Eight months ago, Mayor Robert Garcia issued a press release stating: “We are announcing today that all City of Long Beach employees will need a mandatory vaccination or be required to show a weekly negative COVID-19 test.
She was the love of my life for the past 53 years. Anita Rush Beeler, 78, passed away on Sunday morning, March 20, at Memorial Hospital Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family.
On March 2 an investigation report produced by the financial consulting firm RSM – contracted by City Attorney Charles Parkin to conduct an investigation into whistleblower allegations of fraud and misappropriation of taxpayer funds by City Auditor Laura Doud – was released to the Beachcombe
In 2006, a 39-year-old staff accountant from the Water Replenishment District named Laura Doud shocked City Hall watchers when she unseated the 14-year incumbent, Gary Burroughs, taking over the reins of the influential city auditor’s office.
In a call to the electorate to “Come sign my nomination papers for Long Beach City Attorney on March 12 at the Grounds Bakery at Spring and Palo Verde” city attorney candidate Gerrie Schipske got a great deal more than she asked for.
In a March 9 press release civil rights attorney Narine Mkrtchyan of Glendale announced that a settlement had been reached in the federal civil rights lawsuit, Williams v. City of Long Beach #19-05929.
Consultants find it is not possible to determine the reasonableness, appropriateness, applicability of the work, or the fairness of the cost to the city for the services of Kindel Gagan or the Davis Group – Total Cost: $1,563,273.00
This photo was taken at sunset on March 3 by Steve Ledford. The blue and gold colors seem to reflect Long Beach’s solidarity with the Ukrainian people. Send us your recent, best photo in JPG format of a Long Beach scene and we’ll publish it in an upcoming issue of the Beachcomber.
