
Kristen Farrah Naeem, Staff Writer
Dec 28, 2020 | Local beaches to remain closed as City awaits contamination test results after sewage spill (Story) |
Dec 17, 2020 | Long Beach’s first search canine celebrates retirement after 11 years of service (Story/Media) |
Dec 17, 2020 | Northside community group seeks supplies for unhoused neighbors in North Long Beach (Story) |
Dec 10, 2020 | Compassion Project hosts pop up fundraiser because ‘Yoga is for everybody’ (Story) |
Dec 03, 2020 | Small business owners of Auranary Love Co. distribute essentials to unhoused neighbors (Story) |
Nov 24, 2020 | Dancing on broken glass (Story/Media) |
Nov 18, 2020 | Roommates open Foliage LB in Downtown Long Beach (Story/Media) |
Nov 12, 2020 | Shlap Muan founder opens new location in parent’s North LB restaurant (Story) |
Nov 09, 2020 | Los activistas advierten a la comunidad que a pesar de la victoria de Biden, todavía hay problemas a nivel local (Story) |
Nov 08, 2020 | Activists warn community that despite Biden win, there are still ongoing issues locally (Story) |
Nov 05, 2020 | Long Beach veterans living in poverty at higher rate than county and state average (Story) |
Oct 29, 2020 | Voters to decide if app based drivers are employees on November 3rd (Story) |
Oct 22, 2020 | Anakbayan Long Beach lobbies CSULB ASI to endorse Philippine Human Rights Act (Story) |
Oct 15, 2020 | Ceviche Rumble Fest transformed into live show taping after downtown Long Beach cancellation (Story) |
Oct 07, 2020 | “We Are All Related” exhibit brings Native American art back to Signal Hill (Story) |
Oct 01, 2020 | GoFundMe for Rot Mythong raises $5,501 after his release from ICE detention (Story) |
Sep 21, 2020 | Bel Canto Books in Long Beach has stories for everyone (Story) |
Sep 18, 2020 | Long Beach City Council pauses cannabis tax increase, extends dispensary hours (Story) |
Sep 15, 2020 | Growing community: Plantiitas in Long Beach sells plants to teach self care (Story) |
Sep 07, 2020 | Double grand opening for newest additions to Uptown Commons in North Long Beach (Story) |
Sep 04, 2020 | Police reform bill cosponsored by Black Lives Matter CA fails to pass State Assembly (Story) |
Sep 02, 2020 | Cesar Rodriguez’s family marches to Wardlow station, site of in-custody death three years ago (Story) |
Sep 01, 2020 | Long Beach small business owners participate in outdoor market place (Story) |
Aug 25, 2020 | Long Beach tenants protest with a caravan for renters’ rights (Story) |
Aug 18, 2020 | Compassionate Cannabis Program provides free medical marijuana to low income Long Beach residents (Story) |
Aug 11, 2020 | Grupos de activistas locales exigen servicios de traducción para todas las reuniones del Consejo Municipal de la ciudad de Long Beach (Story) |
Aug 10, 2020 | Teachers, parents and students protest LBUSD board meeting over lack of flexibility in upcoming semester (Story) |
Aug 05, 2020 | LA County Board of Supervisors agree to support California’s lawsuit to defend Dreamers against federal government (Story) |
Aug 04, 2020 | Local activist groups demand translation services for all Long Beach City Council meetings (Story) |
Jul 30, 2020 | Long Beach Islamic Center to host socially distanced Eid prayers (Story) |
Jul 23, 2020 | New Long Beach based hot sauce company ‘Chile Herrera’ creates versatile condiments for every meal (Story) |
Jul 15, 2020 | Comic book signing in downtown Long Beach for “Out of Order Series,” on mental illness (Story) |
Jul 07, 2020 | Community hosts Peace March from DTLB to North Side LB in response to shootings and racial tension (Story) |
Jul 03, 2020 | “I’m alive by a miracle”: Street vendor community marches in solidarity with elotero Bililfo Fernandez (Media) |
Jul 02, 2020 | Updated: Local street vendor assaulted and robbed at gunpoint, LBPD seeks help finding suspects (Story) |
Jun 30, 2020 | Elotero local de Long Beach asaltado violentamente y robado a punta de pistola, LBPD busca ayuda para encontrar sospechosos (Story) |
Jun 29, 2020 | Rally and march for Black LGBTQ lives, remembers Stonewall anniversary, denounces police brutality (Story) |
Jun 25, 2020 | Protesters attacked outside home of 3rd District Councilmember Suzie Price during a renters’ rights protest (Story) |
Jun 18, 2020 | Current and former LBUSD students protest racism within school district (Story) |
Jun 17, 2020 | Funeral procession from LB to LA protested against police brutality and honored the lives of George Floyd, Long Beach’s Fredrick Taft and others lost to racist violence (Story) |
Jun 15, 2020 | Padre en Long Beach liberado del centro de detención de ICE después de que la comunidad recaudara $ 23,000 para rescatarlo (Story) |
Jun 15, 2020 | Long Beach dad bailed out of ICE detention center after community raises $23,000 (Story) |
Jun 11, 2020 | Long Beach protesters continue to march for George Floyd against police brutality and systematic racism (Story) |
