Things are peaceful and quiet in the farming town of Earling, Iowa. Peaceful except in the home of the young Emma Schmidt (Abigail Cowen). She begins to suffer from terrifying and inexplicable phenomena and develops an unnatural hatred towards anything sacred.
From Ira Levin, author of Rosemary’s Baby and Deathtrap, comes “Veronica’s Room,” a chilling mystery thriller that explores the thin line between reality and fantasy at the Long Beach Playhouse through Sept. 27.
What happened last week at Andres Car Wash and Coast Hand Car Wash was not immigration enforcement. It was a dragnet of terror. ICE agents stormed the Long Beach properties without judicial warrants, snatching up workers in defiance of a court order that explicitly prohibited raids of this kind.
Music enthusiasts have a major spectacle to look forward to, as the ninth annual New Blues Festival (NBF) makes its return to Long Beach’s Shoreline Aquatic Park.
While it’s earned the informal name of “Space Beach,” the Douglas Park commercial district in Long Beach is housing a lot more than intergalactic transport companies.
Senate Bill 442, introduced by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, seeks to mandate permanent dedicated staffing for self-checkout kiosks at retail stores and prohibit the purchase of regulated items at the kiosks.
The Long Beach City Council’s Aug. 12, update to its Values Act reaffirmed the city’s commitment to protecting immigrant communities from the overreach of federal immigration enforcement. It brought forward practical new measures for transparency, public engagement and staff accountability.
On Friday, Aug. 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church, 1160 E. New York St., will host a Community Health Event in partnership with several trusted organizations.
Northbound 710 Fwy. near Willow St. At 1:35 p.m., when a big rig cab exploded, all lanes were closed for cleanup, stopping traffic in that sector. There were no injuries, but a mound of burnt metal to clean up persisted.
