3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (694+ words) Dozens of Long Beach residents previously evacuated from their Peninsula homes Monday night were allowed to return Wednesday, after building inspectors deemed them safe to be inside. Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Jack Crabtree said the city’s building department cleared…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (608+ words) Long Beach will make a slew of parking tickets more expensive and charge higher cannabis taxes to avoid cutting library hours and some specialized police officers. The last-minute change, proposed hours before a City Council vote, reversed a controversial plan…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (164+ words) Long Beach Post Topline: The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for much of Southern California from Wednesday morning through Thursday. The details: This week’s combination of heat and humidity could be worse than it has been…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) Despite speculation earlier this week, a hurricane is not going to hit Southern California this weekend. Tropical Storm Marie is churning in the Pacific Ocean several hundred miles off the coast of Mexico. It’s expected to reach hurricane strength by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (601+ words) Emergency management officials Tuesday told L.A. County supervisors they’re preparing for the worst ahead of this winter’s potentially historic El Niño weather system. The climate pattern usually brings significant rain and ocean swells to Southern California, elevating the risk of flooding…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (601+ words) Fed up with people living in and starting fires in a historic tunnel under downtown, the city of Long Beach has started building a fortified metal fence to keep them out. The Jergins Tunnel below Ocean Boulevard has been sealed…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (565+ words) Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion and to make changes to its platforms to end a major case on children and social media addiction. California will receive up to $2.1 billion if the settlement is approved by a judge, according…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (581+ words) Long Beach officials are investigating why a new tax on local power plants hasn’t raised the millions of dollars they said it would, a major blow to the city budget that has exacerbated the need for deep cuts. Tax Measure…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1363+ words) California legislators this week are rushing to broker a compromise on child sexual assault lawsuits before the Legislature finishes for the year. They are faced with the unenviable task of figuring out how to give justice to survivors of child…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (607+ words) It was a deadly weekend on Long Beach’s roads. Police said three people were killed and several more were injured in a string of three separate wrecks, including a speeding Tesla driver crashing through a cinderblock wall and a suspected…...