Brandon Richardson

Aquarium of the Pacific

Take an educational whale watching tour with Aquarium of the Pacific naturalists

The daily trips aboard Harbor Breeze Cruise help fund the aquarium’s conservation and education initiatives.

Food & Drink

‘All my friends hate Brian Addison’: The most influential man in Long Beach food is not without his critics

For nearly two decades, Brian Addison has been the dominant voice in the city's culinary ecosystem. A public row with one business owner reopened questions about his ethics and the responsibility that comes with influence.

4th of July

‘Fun police’: LBPD cracking down on drinking, noise at Horny Corner on 4th of July

Police, along with private security, will conduct bag and cooler checks for prohibited items, including booze and fireworks.

oil spill

As East LA oil spill cleanup continues, 3 companies cited for violations related to incident

The May 22 spill dumped nearly 25,000 gallons — more than ten times more than initial estimates — of crude oil onto LA streets and into the LA River.

politics

Port of Long Beach officials respond to Strait of Hormuz reopening

The waterway is expected to remain open for at least 60 days as part of a temporary agreement that experts say heavily favors Iran.

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.