Category: Long Beach

Pregnant Woman Killed in Road Rage Incident, Police Say

By Donovan X. Ramsey From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES–A 23-year-old resident of Long Beach and her unborn child were killed Sunday afternoon after a road rage incident that ended in a three-car collision. One man, who was later arrested, was also injured along with a 10-year-old boy. According to the Long Beach Police Department,…


Port of Los Angeles Reports Busiest June on Record

LOS ANGELES—The Port of Los Angeles announced July 14 that last month was its busiest June on record and the port moved 27 percent more cargo than the previous June. The port processed 876,430 20-foot equivalent units last month, closing the 2021-22 fiscal year with 10,879,383 TEUs, the most in a year for any Western…


Long Beach Groups Offering `Joints for Jabs’ to Encourage COVID Vaccinations

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Looking to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations as case numbers in Los Angeles County surge upward, a community coalition in Long Beach plans to offer one free marijuana joint to the first 150 city residents 21 and older who get the jab at an upcoming one-day pop-up clinic. “Joints for Jabs LBC” is the product…


Shelter for Migrant Children In Long Beach Set To Close By August

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) plans to shut down an emergency shelter set up at the Long Beach Convention Center to house migrant children by August. Temporary shelters were set up at various locations in California and beyond for children who arrived unaccompanied at the U.S.-Mexico border. The children…


Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Long Beach Set to Close in August

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to shut down in August an emergency shelter set up at the Long Beach Convention Center to house children who crossed into the country illegally. Temporary shelters were set up at various locations in California and other states for children who came across…


Man Dresses as Spiderman to Help the Less Fortunate

A Southern California man looking to make a difference in the world doesn’t just act like a superhero—he also dresses like one. Yuri Williams, founder of A Future Superhero and Friends, serves the less fortunate. He visits sick children in the hospital, feeds veterans and the homeless, and more all while dressed as Spiderman and other well-known movie characters. He…


Gascon Recall Organizers Collect Signatures Near His Long Beach Home

LONG BEACH—Organizers of an effort to recall District Attorney George Gascon collected petition signatures near where he lives, setting up in front of a school across from his house in the Naples area of Long Beach. The recall supporters collected “dozens and dozens” of signatures on the sidewalk in front of Naples Elementary School in…


Back-to-Back Motorcycle Fatalities Result from Speeding

Police say two speeding motorcyclists died April 17 in unrelated accidents. One crash happened in Fullerton when Francisco Sandoval, 32, of La Mirada crashed his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle into a wall at the intersection of Euclid Street and Rosecrans Avenue. Responding officers found Sandoval with life-threating injuries, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. Earlier that…


Man Sentenced To Life For Role In Long Beach Woman’s Killing

LONG BEACH—One of three men who had been on death row for the December 1998 rape and beating death of a mother of three attacked while walking to a store in Long Beach was re-sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Superior Court Judge Laura Laesecke said the maximum possible sentence…


One of Two Men Fatally Shot During Long Beach Break-In Identified

LONG BEACH—The coroner’s office March 29 released the name of one of the two men shot to death in Long Beach by a man whose home they allegedly broke into. DeCorion Sanders was 17 years old, according to the coroner’s office. His city of residence was not known. Officers responding to an assault with a…