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09/05/2024 - 12:18pm
Travis Scott-Tucker took this photo of Big Bang on the Bay Sunday evening and posted it on Facebook’s Long Beach Photo Lovers group.
AT THE GROW LONG BEACH PRESENTATION in June, Mayor Rex Richardson welcomed Ford’s Electric Vehicle, Digital & Design Officer Doug Field (left) and Head of the new Ford Long Beach Division, Executive Director – Advanced EV Development, Alan Clark.
09/05/2024 - 12:17pm
Ford Motor Co. is scaling back on its electric vehicle (EV) production plan, but not in Long Beach. In late August, Ford announced it could lose as much as $5.5 billion this year in its electric vehicle unit as sales have been declining and capital expenditures are high on EV expenditures including battery-sourcing plans. The company will be canceling plans for an all-electric sport utility...
Rancho − Part 4
ALAMITOS BEACH, 1905.
09/05/2024 - 12:14pm
This is the last of a four-part series on the history of the Rancho Los Alamitos. Part three told of the partnership which John W. Bixby, I. A. Hellman and the Flint-Bixby Company (comprised of Jotham & Lewellyn Bixby and Thomas Flint) entered into in July 1881, to develop the rancho. The purpose of the newly organized J. W. Bixby & Company was to raise and trade in cattle, sheep, horses...
CA Bill Aims to Find Out
09/05/2024 - 12:11pm
A California bill seeks to change the circumstances of when student violence and drug possession are reported to law enforcement. Assembly Bill 2441, authored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), seeks to amend existing laws that mandate schools to report a range of student offenses to law enforcement agencies. Assemblymember Kalra argues that it will disrupt the “school-to-prison pipeline...
09/05/2024 - 12:06pm
After years of uncertainty surrounding the future of Fire Station 9, the City of Long Beach celebrated the groundbreaking of a brand-new fire station on August 27th. The new station, located at 4101 Long Beach Blvd. near the original location, will respond to emergencies in the areas of Los Cerritos, Bixby Knolls and California Heights. “The redevelopment of Fire Station 9 has been a long time...
Data Shows
Long Beach police tape off a city block where a male was shot in the arm on Fourth Street at Chestnut Avenue in Long Beach, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.
08/23/2024 - 1:36pm
As she pulled up outside the shattered front door of her friend’s shop on First Street, Kimberly Latham realized she was the first to arrive at the break-in. With the sun yet to rise on Father’s Day, Latham, the owner of the adjacent shop, decided to wait for police arrival in her car with the high beams on and her hand over the horn in case anyone tried to enter the store. Three hours and 50...
08/22/2024 - 4:43pm
Long Beach will soon be lining up hundreds of motorized classic cars along its streets, as the city welcomes back its 33rd Annual Belmont Shore Car Show. For decades, this public event has been known as one of the largest classic car shows in the West Coast, stretching across 14 blocks with vehicles ranging from hot rods, custom projects, exotics, and many more. “It [Belmont Shore Car Show] is...

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