Alfredo Santana

Complaints spurred by a shooting outside a short-term rental property in the College Estates neighborhood of Long Beach prompted District 4 Council

Stacey Toda/LBCC Rep. Robert Garcia, D- Long Beach, holds a giant copy of a $4 million check issued by the U.S.

The Long Beach City Council this week gave final approval to a long-awaited sidewalk vending ordinance.

City staffers will look into cost estimates and funding opportunities to help produce this year’s Long Beach Pride Parade — with Vice Mayor Cindy Allen putting $50,000 from her office’s discretionary funds toward the effort.

Long Beach has paid $650,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming police wrongfully arrested two people for allegedly intimidating witnesses in a murder trial involving gang members.

The closure of Lynwood High School following a ceiling collapse means parents are struggling to transport their kids to a new school.

The lawsuit alleges leaked ethylene oxide from a facility that sterlizes medical equipment has led to a cancer cluster.

A Los Angeles man was convicted by jury Tuesday, Aug. 6, of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy after the boy attempted to steal a cellphone during an OfferUp sale in North Long Beach two years ago.

State and federal officials presented the near-term plan for continued cleanup of Exide's pollution at a late-August public meeting.

The public comment period has been extended to December 4. Here's how to weigh in.