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2 injured in West Long Beach shooting, police say
Few details about what led up to the shooting were available as of Friday morning, but police say it happened around 1:28 p.m. in the 2100 block of Spring Street.
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Police ask for help finding missing at-risk 29-year-old with medical conditions
Davontay M. Clark, who is non-verbal, was last seen leaving his residence in the 1700 block of Long Beach Boulevard Thursday night, according to authorities.
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Long Beach police schedule DUI checkpoint for Friday
The checkpoint will happen from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. somewhere in the city’s south division, according to police.
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Ex-LBUSD safety officer pleads no contest in slaying of 18-year-old
Jurors previously deadlocked in a trial this year against Eddie Gonzalez, who shot and killed Mona Rodriguez near Millikan High School in 2021.
Police search for missing 64-year-old with medical conditions
Police say 64-year-old Freddie D. Jenkins was last seen around 2 p.m. Friday near Poly High School.
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Police ask for help finding missing 90-year-old who went missing out of North Long Beach
Authorities say Leverne E. Brown was last seen leaving his apartment in the 3200 block of Artesia Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Police respond to human remains call at Junipero Beach, find fake skull
Officers were called twice to the beach Monday morning after reports of human skull in the area.
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Man found shot to death in North Long Beach, police say
Police say they found the man’s body just before 7 a.m. in the 600 block of South Street.
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Man dies nearly 2 weeks after being struck by hit-and-run driver, police say
Police say 48-year-old Anthony Tapia was crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk near the area of St. Louis Avenue and Seventh Street on the night of Aug. 3, when someone in an SUV hit him and drove away.
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1 dead, several injured in crash near Poly High School, police say
Police say the crash happened shortly after midnight Friday in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Atlantic Avenue.
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Man dies months after motorcycle crash at Port of Long Beach, police say
The motorcyclist was hospitalized following a crash on March 25. Detectives were notified on Wednesday that he died from his injuries.
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2 dogs die in apartment fire, Long Beach authorities say
Fire crews responded just after 4:40 a.m. to an apartment in 700 block of Magnolia Avenue that had caught fire, according to the Long Beach Fire Department.
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Man shot in Willmore neighborhood, police say
Long Beach police say the man was arguing with a group of people near 10th Street and Chestnut Avenue just after 7 p.m. when a woman shot him.
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Man shot near the Pike Outlets, Long Beach police say
Police say the man was near the area of Aquarium Way and The Paseo around 8 p.m. when he was shot by a man who “verbally confronted” him.
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Roxy, Aquarium of the Pacific’s ‘mature and wise’ penguin, dies at 14
Aquarium officials said Roxy, a Magellanic penguin, likely died of avian malaria, a serious disease in birds that cannot be spread to people.
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Minibike driver dies in crash with semi-truck, Long Beach police says
Police identified the driver of the mini motorcycle as 50-year-old Long Beach resident Nicholas Kusmich.