Schipske to offer a workshop to help anyone interested in filling her council seat.
The port is now ready to accommodate larger vessels.
Automatic federal spending cuts kick in Friday and take millions from college financial aid programs nationwide.
The earned income tax credit is available to millions of taxpayers, but 20 percent of them don’t claim it.
CalTrans is looking into the last Tuesday incident, where a crane fell over and snarled traffic for hours.
City of Long Beach staff has proposed temporary pools estimated to take at least five months and $4.2 million to create, and approval of a Natatorium in 2-3 years at $54-$62 million.
Several stories that we've followed are finding their way to the Long Beach Courthouse in coming days. Here is a short list.
County property owners recently received mailers on a proposed tax measure to cover costs for improving water quality and reducing pollution.
Leave yourself some extra time if you're traveling late at night this week.
Lap swimming is still doable as the City of Long Beach weighs results of ongoing engineering studies after preliminary seismic report that it would be unsafe in a moderate earthquake.
The new U.S. House of Representative for Long Beach and West O.C. issued comments on the slain civil rights leader and on Inauguration Day.
Do you think Secret Service would be cool with someone lassoing President Obama? It happened to one president on his Inauguration Day.
We bring you the latest news on which routes will be offline in your neighborhood from Sunday night through Jan. 25.
Long Beach and L.A. parades, music, carnivals and games, and days of service in cities countywide honor the slain civil rights leader throughout the region.
None of the 10 largest cities earned higher than an overall C from the American Lung Assn., but some like Long Beach got an A for reducing sales of tobacco products.
County Board of Supervisors opts to revise plan to charge property owners a fee for cleaning waterways. Cities, business and school districts including Long Beach Unified testifed against it.
County property owners not returning ballots count as supporting the proposed tax to cover costs for improving water quality and a public hearing on it unfolds at 11 a.m. Knabe opposes.
Taxpayers can file returns starting at the end of the month.
U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments sometime in spring from the trucking industry and proponents of local government requirements that reduce air pollutants.
Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposed 2013-14 budget Thursday and as forecast, it offers more for K-12, college students and the president of Cal State Long Beach praised it. What do you think?
The City of Long Beach announces "due to an abundance of caution" that a draft analysis concluded that it's "unsafe in the event of a moderate earthquake."
Podiatrist to be arraigned on charges of having more than 1,000 images on his Santa Ana office computer of nude little girls, some posed in sex acts. Authorities are seeking other victims.
Under California law, kids have been required to be immunized against pertussis--or whooping cough.
Winter-blend gasoline, which kicked in early this year, can lower a car's mileage. What's it doing for yours?
Lawsuit filed this week against Long Beach alleges 100 collectives were raided and seizures made by police of money, weed and property, yet no criminal charges have been filed.
The former state legislator became part of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Thursday. He was elected in November to a newly-created Long Beach/O.C. seat.
The agent for U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces 32 years in prison if convicted of raping women in Long Beach and Garden Grove.
Where to drop off your Christmas tree for recycling in the greater Long Beach area.
Feds scrap 25-year-old ruling that restricted otters' roaming, which allows them to return to Southern Californa.
The man found guilty in the Long Beach beating death of 2-year-old Deandre Green appealed on grounds of insufficient evidence but the California Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
Advice for year-end giving.
New foam barriers are absorbing oil, debris and litter in local tidal waters and elsewhere, thanks to a partnership by Los Cerritos Wetlands volunteers and an OC company.
Here are some changes coming in the new year, writes David Sayen, Medicare’s regional administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific Trust Territories.
Eva Daley maintains she did not know what the youths, who were gang members, were going to do that day five years ago, and a second jury deadlocked on murder charges against her.
NTSB confirmed the star, a Long Beach native and Encino resident, was among seven Mexican plane crash victims. Her Lakewood family tells media, fans, they'll believe only after her body's found.
Considered lucky by some, auspicious by others, the 12/12/12 date holds different meaning for astrology believers, numerologists, and those who follow the Mayan calendar.
Businesses producing raw ground chicken, turkey and similar products, will be required to reassess their practices, says The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The highest court in the U.S. announced Friday it will review the ruling that struck down the 2008 law banning gay marriage in California. Tell us what you think about that.
The trucks will roll and the nation's busiest seaport will return to full steam Wednesday as striking ILWU dockworkers reach new contract terms that still need members' ratifying vote.
Los Angeles Mayor, who met with the negotiating parties through early Tuesday, announces that they will seek intervention to end the strike costing an estimated $1 billion daily.