d expect if you’ve seen the 1989 animated film. But Musical Theatre West’s very magical production brings the story to life in a visually stunning...

A former volunteer treasurer for a merchant seaman organization in Long Beach and a youth soccer league in Anaheim pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzling nearly $1 million, a prosecutor said today. Jose Antonio Urrutia,...

Mosquitoes collected in Long Beach tested positive for West Nile virus, the first detection of the virus this year in the county, the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District announced today. "West Nile virus is endemic in Los Angeles...

No good deed goes unpunished. You’ve all heard this before but I learned it the hard way. In 1990 we had a big party for my grandma’s 90th birthday. Family flew in, there were great tributes and all the other loving pomp and circumstance. ...

The majority of homeless individuals throughout the Long Beach area are people simply trying to meet their daily needs after falling into difficult times because of rising rents, domestic abuse and a system of social services that can be lengthy and complicated...

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Friday for the seventh consecutive day and 14th time in 15 days, decreasing 1 cent to $3.744. The average price has dropped 6.5 cents over the past 15...

Honda Marine Science Foundation has awarded grants to fund four research projects that address the impact of climate change on the ocean and intertidal areas, it was announced Thursday. The projects will focus on building "living shorelines"...

A Long Beach man was charged Thursday with murdering a woman he had been dating. John Jay Osborne, 31, of Long Beach, pleaded not guilty in the July 11 slaying of Nancy Romero, who was found with a gunshot wound to her chest on a sidewalk in...

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) reported last week that cargo-container shipments passing through the port are down by 10% compared to the same time last year, mostly caused by reduced imports and fewer empty containers being shipped to Asia to be loaded...

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana market had the fourth-highest average mortgage debt in the country among major metro areas in the year's first quarter, according to data released Wednesday by the consumer credit reporting company Experian. The...