Randy Gordon, who led the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce for 26 years as president and CEO before retiring in 2020, is being honored for his service to the community at a dinner on May 3 at the Westin Long Beach.
One Love Dispensary at 2767 E Broadway opened unofficially in 2012, and closed for a spell thanks to a police raid. Then in 2018, it was officially licensed by the city after the cannabis was made legal by voters.
In 2020, the City of Long Beach launched its Shared Micro-Mobility Program, which resulted in thousands of electric bicycles and scooters being deployed across the city. Since then, e-scooters have become a highly common form of transportation for people in the city.
California’s minimum wage for fast-food workers has increased to $20 an hour beginning on April 1 as last year’s legislation, Assembly Bill 1228, officially took effect.