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According to TMZ, Long Beach rapper Snoop Dogg chivalrously stepped into a potentially awkward situation at a Norfolk, Virginia hotel, when he claimed that a package of pot mailed from Canada to one of the Doggfather's crew -- was actually intended for him. Snoop then flashed his California medical ... More >>
Is Home Shuling Next? L.A.'s Jewish day schools are facing big problems as the economy continues to teeter. L.A. TimesPrick Up Your Ears City officials are accusing mercenary dog rescuers of "cherry picking" their pound purchases based on later, lucrative resale value. L.A. Daily News Arboretum ... More >>
While there will be media conferences aplenty following today's California State Supreme Court ruling on a trio of challenges to Proposition 8, at least three public rallies and/or marches are planned for the L.A. area:East L.A., 1-3 p.m.: The Latino Equality Alliance is organizing a news conference ... More >>
While there will be media conferences aplenty following today's California State Supreme Court ruling on a trio of challenges to Proposition 8, at least three public rallies and/or marches are planned for the L.A. area:East L.A., 1-3 p.m.: The Latino Equality Alliance is organizing a news conference ... More >>
A Long Beach man pushes his wife on a raft to drier ground as high tides flood homes located near coastal oil fields.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL
A Long Beach man pushes his wife on a raft to drier ground as high tides flood homes located near coastal oil fields.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL
Fuego at the Hotel Maya brings a coastal oriented, pan-Latin menu and a non-chain option to the Long Beach waterfront. The restaurant, bar and lounge incorporates an indoor/outdoor flow, faces expansive views of the port and beyond, and shows off a mixture of polychromatic materials and textures des ... More >>
Fuego at the Hotel Maya brings a coastal oriented, pan-Latin menu and a non-chain option to the Long Beach waterfront. The restaurant, bar and lounge incorporates an indoor/outdoor flow, faces expansive views of the port and beyond, and shows off a mixture of polychromatic materials and textures des ... More >>
Collision Courses. Two accidents occurring on the same day share similarities: A restless crowd of gawkers and a woman bent over a fallen man. Top: Traffic accident at Olympic Boulevard and Pelham Avenue in West L.A. (LA Examiner/USC)(Bottom: Two speedboats collided at the mouth of the L.A. River ... More >>
While many cities over the past 20 years have made cosmetic gestures of accommodation to the growing demands of bicyclists, some road modifications, such as the skinny bike lane, seem to be more of an attractive nuisance than help. LAStreetsBlog has been examining how Long Beach has been mo ... More >>
While many cities over the past 20 years have made cosmetic gestures of accommodation to the growing demands of bicyclists, some road modifications, such as the skinny bike lane, seem to be more of an attractive nuisance than help. LAStreetsBlog has been examining how Long Beach has been mo ... More >>
An oil field beneath Long Beach could be worth $280 million to the city over the next 10 years. It's almost as if Jed Clampett himself shot a hole in the ground near the city's port, in an area know as the Wilmington Oil Field. The projections were reported over the weekend in the Long Beach ... More >>
A tornado warning for south central Los Angeles County has been canceled Tuesday afternoon, but another was issued for southeastern Orange County, southwester Riverside County and northwestern San Diego County. This as the second of three successive winter storms hit the Southland Tuesday. T ... More >>
A tornado warning for south central Los Angeles County has been canceled Tuesday afternoon, but another was issued for southeastern Orange County, southwester Riverside County and northwestern San Diego County. This as the second of three successive winter storms hit the Southland Tuesday. T ... More >>
A tornado warning for south central Los Angeles County has been canceled Tuesday afternoon, but another was issued for southeastern Orange County, southwester Riverside County and northwestern San Diego County. This as the second of three successive winter storms hit the Southland Tuesday. T ... More >>
In the wake of a debate about whether or not medical marijuana dispensaries attract crime in places like Los Angeles, Long Beach police are reporting a man was shot in an attack that might have been connected to a pot shop there. The shooting happened Monday shortly after 9 p.m. in an alley ... More >>
Even if the only ink you sweat is your printer cartridge and your idea of iron comes in your vitamin supplements, there's a lot to recommend at this weekend's Ink-N-Iron Festival: the tunes. Among the the tatted masses, meticulously coiffed pompadours, corseted pin-up girls and acres of machi ... More >>
This is not in Long Beach. You know what a bar really needs? Free parking! Although drunk driving fatalities have been on the decline for decades, someone still gets killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes or so. So why on earth do cities such as Long Beach require that bars provide off-s ... More >>
