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- Gov. Jerry Brown signs transgender rights bill
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 10:49 PMCalifornia on Monday became the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender K-12 students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker room they want.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Long Beach City College re-dedicates student services center
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 09:47 PMMore than 100 students, faculty and college administrators were in attendance for the re-dedication of the center, an $8.2 million retrofitting project that took two years to complete.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clarence Smith, second black person elected to Long Beach council, dies
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 06:55 PMClarence Smith, the second black person elected to the Long Beach City Council and founder of the first Martin Luther King Parade, died today.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Experts: Thousands, if not millions, of pedestrians are injured by cellphone distractions
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 01:42 AMWith a healthy nightlife, world-renowned tourist attractions and dozens of individual neighborhoods, Long Beach is a bustling 24-hour city that translates into thousands of motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians taking to city streets every day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lakewood's Timeless Pints enters microbrew scene
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 01:25 AMLAKEWOOD - It's safe bet that most beer drinkers have yet to hear the one about the lumberjack and the bear. | Photos: Timeless Pints Brewing Co.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Los Angeles, Orange County gas prices fall to lowest amount since May 7
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 03:39 PMLOS ANGELES - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its lowest amount since May 7, falling 1.1 cents to $3.936.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At Large: Who will play 'Petey'? Next time, maybe me
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 01:03 AMNewspaper reporters and any kind of extroverted activity -- especially public speaking -- normally do not mix.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rewards aim to help police receive leads, solve crimes
Saturday - 08/10/2013 - 11:07 PMLONG BEACH - Rewards are an investigative tool used when detectives need essential information on a cold case. | Related: Money rarely useful in solving crimes | Database: Rewards offered for information leading to conviction
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Politics could pit Lowenthals against one another
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 12:52 AMThey've won 20 elections in the last 20 years. They've held seats in Congress, state Senate, state Assembly, Long Beach City Council, Long Beach school board and Los Angeles Superior Court.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At 93, Long Beach 'Riveter' still serving
Friday - 08/09/2013 - 09:43 PMOn a typical day, 93-year-old Elinor Otto wakes up at 4 a.m. and is out of the house in an hour. After fighting traffic, she arrives at Boeing at 6 a.
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- Owner of JFI Jets based in Long Beach, Long Island donated famed jet to New York students
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 10:34 PMA 44-year-old jet once owned by legends Frank Sinatra and Harrison Ford has found a new home among New York high school students aspiring to be pilots and aircraft mechanics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clarence Smith, former Long Beach councilman, dies
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 08:33 PMLife was hard for Clarence Smith, the seventh of 13 children growing up in segregated Shreveport, La.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man who jumped off Long Beach's Belmont Pier on life support
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 09:57 AMLONG BEACH - A man was on life support at a Long Beach hospital today after jumping off the Belmont Pier into the ocean wearing a backpack filled with sand, police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NASA, aerospace industry depend on scale models to get message across
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 12:23 AMIn the lobbies at Southern California's aerospace companies, satellite, space telescope and rocket scale models boast of the region's technological ingenuity.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three killed, two wounded in bloody Pomona night
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 03:55 PMPOMONA - It was a bloody night in Pomona, with four shootings in six hours and at least three confirmed deaths, police and firefighters said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - School-church partnership bolsters summer reading
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 12:58 AMContinuing the longstanding partnership between Hill Classical Middle School and Cornerstone Church, a group of volunteers from the church this year started a summer reading club.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sand sculpture competition kicks off in Long Beach
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 01:18 AMLONG BEACH - A large whale, gnashing its teeth, rose from Granada Beach as an unfortunate man, tangled to the side of the large beast, could do nothing but go along for the ride.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Special Report: Rewards for unsolved crimes in Los Angeles County rarely useful
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 12:09 AMOffering financial rewards to the public in exchange for help in solving violent crimes seems like an effective crime-fighting tool that would appeal to a common human desire for personal profit.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Interfaith groups come together for homeless service in Long Beach
Friday - 08/09/2013 - 10:35 PMMembers of the South Coast Interfaith Council, along with Urban Community Outreach, fasted in recognition of Ramadan recently, and fed about 400 homeless people at the First Congregational Church in Long Beach.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bellflower museum explores Los Angeles County Fire Department
Friday - 08/09/2013 - 09:19 PM33-year-fire veteran, Joe Woyjeck says he takes some comfort in returning to the L.A. County Fire Museum, a place that was so important to him and his son Kevin Woyjeck who was killed in the Yarnell Hill fire.
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- Man on 'Sole Searching' mission to run every street in Long Beach
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 10:58 PMJorge Rivera, who began his runs in May, calls his project "Sole Searching" and he is on a journey to document every neighborhood in Long Beach.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Quick action, good luck, lead to rescue of man who jumped from Belmont Pier
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 06:54 PMTraining and a touch of good fortune Sunday may have helped avert a suicide attempt Sunday at the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier. Photos: Man rescued after Belmont Pier jump
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Signal Hill mayor endorses Robert Garcia in Long Beach mayoral race
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 01:37 PMLONG BEACH -- Signal Hill Mayor Michael Knoll on Monday endorsed Vice Mayor Robert Garcia for mayor.
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Garcia is running to succeed Mayor Bob Foster, who announced last month that he would not seek a third term. - Bill would pool Caltech, Berkeley earthquake research for early warning system
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 01:06 AMA bill that would pool the research abilities of Caltech and UC Berkeley as well as create a statewide early earthquake warning system moved a step closer to the governor's desk as seismologists continue testing equipment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Advocates will press Long Beach City Council for language access policy
Monday - 08/12/2013 - 01:28 AMLONG BEACH - A community coalition seeking better access to government for non-English speakers will hold a 4 p.m. rally on Tuesday at City Hall before the City Council considers a new language access policy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Six area school board races taking shape for November election
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 01:01 AMFour school board races are taking shape for the November election. ABC, Bellflower, Downey and Paramount school districts all have four-year-term open seats with many incumbents seeking re-election and facing opposition by several challengers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Shirley Wild: 'Grape Expectations' raises money for library foundation
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 01:06 AMRoughly 340 people attended the Grape Expectations 10th annual fundraiser for the Long Beach Public Library Foundation on June 23.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More employers checking Twitter influence of potential hires
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 12:39 AMGetting Twitter followers is a bit like a game of Pokemon: gotta catch 'em all.
And as the 1 percent argument goes, the more you have, the more you're going to get, said Amanda MacArthur, director of content and marketing at BuzzFarmers, a company that manages social media profiles for
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Temporary replacement for Belmont Plaza Pool to open this fall
Sunday - 08/11/2013 - 12:56 AMLONG BEACH - Construction on a temporary outdoor pool to replace the shuttered Belmont Plaza Pool is starting soon and is expected to be finished by the end of October, officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - F-18s to fly at LB airport this weekend
Friday - 08/09/2013 - 04:53 PMBe prepared for the roar of engines this weekend.
Some F-18 "Hornets" will be in operation at the Long Beach Airport this weekend, airport officials announced Friday.
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