Several years ago, while signing books at the Historical Society’s annual cemetery tour, I spoke with a cameraman who had worked on the Nicolas Cage film “8MM.” He shared a fascinating story from the shoot at the Municipal Cemetery, where a storage shed had been converted into a temporary mausole
For those wanting to support local charitable organizations, make sure they know all about Long Beach Gives. Since 2018, the nonprofit organization has built a platform where thousands of donors, businesses, community partners, and nonprofits have raised more than $15.7 million.
The Port of Long Beach processed 997,177 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container cargo in September 2026, making it the busiest single month in the harbor's 115-year history.
The MemorialCare Orthopedic & Spine Institute at Long Beach Medical Center recently performed its first successful robotic shoulder replacement using the ROSA Shoulder System – becoming the first hospital in South Los Angeles County to offer patients this robotic-assisted platform.
An affordable housing charity that controls hundreds of apartments in Long Beach is facing a torrent of accusations that it cheated the government out of tens of millions of dollars, defrauded homeless assistance programs and swindled low-income tenants out of money.
Tropical Storm Rachel brought dangerous surf to Long Beach’s oceanfront but little of the rain forecasters had warned about, as conditions are expected to gradually improve through Tuesday.
For decades, a key challenge for the City Council is the little matter of keeping council meetings short and compact. Public comment often changes the equation, especially during the era of the gadfly, the late 1990s and early 2000.
