Critically Speaking: Is the tide turning on homelessness?
Maybe, but it will take a lot more work to affect more widespread progress.
Maybe, but it will take a lot more work to affect more widespread progress.
Officials say the changes could significantly speed up hiring in the city, which has taken an average of seven months to fill vacancies.
City Council members asked for a cultural corridor in June 2022, but a report says it could be two more years before the first projects are completed.
City Council members were briefed on the Tuberculosis outbreak Tuesday by the city's health officer who declared a local health emergency earlier this month.
The city's health department is asking the Long Beach City Council to approve a local emergency declared last week as TB cases have increased locally.
Should the entire city pitch in?
The largest of the proposed increases is for water service, with department officials proposing an 11% increase starting Oct. 1.
Officials say that roughly 22% of city positions are vacant and they blame a hiring process that takes about seven months on average to fill positions.
Jesse Lopez, a former journalist, said his video detailing the history of the Jergins Tunnel from 2016 was used during Lana Del Rey's set at Coachella this year.
A city-funded report said Long Beach should add street parking on Shoreline Drive and expand multi-modal options rather than spend millions on a new structure.
In Long Beach, the program serves area high school students as well as those who attend Long Beach City College.
A Supreme Court ruling on homelessness could upend local enforcement.
The pop-up clinic will offer a variety of shots and STI testing at The Falcon on Broadway ahead of Long Beach Pride on May 19.
The $19 million center will include interactive learning displays and show the history of the port, which was one of the focuses of Lowenthal's work while in office.
The request by Mayor Rex Richardson asked the city to work with other institutions to find a way to help the struggling news industry in Long Beach.
There are now three approved parklets in the Belmont Shore stretch of Second Street where residents say they will negatively affect parking.