Two engineering buildings were evacuated at Cal State Long Beach Tuesday after a chemical explosion sparked a fire, injuring a professor. The Long Beach Fire Department was dispatched at approximately 1:23 p.m. in response to the fire, which started in the Engineering and Computer Sciences Building in room 114.[Read More…]
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Long Beach City Council to draft new ordinance to help stop bicycle theft
At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Long Beach City Council voted to draft an ordinance that would lessen the sale of disassembled bicycle parts and ban bicycle chop-shops. According to the Long Beach Police Department, there were an average of 653 reported bicycle thefts per year from 2012-2017. Although bike thefts[Read More…]
Water tower that looms over CSULB undergoes maintenance
The sight of ongoing construction is nothing new for students at Cal State Long Beach, but a major landmark located off-campus has induced head-scratching from many walking through the university lately. The water tower that overlooks the school from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been fully wrapped with scaffolding[Read More…]
Long Beach City Council moves forward with I-710 project alternative
A I-710 freeway upgrade called Measure 5C promises bike path linkages and a zero and near-zero emission truck program to mitigate pollution caused by port traffic on the Long Beach freeway. The Long Beach city council I-710 oversight committee accepted plans to expand the interstate freeway on Tuesday afternoon. The[Read More…]
CSULB sees record amount of applicants
Come this fall, Cal State Long Beach students may find their campus to be a little more claustrophobic than past semesters. The commuter campus has received a record 102,000 applications from undergraduate students for the upcoming fall semester as stated in a press release from the Office of Public Affairs.[Read More…]
Long Beach forced to say goodbye, for now, to Mike Guardabascio and J.J. Fiddler
The massive sports market that is Long Beach and the surrounding areas lost two pioneers of coverage Thursday. Mike Guardabascio and J.J. Fiddler, both 33, were laid off by the Southern California News Group. The two were the faces of the Press-Telegram and Grunion Gazettes sports section, serving an audience[Read More…]
CSULB to remain weed free
Stoners rejoice; recreational cannabis is now legal in California. However, students will still have to leave campus for their lawful toke. The Spring 2018 semester began just after the state legalization of recreational marijuana Jan. 1, and Cal State Long Beach attendees may be wondering what legal ramifications remain[Read More…]
“City Rising” draws a local crowd in Long Beach
A new documentary criticizing gentrification brought loud cheering from a full audience at Long Beach’s 4th Street Art Theatre Wednesday night. The theatre hosted a screening of “City Rising,” produced by non-commercial educational and independent television station KCET. The film focused on the issue of displacement in six California communities:[Read More…]
CSULB finds new leadership in Scott Apel
When Scott Apel first stepped onto campus sometime in the late ‘80s, he was a psychology major. Last month, he was named the new Vice President of Administration and Finance. President Jane Close Conoley appointed Apel to his new position Dec. 21 of last year. Apel fell in love with[Read More…]
Long Beach activists protest possible net neutrality repeal
As the sun rose over the Lakewood Center, a tired Verizon employee made his way to unlock the store and begin another day, but not before walking through a crowd of picketers taking aim at the telecommunications company. Over 20 people held signs reading “Save our Internet” and “Stop the[Read More…]