Long Beach

Any off-campus news. Events that happen off-campus or news that affect/interest the greater Long Beach community fall under this category.

Ethnic studies faculty dialogue inspires NWC cancellation

The provocatively titled play “N*gger, W*tback, Ch*nk” will not live to see a second year at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center after being cancelled by Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley due to negative feedback from ethnic studies faculty. Subsequently, the executive director of the arts center, Michele[Read More…]

How a prisoner became an activist

Immigrant, prisoner, revolutionary – the narrative of a criminal-turned-social activist will having a special screening followed by a panel discussion at The Art Theatre Monday night. “Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story” follows the life of a Chinese immigrant who served 20 years in California prisons and jails for kidnapping and[Read More…]

Long Beach man fatally shot by police

An officer-involved shooting left one man dead Sunday night, according to a press release from the Long Beach Police Department. The shooting took place on the 1600 block of Obispo Avenue, between Pacific Coast Highway and Anaheim Street in central Long Beach. Authorities have not yet identified the suspect who[Read More…]

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