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An early morning fire caused “significant damage” to the longstanding Casa Sanchez Mexican restaurant Thursday.

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Long Beach staple Casa Sanchez suffered 'significant damage' in early morning fire. No restaurant workers were injured and the fire is under investigation, according to the Long Beach Fire Department.
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The developer behind the renovation of the historic Breakers Hotel in Downtown Long Beach filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month to delay repayment to its creditors for the $100+ million project.

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Historic Breakers hotel owner files for bankruptcy to stave off creditors. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy will allow Breakers Mezz I to postpone repayment to its creditors, which attempted to force a sale last month in order to recoup its investment.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A Long Beach pastor who admitted to having viewed child pornography for at least a decade will not be prosecuted, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

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Long Beach pastor who confessed to viewing child porn won’t face prosecution. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said it declined the case due to insufficient evidence.
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Caltrans’ plan to add bike lanes to PCH in Long Beach is meant to make the street safer as traffic-related deaths are set to hit a record high this year.

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Caltrans wants to add bike lanes to PCH through Long Beach. Now's your chance to weigh in. The project, which would take the seven-lane highway down to five, is meant to make the street safer as traffic-related deaths are set to hit a record high this year.
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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After receiving nearly 5,000 votes, the Long Beach Baseball Club has announced the three finalists in its naming contest. And voting is open now.

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Coast, Parrots or Regulators? Choose your baseball team name, Long Beach. After receiving nearly 5,000 votes, the Long Beach Baseball Club has announced the three finalists in its naming contest. And voting is open now.
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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lbwatchdog.bsky.social Long Beach Watchdog @lbwatchdog.bsky.social · Oct 19
This week Scratch This looks at the Long Beach City Council’s possible permitting of “safe and sane” fireworks because it's an issue that makes many animal lovers blow a fuse.

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City Council considers permitting the sale and use of ‘safe and sane’ fireworks to boost nonprofits. Will it cause a boom for organizations, or will it blow up in our collective face?
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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At least two masked federal agents confronted witnesses with weapons drawn outside the Signal Hill Best Buy store Monday amid multiple immigration raid operations, video and photos show.

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Federal agents brandish weapons at unarmed witnesses during Signal Hill immigration raid. At least five people were picked up by agents in two separate operations at Home Depot and Best Buy stores, according to advocacy group ÓRALE.
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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For the second time this year, thousands of people gathered Saturday at Bixby Park near Downtown Long Beach to protest what they call the Trump administration’s “authoritarian power grab.”

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'No f-ing kings': Thousands gather in Long Beach to protest Trump admin. Protesters denounced immigration raids, the cutting of services by the Trump administration, gerrymandering and attacks on free speech, among other things.
October 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This is the 46th traffic fatality reported by the LBPD this year. There were 40 traffic fatalities in the city in 2024, according to police statistics.
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Police are investigating the death of a man who was hit by a pickup truck in West Long Beach Friday morning.

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Pedestrian dies in early morning West Long Beach crash, police say. This is the 46th traffic fatality reported by the LBPD this year, up from 40 last year, data shows.
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Long Beach Airport has joined numerous other airfields across the country in refusing to broadcast a video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, city officials confirmed.

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Long Beach Airport refuses to show Trump admin propaganda video. The video, which features DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, violates state and federal law, city officials said.
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Here are the 6 semi-finalists in the contest for residents to decide the name of Long Beach’s new professional baseball team.

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Long Beach Baseball Club announces 6 semi-finalists in naming contest. City residents are encouraged to vote for their favorite name online or in person at six locations around the city beginning today.
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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The 'Punk in the Park' ethical dilemma: When punk's anti-establishment spirit funds a Trump supporter amid a Trump-sponsored ICE siege of Los Angeles and terrorizing of immigrant Brown communities.

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October 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Long Beach officials say the federal government shutdown will not impact the city’s day-to-day services — for now.

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Long Beach officials say federal shutdown will not affect city services — yet. If the shutdown drags on, federally funded programs such as housing assistance could be impacted.
October 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Retail clerks, pharmacists, parking attendants and other workers across the Southland are mourning the unexpected death of a local union president who died over the weekend.

