Brandon Richardson

arts and culture

Review: Snoop Dogg opens the Long Beach amphitheater with a bang

After entertaining a sold-out crowd of 11,000, the Long Beach native was given a key to the city by Mayor Rex Richardson.

military

Long Beach sounded like a war zone last night thanks to a U.S. Army training exercise

The Long Beach Police Department was informed about the operation weeks ago but other city officials were not looped in until the day of the exercise.

oil spill

East LA oil spill has reached Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach

Clean up of the LA River in Long Beach is focused primarily at Willow Street but, after a small breach, another team has been deployed to PCH.

Pride

Photos: Long Beach Pride parade remained joyous in the face of disappointment

Ocean Boulevard was still lined with rainbow-clad people of all ages and persuasions to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community despite the scandalous festival cancellation.

Pride

Yes, the Long Beach Pride Parade is still on for Sunday

And there are still many events and specials at LGBTQ+ and ally businesses all weekend, despite the ticketed festival's cancelation.

Long Beach Airport

Long Beach Airport is all in on Southwest. Now, the airline has shed everything that set it apart

Free checked bags and open seating are gone, and so are five of its Long Beach flight slots, which the company gave up in February. Two were picked up by Hawaiian.

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Photos: The well-oiled chaos that is the Long Beach Grand Prix

Scenes of speeding cars, flying trucks and more from the third and final day of race weekend.

health care

40 years ago, during the AIDS epidemic, the CARE Center began helping people others wouldn’t

Established at St. Mary Medical Center, the clinic connected HIV and AIDS patients to care before evolving into a facility that offered that care itself.

Snoop Dogg

Unsurprisingly, Snoop Dogg announced as inaugural act for Long Beach Amphitheater

The legendary West Coast rapper is one of the city’s best-known names in music, so why has local reaction to the announcement been so mixed?

protests

Photos: Protesters did not hold back during No Kings 3 in Long Beach

Thousands gathered along Ocean Boulevard to protest the Trump administration.

immigration

No, ICE is not at Long Beach Airport

Federal agents were deployed to major airports around the country to 'assist' TSA despite having no training to do so.

floods

Why does Long Beach flood during rainstorms?

After decades of building on and paving over permeable ground, the old drainage infrastructure is overloaded — and hundreds of millions of dollars of improvements remain unfunded.

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Jim Michaelian, longtime Long Beach Grand Prix CEO, dies at 83

Michaelian had been with the street race since the beginning and was weeks away from his 51st and final event before leaving his president and CEO roles.

aerospace

City officials celebrate another weapons manufacturer moving into Long Beach

This is the second defense contractor to announce its move into Long Beach this year, causing locals to worry about the soul of the city.

arts and culture

They were arrested outside Warped Tour last year for playing an illegal show. This year, they were invited to play the festival

While the trio that makes up Who Cares is excited to play Warped Tour in Long Beach, frontman Omar Sandlin admits the brief spotlight of their arrest has not changed the band's trajectory by much.

Crime + Public Safety

Marathon Burger grand opening interrupted by nearby gunfire; 1 dead

Two other victims are in stable condition at a local hospital, according to authorities.