Category: Long Beach

Man Convicted of DUI Crash That Killed Long Beach Couple, Son on Halloween 2019

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A young man who drove drunk on Halloween night 2019 and ran down a Long Beach couple and their 3-year-old son was convicted on July 5 of three counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Carlo Adrian Navarro, now 23, guilty in the…


Long Beach Reports 380 Percent Increase in People Living in Cars Since 2020

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Long Beach announced the results of its city-run 2022 Homeless Point in Time Count Friday—showing a 22 percent increase in people living in encampments or on the street, and a 380 percent increase in people living in a vehicle compared to January 2020—when the previous city survey was conducted before being halted for two…


Long Beach to Open New Water Playground June 25

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The City of Long Beach will kick off summer with the opening of its newest attraction, an inflatable playground on ocean water, on June 25, city officials announced. “Families really need to see this floating playground off Long Beach’s coast to believe it—folks are going to be spending a lot of days out…


Man Fatally Shot Beside Son on Fathers Day in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 30-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a vehicle next to his son on Father’s Day. Leevi Matuni Maseuli of Palmdale was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle, next to his 7-year-old son who was in the passenger’s seat at 8:45 p.m….


Driver in Big Rig Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash on 91 Freeway

LONG BEACH, Calif.—A 57-year-old motorist driving a big rig was killed when his vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle Sunday on the Artesia (91) Freeway in Long Beach, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 1:10 a.m. on the eastbound freeway, west of Susana Road. The driver who triggered the crash was arrested, the California…


Long Beach Shows Interest in Welcoming Angels

Long Beach city officials on May 25 brought up old talks of making the city a new home for the Angels baseball team, one day after the City of Anaheim walked away from three years of negotiating the sale of the Angel Stadium to the baseball team’s owner. Long Beach had considered building a waterfront…


Long Beach Shows Interest in Signing Angels

Long Beach city officials on May 25 brought up old talks of making the city a new home for the Angels baseball team, one day after the City of Anaheim walked away from three years of negotiating the sale of the Angel Stadium to the baseball team’s owner. Long Beach had considered building a waterfront…


Artist Says Shen Yun Gives ‘A Sense of Harmony With the World’

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Artist Paco Veliz and supervisor Angie Rodas were delighted by Shen Yun at the Terrace Theater on May 7. “Well, it was my first time. I’ve never seen anything like it. The colors, it’s beautiful. The combinations, the dancing, it’s new to me,” said Ms. Rodas. “I like the whole aspect of how…


Architect and Photographer: Shen Yun Is a ‘Spiritual’ Experience

LONG BEACH, Calif.—When architect Jerry came to the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on the afternoon of May 7, he was admiring his own work as well as the artistry of Shen Yun Performing Arts. He designed parts of the theater complex where he and his wife are regular attendees. Mr. Sherman and his wife Nancy are…


Missing 11-Year-Old Girl Located in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—An 11-year-old girl who went missing in Long Beach was located unharmed on May 7. Natasha Marie Korinek was located by Long Beach police and reunited with her family, according to a Long Beach Police Department press release. Korinek was previously last seen leaving her home at 8 p.m. on May 6 and…