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‘Incomprehensibly tragic’: Friends, colleagues mourn unexpected death of local union leader. Andrea Zinder, 67, had been president of UFCW Local 324 for six years before dying of a heart attack over the weekend.
October 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A utility box outside the Long Beach Pride headquarters was tagged with slurs, threats, political slogans and Nazi symbolism Saturday, sparking outrage — and a need for increased security.

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Anti-LGBTQ slurs, Trump slogans and Nazi symbolism tagged outside Long Beach Pride HQ. The nonprofit is raising funds to beef up security while Long Beach police investigate the graffiti as 'hate/bias motivated,' according to authorities. By Brandon Richardson.
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Federal agents swarmed Naples Island Car Wash and Detail Monday morning, questioning each worker but detaining no one, according to witnesses.

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'It's bullshit': Naples Island Car Wash workers shaken after immigration raid. No workers were detained Monday morning, but the federal actions continue to spread ‘terror’ throughout the community, according to immigration advocates. By Brandon Richardson.
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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A Long Beach pastor is being investigated for possession of child pornography, the Long Beach Police Department has confirmed.

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Long Beach pastor being investigated for possession of child porn. According to an email sent to church members by leadership, Worship Pastor Jeff Zabel admitted to a 'long-term moral failure in his life spanning more than a decade.'
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The number of Long Beach car wash workers detained by federal agents continues to grow after agents raided Bixby Knolls Car Wash Saturday morning, taking seven people, according to the general manager.

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7 more Long Beach car wash workers abducted by federal agents. The raid came less than a day after Long Beach officials announced the cancellation of this year’s Día de los Muertos parade due to fears of immigration enforcement activity.
September 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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In a column, @brandonrichardson.bsky.social notes that as inflammatory rhetoric threatens more violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing, no Long Beach politician has called for increased gun control, even though our society needs it.

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Column: Charlie Kirk is dead and more students got shot. Can we talk about gun reform? As inflammatory rhetoric threatens more violence, not one Long Beach politician called for increased gun control. Despite what Kirk believed, we desperately need it. By Brandon Richardson.
September 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves to all corners of the politisphere, including Long Beach.

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‘Stunned and saddened’: Long Beach respond to killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. 'We support vigorous public debate of the issues of our time, but stand squarely against political violence of any form,' said a Cal State Long Beach spokesperson.
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Dozens of shipping containers fell off a cargo ship at the Port of Long Beach Tuesday morning.

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Dozens of shipping containers fall off cargo ship at Port of Long Beach. No injuries were reported and the cause of the accident is under investigation, officials said.
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Long Beach native Warren G will be part of the ownership group of the to-be-named Long Beach Baseball Club, a new minor league team that hopes to take the field next year.

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EXCLUSIVE: Long Beach native Warren G joins ownership group of city’s new pro baseball team. The minor league club is negotiating for the shared use of Blair Field beginning next year and recently enlisted the community to help name the team. By Brandon Richardson.
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Two more Long Beach car wash workers are in federal custody after a Labor Day raid at Excellent Carwash & Auto Detail on the Signal Hill border, according to workers.

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2 more Long Beach car wash workers taken during immigration raids. Video shows agents also raided at least one Home Depot location in Signal Hill, but witnesses say no one was detained.
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Car horns, bullhorns, sirens, pots, pans, noisemakers of all kinds cut through the muggy night air when dozens of protesters gathered outside the Residence Inn in Downtown Long Beach Wednesday night.

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‘No sleep for ICE’: Protesters descend on Long Beach hotel to make noise. Demonstrators allege upward of 40 federal agents are staying at the Residence Inn while conducting immigration raids throughout the region.
August 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Days after at least 9 people were detained in 2 separate raids across Long Beach, city officials said that they are seeking legal recourse against what they describe as illegal actions by federal agents.

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City, county officials denounce immigration raids at Long Beach car washes. Due to a court order that prohibits raids based on profiling, officials argue the raids were illegal and are seeking legal recourse.
August 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM