In an effort to educate the community about domestic violence, WomenShelter of Long Beach will host its fourth annual Family Fun Day — and it includes a free lunch. The day will offer arts and crafts activities and presentations on how to identify abuse at the new Salvation Army building[Read More…]
Long Beach
Any off-campus news. Events that happen off-campus or news that affect/interest the greater Long Beach community fall under this category.
Final results for Long Beach elections are revealed
Over 950,000 California voters in the June 5 primary election included residents of Long Beach who, along with voting on statewide contests, made final decisions on local matters. Long Beach City Council members Stacy Mungo and Roberto Uranga both retained their positions after each won slightly above 53 percent of[Read More…]
CSULB professors accused of unethical campaign practices
The Fair Political Practices Commission is currently reviewing a complaint against two Cal State Long Beach professors, one of whom is running for office in the city. The complaint argues that Rigoberto Rodriguez and Juan Benitez, both professors for the Chicano and Latino studies department, used public resources to promote[Read More…]
Local beachgoers paddle out to protest the breakwater
Dozens of Long Beach residents lined their surfboards along the shore Saturday morning in protest of the breakwater at the ninth annual Paddle Out in Memory of the Waves ceremony. Led by the Long Beach chapter of the non-profit environmental organization Surfrider Foundation and Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, men, women and[Read More…]
State assembly passes shark research funding bill
A bill intended to create a White Shark Population Monitoring and Beach Safety Program in California passed the state assembly floor Thursday. Formally called Assembly Bill 2191, the program would grant funding to organizations involved in research on white sharks and the promotion of public safety in the state’s beaches.[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council approves pilot program to equip more police with body cameras
Following the original pilot program in November 2016, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to begin a second program to equip Long Beach Police Department officers with body cameras. The city awarded a one-year contract to technology and weapons tech company, Axon Enterprise Inc. The contract contains both[Read More…]
Petition to submit Jeannine Pearce awaits signature confirmation by city clerk
Long Beach residents in the 2nd District may vote for a new city council representative sooner than expected if the city clerk’s office verifies that the petition to recall Jeannine Pearce received enough signatures. The 2nd District consists of areas in downtown Long Beach such as The Pike and the[Read More…]
Assault, trespassing and grand theft
Parking: It’s that serious – Authorities were called to Parking Lot G15 at 1:39 p.m. May 3 in response to a female subject reporting an assault. Upon successfully making contact with the subject, officers discovered that a male suspect had hit the woman with his vehicle. The dispute began as[Read More…]
Long Beach Airport to receive improvements
It was yet another light agenda for the Long Beach City Council as Tuesday’s meeting lasted a little over an hour and saw all agenda items approved by present councilmembers. The council, sans district one representative Lena Gonzalez, unanimously voted to grant a contract to Swinerton Builders, a construction company[Read More…]
CSULB professor Darith Ung honored at Fourth Annual Teacher Recognition Ceremony
As the room buzzed with teachers sharing notes on their material and methods, Darith Ung sat quietly in awe at the mere fact he’d been invited to accept an award. “I feel that there are so many other people that they could have recognized and I’m just a simple teacher,[Read More…]