Labor
Long Beach hospitality workers demand equity in Olympic wage implementation
A city measure approved earlier this year that guarantees hospitality workers higher wages excluded concession workers at the Long Beach airport and convention center.
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Crime + Public Safety
‘They brutalized us’: Brandon Boyd’s family speaks out one week after he was shot, killed by police
During a press conference Tuesday, the Boyd family and community activists called for bodycam footage and the 911 call that led to the Nov. 19 shooting to be released.
Crime + Public Safety
Long Beach business leaders, residents gather to talk crime prevention
City Prosecutor Doug Haubert told attendees the passage of Proposition 36, which increases sentences of various drug and theft crimes, "unties the hands of police."
The Wicked Wolf cocktail bar to become tea & coffee haven during the day
The transformation of the beloved Wrigley nightspot begins on Halloween.
Discrimination
Long Beach workers allege discrimination in Public Works, call for national Black employee protections
Despite city officials denying systemic discrimination, Black workers like Anthony Holmes and Kyle Seals are speaking out.
Woodrow Wilson High School
Erin Carey returns to Wilson High as the Boys’ Basketball Assistant Coach
The former Wilson girls' team head coach, who stepped down earlier this year, returned to the court earlier this month.
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sports
Joy Taylor hosts watch party for "Like a Girl" season 2 at Watch Me! Sports Bar in Long Beach
The docuseries highlights women in sports, making the city's first women's sports bar an ideal location for the event.
Care Closet LBC named nonprofit of the year for transformative work with unhoused community
The organization's works 'transcend the way' we should work with homeless people, Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal said.
small business
Fluffy’s Sno-Balls Forced to Exit Long Beach Due to Repeated Break-Ins
The shop, which opened in 2021, often employed local students and helped those experiencing homelessness.
Here's how Long Beach will celebrate Juneteenth this year
Festivities throughout the city will highlight the Black community's rich history and vibrant spirit.
COLUMN: The LA Sparks will play 2 games at CSULB's Walter Pyramid
Long Beach fans get ready to shine.
North Long Beach opens new education center offering tuition-free courses
The center offers workforce training, an open-use computer lab, free classes, support for entrepreneurs and more.
Pro-Palestine protesters rally outside Grand Prix, call for a ceasefire in Gaza
About 100 people gathered at Lincoln Park and marched down Ocean Boulevard to spread their message.
PODCAST: Fighting the preschool-to-prison pipeline
Ishmael Pruitt co-founded Project Optimism "to stimulate the ambition of our next generation of leaders" and to help students see the value of education.
Pastor of Long Beach’s oldest Black church attacked twice during service
Rev. Welton Pleasant II has served the city's oldest Black church as pastor for 15 years. During that time, he's been attacked twice.