People’s State of the City, a Long Beach community meeting under an umbrella of social justice provided an outlet for residents and supporters directly affected by recent policy changes both locally and nationally Wednesday night. First Congregational Church of Long Beach housed the event, a raucous meeting of determined, frustrated[Read More…]
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Eco-friendly changes are coming to Long Beach Transit
Be careful to not miss the bus, because it’ll be harder to hear it coming around the corner. At the end of March, Long Beach Transit began to release new electrically powered buses as part of their initiative to use alternative fuels to run their buses. Three of these buses[Read More…]
Parking app released in time for busy Grand Prix weekend
Imagine a mobile app within the realms of Uber or Airbnb, but for parking. It’s a new app called Pied Parker, made to help with parking issues people face in busy downtown areas with limited amounts of spots. Based out of Palo Alto near the heart of the Silicon Valley,[Read More…]
Federal funding for Long Beach Section 8 housing threatened
Long Beach Section 8 housing voucher recipients received a glimmer of hope in finding places available to rent. The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday to begin creating incentive packages for landlords to increase the number of units open to receiving housing vouchers. The city currently receives $68 million toward[Read More…]
High Risin’: Long Beach residents face housing problems
Neighborhoods that once housed artists, Cambodian refugees and other communities that make Long Beach the second most diverse city in America are undergoing renovation that some say are taking the international out of the “International City.” “You’re turning the entire area into a bastion of the wealthy,” Housing Long Beach[Read More…]
Not out of the drought yet: Long Beach’s water restrictions remain
After a winter of record-breaking rain falls, flash floods and fresh snowpacks, it may appear as if California’s water woes are a thing of the past. But don’t start taking hour-long showers or watering your lawn in the middle of the day – the state’s water suppliers and the City[Read More…]
Long Beach community members connect and clash at town hall session
Tensions rose Monday night as roughly 1,000 residents of the 47th District packed the Long Beach City College auditorium for a town hall meeting with Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach. Topics discussed at the “Conversation About America” event held by the Democratic congressman centered around health care, immigration and the[Read More…]
Congressman Lowenthal addresses a thousand Long Beach constituents
Congressman Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, held a town hall forum on Monday night to answer constituents’ questions on national issues including health care reform, immigration policies, the environment and civil rights. Nearly 700 people RSVP’d for the event online, but the crowd was large enough to fill the Long Beach[Read More…]
CSULB student appointed to city commission
For Gustavo Orozco, the camaraderie he experienced during his time in the military has defined his attitude. The soon-to-be 31-year-old Cal State Long Beach student, who was recently appointed by Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia to the Veterans Affairs Commission, is looking to spend to his two-year term improving the[Read More…]
Long Beach Police taking over Metro patrols
Long Beach residents riding the Metro Blue Line will start to notice some familiar badges after the city council approved legislation Tuesday that will give the LB Police Department jurisdiction over the Metro. The council approved the final contract between the Metro Board and LBPD that will replace the current[Read More…]