Mali Mish via FlickrNine hundred clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have threatened to strike unless companies make concessions. Though no walkout date has been set, the union voted unanimously on Tuesday night after shipping companies failed to reach an agreement bef ... More >>
We might just have a war on our hands. Yes -- the north against the south. It turns out two small communities on the southern edge of Los Angeles County want to secede to Orange County. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram (via LAist), " ... the 194-unit Imperial Estates neighborhood ... More >>
Long Beach health officials issued a warning on Thursday that mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus have been discovered in the central area of Long Beach, near Chittick Field, according to the Press-Telegram. Though no human infections have been reported, Los Angeles and Orange Counties ... More >>
Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: Could you recommend a first-date restaurant in or around Long Beach? I might be willing to venture farther, but I would prefer to remain as close to the Belmont Shores area as possible. --Sherrick B., Long Beach Dear Mr. B.: The Long Be ... More >>
*That's lobster tail, pervert.
*That's lobster tail, pervert.
Critical MassMuahahaha: Vee vant to take your bike.It was billed as "Mash LBC," a Halloween-themed bike ride for the anarchic masses. And spooky it was. Long Beach police pulled no punches as 100 cyclists were cited and 40 bikes were seized during Critical Mass' monthly area ride, this one in ... More >>
Look, Billy! A turd!Update: The stretch of Long Beach possibly contaminated by the sewage was reopened today. We hear they did tests and stuff, but still -- swim at your own risk. Originally posted on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 1:15 p.m. Excellently timed during fall's final heat wave, a pressuriz ... More >>
As reported by Buzzbands L.A., Long Beach-based band The Fling became the newest signee with Silver Lake's Dangerbird Records this week, just as they were leaving town for a multi-state tour with (sudden labelmates) Darker My Love and Delta Spirit. Their self-released When The Madhouses App ... More >>
Crystal Antlers Debut Soulful Breakdowns From Their Mexico Sessions
News GristThe other Burning ManOne reckless Long Beach man's near-suicide last night is still shrouded in mystery. Long Beach firefighters and paramedics found him completely engulfed in flames near some bushes in a dry part of the concrete Los Angeles Riverbed. LB Fire Captain Richard Brand ... More >>
aircraftsnl via TwitpicThe aftermath of today's Long Beach plane crash.Update: Another of the deceased was identified, after the jump. Mark Bixby, a scion of the family for which Long Beach's upper-middle-class Bixby Knolls neighborhood is named, was one of four people who died when a privat ... More >>
Long Beach Press-TelegramIs she real?TGIF, people. And TG for women willing to strut around for half the population of Long Beach in bikinis the size of baby bibs. Especially when they look like three-time winner Venus Strong. There's some pretty stiff competition for hottest 39-year-old to ... More >>
myart.orgMillikan High School.A Long Beach teenager was arrested for making threats to high school classsmates on Facebook after a girl reported him to police about him on the anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. After taking the report Wednesday officers arrested a 17-year-old Mill ... More >>
GoogleBabe's Warehouse.Flames caused $150,000 in damage to a Long Beach underground club, Long Beach fire authorities told us this week. They say it started ... near the jacuzzi. The blaze at Babe's Warehouse in Long Beach was originally reported to have caused $100,000 but Long Beach Fire D ... More >>
GoogleBabe's Warehouse.Flames caused $150,000 in damage to a Long Beach underground club, Long Beach fire authorities told us this week. They say it started ... near the jacuzzi. The blaze at Babe's Warehouse in Long Beach was originally reported to have caused $100,000 but Long Beach Fire D ... More >>
Executive HeliSharesEven cooler without the cars.Updated after the jump: JetBlue just announced it'll be offering $4 flights between the Long Beach and Burbank airports on Saturday. Yes, $4. Originally posted July 12 at 4 p.m. Only in Los Angeles (hate that saying, but it's true) would an e ... More >>
Executive HeliSharesEven cooler without the cars.Updated after the jump: JetBlue just announced it'll be offering $4 flights between the Long Beach and Burbank airports on Saturday. Yes, $4. Originally posted July 12 at 4 p.m. Only in Los Angeles (hate that saying, but it's true) would an e ... More >>
The K.F.C. dispensary, located in Palms, has ignored past orders to shut down -- as have many L.A. pot shops.The line between legal and illegal weed-dealing in California has been notoriously murky the last couple years. State and federal courts are now trying to clear up the confusion -- bu ... More >>
So... confusing..... And we don't blame them. The base premise is ridiculous enough: Selling pot under any circumstances is illegal under federal law, yet California allows thousands of pot shops to sell it anyway, so long as it's officially for medical purposes. So, because the L.A. City C ... More >>
Nanette Gonzales No plans for Halloween? Not looking forward to trying to park in WeHo for the parade Monday night? Check out these seven other weekend events. We won't say they're spook-tacular. If we did you'd have to shoot us.
