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Will Long Beach back another sales tax hike?
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (359+ words) Good morning, Long Beach. It's Monday, May 4. Here's what you need to know to start your day. Mayor Rex Richardson wants his City Council colleagues to endorse a countywide sales tax increase. At their meeting this Tuesday, he'll ask them…...
Long Beach voter guide: City Council District 7
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1066+ words) The City Council is Long Beach's main legislative body. Its nine members are among the most powerful people in the city, deciding how best to spend more than $3 billion each year on key services such as public health, streets and…...
Long Beach voter guide: City Council District 5
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (882+ words) The City Council is Long Beach's main legislative body. Its nine members are among the most powerful people in the city, deciding how best to spend more than $3 billion each year on key services such as public health, streets and…...
Long Beach voter guide: City Council District 9
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (929+ words) The City Council is Long Beach's main legislative body. Its nine members are among the most powerful people in the city, deciding how best to spend more than $3 billion each year on key services such as public health, streets and…...
Long Beach voter guide: City Council District 1
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1678+ words) The City Council is Long Beach's main legislative body. Its nine members are among the most powerful people in the city, deciding how best to spend more than $3 billion each year on key services such as public health, streets and…...
Long Beach voter guide: City Council District 3
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1403+ words) The City Council is Long Beach's main legislative body. Its nine members are among the most powerful people in the city, deciding how best to spend more than $3 billion each year on key services such as public health, streets and…...
Ransacked Catholic school recovers from damage, gets encouragement from the Pope
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (360+ words) After a Catholic school in Southeast Wrigley was ransacked in February, thousands of community members helped raise more than $300, 000 to defray costs for extensive repairs. Nearly three months later, they're still mending damage, but an outpouring of support has eased…...
Big-name mariachis to play free Long Beach festival this weekend. They say it's more important than ever.
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (472+ words) Long Beach's third annual Mariachi Festival will return this Saturday with a packed lineup of musicians, including an all-female ensemble who starred alongside Bad Bunny in this year's Super Bowl halftime show. Saturday's free event at Veterans Park has taken…...
Long Beach's busiest boat launch ramp closes for $8. 8 million overhaul
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (412+ words) In the coming months, the Davies Boat Launch Ramp will be demolished. But don't be fooled, it's simply being reborn. The city announced on Monday that a massive multi-million dollar overhaul has begun on replacing the popular but aging access…...
Long Beach begins testing new all-electric garbage trucks
1+ week, 4+ day ago (769+ words) For roughly a century, procrastinators in Long Beach have relied on the roar of a trash truck coming down their street as a last-ditch reminder to take out their garbage. But that may soon change, for the quieter. The city…...