25 years ago, the verdict clearing four police officers of the beating of Rodney King led to rioting in the streets of Los Angeles County, from South Central Los Angeles to Long Beach. This was the reality for faculty and staff of Cal State Long Beach from April 29 to[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.
Biennial Homeless Count shows 21 percent drop
The city of Long Beach recently announced the results of the 2017 Biennial Homeless Count to reveal a 21 percent reduction in the total number of persons experiencing homelessness in the city. Despite the decrease, some Long Beach residents feel that they have noticed no change. “If you go down[Read More…]
VIP Records sign saved, Aquarium of the Pacific receives loan
Long Beach’s world famous VIP Records sign will be relocated and made into a historical landmark after receiving unanimous approval from city council Tuesday night. The record store is known locally and internationally as a hip-hop icon, being the starting place of many artists such as Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg[Read More…]
City council votes to improve affordable housing
Long Beach may see more affordable housing units built throughout the city after council passed recommendations brought forward by the Affordable and Workforce Housing Group yesterday. The recommendations approved by council included policies to implement existing legislation and new initiatives for housing development. Among these recommendations were ideas for micro-units,[Read More…]
Long Beach city council addresses affordable housing issue
Long Beach City Council moved to adopt recommendations brought forward by city staff for the production of affordable housing units. The city faces a housing crisis, with a vacancy rate of 2 percent as compared to the national average of 8 percent, according to the council. A study on the[Read More…]
Long Beach marches on May Day
More than 600 people from all walks of life gathered Monday night at MacArthur Park in Long Beach to be part of the International Worker’s Day march. Students, working class people, women, men, children and senior citizens showed up with a significant number of banners, placards, posters and t-shirts as[Read More…]
LA River CleanUp floats down to Long Beach
An army of plastic bag-toting volunteers wearing gloves filled the Los Angeles River basin in Long Beach on Saturday during the 28th annual cleanup of the environmentally troubled concrete channel. Some use a rope to descend a concrete channel to get to the lower part of the river, which is normally[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council to discuss affordable housing recommendations
The Long Beach City Council is set to hear recommendations from the Mayor’s Affordable Housing Study Session at its upcoming meeting May 2. At a February meeting, the council moved to conduct a study regarding the lack of housing available for low-income residents within the city, including the downtown area,[Read More…]
Long Beach residents party green
Hundreds of Long Beach community members came together to enjoy farm-to-fork vegan meals and homebrewed beer to celebrate Earth Day at the Fourth Annual Green Prize Festival. The Fourth Annual Green Prize Festival took place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Houghton Park on Myrtle Avenue was the last[Read More…]
Renters Day declared in Long Beach
Long Beach activists rallied outside of the city council chambers Tuesday night to bring renter’s rights to the council’s attention. Citizens called for the council to create guidelines for protections for tenants in the city, stating that 60 percent of Long Beach residents are renters. They urged the council to[Read More…]