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07/18/2026 - 8:34am
Legislation aimed at toughening penalties for repeat drunk driving offenders and closing a legal loophole that incentivizes fleeing the scene of a vehicle collision has advanced through the California Assembly Public Safety Committee.
Senate Bill 907, authored by state Senator Bob Archuleta, representing Senate District 30, introduces reforms to the California Vehicle Code. The measure, which...
07/17/2026 - 11:23am
While the USA and Mexico soccer teams didn’t make it to the FIFA World Cup final, southland residents have been excited to attend games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, and to watch a lot of matches on the Fox and Telemundo channels.
SoFi Stadium was packed with fans from around the world, and TV viewership for the matches held throughout Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., has been very strong. The...
07/16/2026 - 9:27am
At the 2026 halfway point, events in Long Beach represented tragedy, change, progress or more of the same. Here are some instances.
Business As Unusual
On January 1, Long Beach’s most beloved watering hole and oldest business open to the public, after over 100 years of continuous operation from 1924, Joe Jost’s at 2803 E. Anaheim Street has new ownership. Past employee Jon Sweeney took over the...
07/14/2026 - 3:14pm
Despite one of the most challenging years in recent memory, marked by the ongoing response to the devastating wildfires that swept through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities and a cooling real estate market, Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang announced that the 2026 Assessment Roll reached a record $2.272 trillion in total net taxable value.
The 2026 Assessment Roll increased by $...
07/08/2026 - 2:35pm
YMCA of Greater Long Beach announced that Cienna Ryland, a dedicated member of its Lakewood Family YMCA Gymnastics Team, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Outstanding Athlete Award July 7, at the 2026 YMCA National Gymnastics Championship in Greensboro, NC. This national recognition, presented by YMCA of the USA, is awarded annually to two exceptional student-athletes who...
07/04/2026 - 1:39pm
Long Beach has produced its share of musical talent, but few acts have left a deeper cultural footprint in a shorter time span than Sublime.
Formed out of several short-lived punk bands, Bradley Nowell, guitar and lead vocals, Eric Wilson, bass and Bud Gaugh, drums, created the ska-punk band Sublime in 1988.
Their first recording, on the band’s independent Skunk Records label, “Date Rape” became...
07/04/2026 - 12:25pm
Thousands of California businesses, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies are facing a surge of lawsuits from a small number of trial attorneys who are utilizing a 1967 wiretapping law to target standard website technologies. The legal actions allege that the use of everyday internet tools, such as website cookies and internet protocol address trackers, violates the California Invasion of...
07/03/2026 - 10:10am
In my recent articles in the Beachcomber, I wrote about early highways, Route 66 and auto camping, but in the days before air conditioning and affordable automobiles, scores of inlanders would escape the stifling heat by spending their summers at the beach. Many would rent cottages by the sea but even more would simply pitch a tent along the sand and enjoy the cool sea breeze and camping...
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