A Long Beach mother and daughter face prison time for fabricating
The death of Willard Elementary student Joanna Ramos has been classified as a homicide.
The 22 passengers were on a jungle excursion near Puerto Vallarta Thursday when a gunman relieved them of their money, watches, cameras and other valuables.
Long Beach police said Willard Elementary students, 11, met after class in an alley with 7 onlookers. Hours later, one of them died. Classmates say they may have fought over a boy.
Officers credit the alert by neighborhood with leading to four suspects.
Altercation between Long Beach students off-campus came a few hours before the girl's family rushed her to the hospital, where she later died. Police are saying little to prevent tainting witnesses.
Man chased by Seal Beach motor officer at up to 100 mph down Pacific Coast Highway into Long Beach, where he fatally crashed with a car.
Driver of a car that plunged off a loading barge was 64 and found to have driven off the 710 southbound erratically and fast, with prescription bottles in her purse and vehicle.
The driver told rescuers she drove off the pier near cruise ship boarding and the Queen Mary on Tuesday but it wasn't known whether it was accidental. She later died at a hospital, police said.
Long Beach police now say the newborn's mother left the baby with her own mother, who called 9-1-1. The infant girl is fine but the mother-daughter adults may face criminal charges.
The baby was originally reported abandoned at the gas station but police trying to sort it out said they found the mom, who'd actually given the newborn to someone.
The Long Beach Police Department is asking for public help in identifying the lone robber of a pair of pharmacies, and offered businesses and their employees some safety tips.
An adult in the home near Third and Cherry may have been cleaning the weapon at the time.
Long Beach Police Department is a member of L.A. IMPACT county law enforcement group that captured two suspects and seized $100 million worth of street drug plus 2 semi-automatic rifles.
Long Beach commander to gather the community's parents and answer questions about school lock down protocol and update the Jan. 31 Belmont Park break-in of occupied house by hooded intruders.
Police are investigating whether the body is related to the missing person case of 39-year-old Jose Luis Sanchez Vasquez who disappeared in 2002.
The Poly High graduate, Huffington Post blogger and KGO talk radio host expresses much of what her fans probably feel about the singer's passing today.
A handgun was displayed but the resident wasn't injured. He may have been targeted because he's an electronics repairman, police said.
Escaped mental patient from Norwalk's Metropolitan State Hospital, convicted of stalking the global pop star, was found this morning by alert Long Beach police officers.
There's a happy ending to this story. But the first 24 hours are critical in locating a lost Alzheimer's patient.
A group of men burst in and robbed and injured the couple. The man and woman in their 60s were treated at a hospital, and the suspects drove away.
In an odd coincidence the other driver was the kind he would have been stopping later.
Hoping to snag early Super Bowl drunk drivers and other dangerous drivers, Long Beach police department has one set up now through Sunday morning on the West side of the city.
In this audio report, The Christopher's captain spots unoccupied sportfisher submerging off Long Beach coast. Passengers, fin whales and dolphins bear witness to the plunge.
U.S. Coast Guard tells Patch columnist Phil Friedman that it's investigating the boat's sinking, which was observed by curious whale watching boaters, whales and dolphins.
Southern California law enforcement officials encourage designated drivers and these reminders about drinking responsibly.
Long Beach police say an athletic white man, 20 to 30, has held up three businesses in the past two days and has these surveillance photos to help find him.
Door was locked. Three intruders may have seen Long Beach man's wife drive off and thought the house was empty. He wants police to donate decommissioned patrol cars for resident patrols.
A friend commented that Marvin Williams "will be greatly missed," as police say they have no motive for the attack Wednesday night, and are seeking the public's help.
Safety precautions are suggested for residents after a Belmont Park man encountered three black-hooded intruders, one of which fired a gun at him.
Police today offer suspect descriptions of cat burglars discovered by a male resident Tuesday morning. Rest of the story including gunfire remains the same.
Gunman police described as a cat burglar shot at the resident, who called 9-1-1 to report it. Police late Tuesday afternoon said they are still investigating and there would be no suspect description.
Officers evacuated people from a Long Beach neighborhood after gunmen, embroiled in a neighbor dispute, shot a man and a woman.
A judge delays their hearing on animal cruelty charges to learn more about whether Long Beach animal control helped load up to 148 crated dogs in a U-Haul truck and minivan.
The man was aboard a ship in Long Beach Harbor when a container dropped on him, authorities said.
Those with Hearts for Hounds pets reject the notion that its founder would endanger the 148 dogs she'd rescued and was driving to a Virginia farm. Now the city has shut her kennel, they say.
Ex-Marine Itzcoatl Ocampo case delayed as prosecutor expects a post-traumatic stress disorder defense from Ocampo's military duty. In Long Beach, arrests made in 2008 shooting murders of 5 homeless.
Bonnie Sheehan of Hearts for Hounds, widely known in animal rescue and a fixture at Sunday farmer's market, was in Tennessee transporting 148 dogs by U-Haul and is being held for animal endangerment.
On the heels of O.C.'s dramatic arrest of accused serial homeless killer, Long Beach police chief, mayor, plan press conference about 2008 case of five shot to death at a freeway encampment.
Defense promises not-guilty plea as prosecutors formally charge Itzcoatl Ocampo with murder, alleging he used a 7-inch knife that can cut through bone.