Long Beach Unified projects it must make another $40 million in cuts next year
Hundreds of teachers, librarians, and other employees were already let go, but it has not closed the district’s budget deficit.
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Crews at Port of Long Beach work to stabilize containers on ship that encountered rough seas
Containers fell into the sea and others were damaged and left teetering after the ship reportedly traversed 20-foot waves off Alaska.
Driver charged with killing high schooler sitting at bus stop gets 6 months of jail time
“I really hope that everybody learns from this because with one mistake, he ruined a lot of lives,” the victim’s mother said of the driver.
Will César Chávez’s name be stripped from public facilities? Here’s what local politicians say
In Long Beach, the mayor said the city will be “reviewing the naming of public facilities.” The statement came in response to a New York Times report that Chávez abused girls for years.
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Mooney’s Pizza Tavern wants to be the neighborhood’s new favorite family restaurant
Opening in the old Huff’s Family Restaurant space where decades of memories were made, Mooney’s knows it has big shoes to fill.
With layoffs set to take effect, librarians and parents press school board to reverse cuts
Long Beach Unified says it has had to make tough decisions because of declining enrollment and expiring relief funds.
Firefighters union, renter advocates launch tax initiative to fund road repairs, new stations, housing production
If passed, most residents would be exempt from paying the tax, which is aimed at commercial properties and high-earning homeowners. It also has protections against landlords passing the cost on to renters.
California passed a law to curb spikes in gas prices. Why isn’t it using those powers now?
California built a first-in-the-nation system to police refinery profits during price spikes. Regulators delayed it for five years.
Gasoline has surged to record highs as global oil markets spike amid the Iran war. The spike exposes a deeper problem: fewer refineries and limited California fuel supply.