Jonathan CastilloStop or we'll shoot.Updated at the bottom with juicy details about how this anti-photog movement in policing actually grew out of an LAPD policy. First posted at 1:29 a.m. We got a lot of attention when we scolded Long Beach police Chief Jim McDonnell for declaring that deta ... More >>
southpasadena.blogspot.comYou don't even want to know what's going on down there.Awesome. The Pasadena Star-News has released a two-part expose on South Pasadena's almost incomprehensibly crappy sewage system (complete with violation maps and damning documents). Turns out the consequences o ... More >>
southpasadena.blogspot.comYou don't even want to know what's going on down there.Awesome. The Pasadena Star-News has released a two-part expose on South Pasadena's almost incomprehensibly crappy sewage system (complete with violation maps and damning documents). Turns out the consequences o ... More >>
southpasadena.blogspot.comYou don't even want to know what's going on down there.Awesome. The Pasadena Star-News has released a two-part expose on South Pasadena's almost incomprehensibly crappy sewage system (complete with violation maps and damning documents). Turns out the consequences o ... More >>
The Gay and Lesbian Center of Long BeachUpdated at the bottom with comments from a Gay and Lesbian Center official. First posted at 3:55 p.m. West Hollywood isn't the only community in the midst of a gay bashing scare. Gay rights activists in Long Beach are planning on bringing back long-go ... More >>
themadphotheadLos Angeles could be on the verge of banning its trademark marijuana dispensary business. And all because of a California court decision that struck down the way cities like L.A. regulate their pot shops. In Pack v. City of Long Beach, the 2nd District court said cities like Lo ... More >>
After getting evicted from City Hall, Occupy L.A. is searching for a second act. This week, there were protests at foreclosed homes. On Monday, occupiers plan to rally at the Port of L.A., as part of a coordinated "blockade" of West Coast ports.The Ports of L.A. and Long Beach make up the biggest ... More >>
Rachel Bruner via FacebookA young woman who died Monday night in a domestic Long Beach shooting has been identified as 27-year-old Rachel Bruner. Her 26-year-old boyfriend, with whom she apparently lived in an apartment near Orange Avenue and Seventh Street, is still in the hospital with a gu ... More >>
Greggory Moore/Long Beach PostOfficer Dinsdale puts a Long Beach smoker in his place.A brave few campers remain at Occupy Long Beach headquarters in Lincoln Park. Christopher Perkins, an organizer, counts maybe a dozen, tops. Every night at 10 p.m., when the park closes, they drag their tents ... More >>
CalTransFive people were killed in 2008 at a homeless encampment like this oneUpdated 4:15 p.m.: The suspects have just been named by the Long Beach Police Department. Updated at the bottom with their names. By Taylor Freitas Long Beach police just announced that they've made an arrests rel ... More >>
Studio One Eleven When is a parking space not a parking space? When it's a park, of course. Last week, Southern California's first "parklet" opened quietly in Long Beach, recasting that space between the painted lines as -- yes -- a tiny rectangle of curb-adjacent public space. It's not as ... More >>
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