Prosperous times swept America following the discovery of oil on Signal Hill, helping end the depression of 1920-1921. A new industry had been born. By 1924 oil surpassed agriculture as the leading industry in California.
Amid the pandemic, a growing budget deficit and a shortage of police, the Long Beach City Council took time to ask the City Attorney to find out how they can raise the limits on campaign contributions.
LBUSD’s School Board voted 5-0 on May 20 to support a policy announced by LBUSD staff on April 16 (without a prior board vote) that will give LBUSD high school students a “credit/no credit” mark on their record with no option to “opt in” to receive the letter grade they earned in the current COVI
In a Beachcomber story originally published on April 13 entitled “LBPD Brass Condemned for Neglect,” it was reported that LBPD sources expressed concern about officers being deterred by department brass from going into self-isolation after having been in the presence of COVID-19 victims.
What was the world like after World War I and the influenza pandemic? Time, not medicine, had lessened the deaths from influenza. There was no prevention and no treatment. Isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene and limits on public gatherings were used to control the spread.
