Rose Chelsea Lubang could not help but take care of others. When her friends told her of their plan to take her to Las Vegas for Rose’s 21st birthday, she told them that she would be the group’s designated driver. The Cal State Long Beach freshman died Wednesday night after[Read More…]
Long Beach
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Long Beach awarded by Human Rights Campaign for 2015 being LGBT friendly
We all know Long Beach has pride in its LGBT community, but the Human Rights Campaign has acknowledged the efforts of the city to protect that community via the 2015 Municipal Equality Index. The MEI exists as a way to quantify nationwide municipal law as it affects lesbian, gay, bisexual[Read More…]
Return of Kings leader Roosh V cancels tribal meetup
Return of Kings, a blog for an organization of self-described “neo-masculinists,” cancelled its first in-person meetings scheduled for Feb. 6, including the planned Long Beach meetup in the parking lot of Glory Days Sports Grill in Lakewood. The meet-ups were intended to be the first of many with the purpose[Read More…]
CSULB graduate Daniel Nguyen remembered by hundreds
We’ve all met that one person in our life that helped us for the better in some way. To me, dorky Daniel Nguyen is that friend. I remember on our last trip to Big Sur, he carried a photo book and read quotes out loud to us for motivation. He[Read More…]
49er Shops unsure of how minimum wage increase would affect students
A 49er Shops representative said she doesn’t yet know how they will adapt to the new developments after the Long Beach City Council agreed Jan. 19 on an ordinance that will increase the minimum wage incrementally for the next coming years in hopes of stabilizing the economy. “The most recent[Read More…]
CSULB alumnus dies after 1,500-foot fall on Mount Baldy
Cal State Long Beach graduate Daniel Nguyen died after he slipped and fell 1,500 feet down Mount Baldy in the San Bernardino Mountains Tuesday morning. Nguyen was saving a friend from slipping at the time. He was hiking with two other CSULB students during the incident, who asked not to have[Read More…]
Long Beach Transit announces new bus schedules
Due to change in demand of public transportation, Long Beach Transit announced new service changes that will take effect on Feb. 7. Since many students typically end their school day between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., westbound bus lines 91, 92, 93, 94 and 96 will arrive every 8 minutes[Read More…]
Long Beach shelter decreases animal euthanasia by 64 percent
Long Beach is no stranger to the phrase “man’s best friend.” Long Beach Animal Care Services had a record-breaking year in 2015 for saving animal lives. The percentage of impounded dogs and cats has decreased by 28 percent in the last 10 years from a total of 10,318 to 7,510.[Read More…]
Gov. Brown announces support for prison reform legislation
In an effort to control the court-ordered release of offenders in the overflowing California prison system, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced his support today for legislation that would specify which prisoners could go free. “Law enforcement and faith leaders” joined Brown in his endorsement of the amended Public Safety Rehabilitation[Read More…]
Covered California deadline approaches
Cal State Long Beach students may be feeling the pressure as the Jan. 31 sign-up deadline for healthcare under Obama’s law approaches. Fines for not signing up in the next four days have risen 113 percent from $325 in 2015 to a $695 minimum in 2016. In order to avoid[Read More…]