Jun 03, 2020 | With inequalities faced by pregnant black women in white-dominated hospital settings, Long Beach based Birth Workers of Color Collective provide support and advocacy for POC (Story) |
Jun 01, 2020 | Peaceful protest against police brutality interfered with by multiple police forces and ill-intended looters (Story) |
May 26, 2020 | Long Beach hospitals begin experimental convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 (Story) |
May 21, 2020 | California’s DRAI program provides $500 in assistance to undocumented immigrants (Story) |
May 20, 2020 | Sanctuary LB Coalition cosponsors proposed VISION Act that would aid incarcerated immigrants (Story) |
May 19, 2020 | California Department of Food and Agriculture places insect traps in Long Beach yards (Story/Media) |
May 14, 2020 | WomenShelter of Long Beach distributes Mother’s Day gifts to survivors, as domestic violence rises during pandemic (Story) |
May 07, 2020 | California Attorney General asks that more gay men be allowed to donate blood in response to nationwide shortage (Story) |
May 07, 2020 | Long Beach resident Rot Mythong being held by ICE at Adelanto Detention Center (Story) |
May 07, 2020 | Free online tutoring for K-12 students provided by Bayanihan Carson & Long Beach: Filipino Community Support Network (Story) |
May 05, 2020 | Car caravan drives through Long Beach on May Day, demands rent forgiveness and freedom for immigrants (Story) |
Apr 30, 2020 | California State Senator Kamala Harris writes letter addressing police profiling of minorities in face masks (Story) |
Apr 30, 2020 | As LA County expands vote by mail due to pandemic, NAACP and CAP warn against eliminating polling places (Story) |
Apr 24, 2020 | Face masks donated by beauty supply store to NAACP for distribution to Long Beach minorities and seniors (Story) |
Apr 23, 2020 | Long Beach activists join struggle to free immigrants during pandemic (Story) |
Apr 20, 2020 | Black, Asian and Pacific Islander people of Long Beach disproportionately catching coronavirus (Story) |
Apr 15, 2020 | Long Beach artists design coloring book pages honoring essential workers (Story) |
Apr 13, 2020 | Red Eye Media in Bixby Knolls selling masks, buying meals for health care workers with mask’s revenue (Story) |
Apr 10, 2020 | National Guard arrives in Long Beach, begins training at Silverado Park shelter (Story) |
Apr 09, 2020 | California Department of Social Services funds DACA renewals for low-income applicants (Story) |
Apr 08, 2020 | Bixby Knolls art studio Averyboo Arts invites community to decorate rocks for their front lawns (Story) |
Apr 03, 2020 | Free grocery program for low-income families and seniors in Signal Hill (Story) |
Apr 03, 2020 | Long Beach donates to undocumented immigrants laid off by coronavirus (Story) |
Apr 01, 2020 | Need a drink? These places deliver hard liquor, beer in Signal Hill and Long Beach (Story) |
Mar 30, 2020 | Concerns over Long Beach hospital capacity rise with coronavirus cases (Story) |
Mar 26, 2020 | 578 lose their job as stores on CSULB campus close (Story) |
Mar 26, 2020 | ¿Más seguro en casa? WomenShelter de Long Beach tiene viviendas para quienes no están (Story) |
Mar 26, 2020 | Safer at Home? WomenShelter of Long Beach has housing for those who aren’t (Story) |
Mar 20, 2020 | All of Long Beach quarantined (Story) |
Mar 18, 2020 | Every museum in Long Beach now closed, Rancho gardens to remain open (Story) |
Mar 18, 2020 | Signal Hill Costco optometry office among those closed by recommendations of The California Optometric Association (Story) |
Mar 17, 2020 | CSULB students encouraged to move out of dorms, graduation ceremony postponed to prevent spread of coronavirus (Story) |
Mar 17, 2020 | No más reuniones de más de 50 personas debido a los temores de coronavirus (Story) |
Mar 17, 2020 | No more indoor gatherings over 50 people due to coronavirus fears (Story) |
Mar 16, 2020 | Long Beach restaurant giving free meals to kids during LBUSD campus closures (Story) |
Mar 13, 2020 | Life of Pie: Long Beach business bakes pies from scratch, offers Pi Day Deals (Story) |
Mar 13, 2020 | Long Beach Water suspends water shut offs to help residents keep hands washed (Story) |
Mar 11, 2020 | Couple behind Filipino cookbook bring family recipes to Long Beach (Story) |
Mar 05, 2020 | Signal Hill chef shares tastes of his native Italy, hosts cooking classes (Story) |
Mar 03, 2020 | Some Long Beach residents reportedly experiencing lengthy voting lines (Media) |
Mar 03, 2020 | Through the decades: 60 years of artwork by William Lane at Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill (Story) |
Mar 02, 2020 | ‘Underground’ radio station opens studio beneath Shannon’s on Pine (Story) |
Feb 26, 2020 | 19 Inspired LBC artists create murals about climate change (Story) |