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Will California OK lower utility company profits? How a pending vote could affect your electric bill lbpost.com/news/will-ca...
Will California OK lower utility company profits? How a pending vote could affect your electric bill
State regulators are poised to vote on how much profit utility companies can make, a decision with big implications for Californians’ bills and the aging power grid.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Monday Morning Coffee: A flurry of legislation hits City Hall before holiday break lbpost.com/newsletter/a...
Monday Morning Coffee: A flurry of legislation hits City Hall before holiday break
Here’s what’s on the agenda, including greenlighting speed cameras, repealing an unconstitutional tax increase and whether to avoid artificial turf.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Long Beach's emergency alert system has been offline for the last month due to a cyberattack lbpost.com/news/alert-l...
Long Beach's emergency alert system has been offline for the last month due to a cyberattack
There appears to have been “a targeted attack by an organized cybercriminal group,” according to the city contractor that operates it.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Things to do in Long Beach this weekend — including Santa's Workshop and the Daisy Lane Parade lbpost.com/esd/eat-see-...
Things to do in Long Beach this weekend — including Santa's Workshop and the Daisy Lane Parade
There's also a free Hmong New Year festival and holiday concert.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Long Beach’s premier tiki bar, The Bamboo Club, is being sold lbpost.com/esd/eat-see-...
Long Beach’s premier tiki bar, The Bamboo Club, is being sold
The buyer promises he wants everything “to be exactly the same” under his ownership.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Trump’s new order against AI regulation hits California especially hard lbpost.com/news/politic...
Trump’s new order against AI regulation hits California especially hard
Since 2016, California enacted more AI regulations than any other state. The president’s new order against such laws worries state officials.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Suspect arrested for allegedly shooting homeless man to death near railroad tracks lbpost.com/news/crime/s...
Suspect arrested for allegedly shooting homeless man to death near railroad tracks
Police said the victim was found near a railroad right-of-way that runs along the northern edge of Bixby Knolls.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Fearing layoffs, teachers urge LBUSD to cut administrative costs, not from the classroom lbpost.com/news/educati...
Fearing layoffs, teachers urge LBUSD to cut administrative costs, not from the classroom
The school district is facing a massive deficit. At a large rally, teachers, the mayor and several school board members said educational jobs should be preserved.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Two childhood friends just opened Masa y Taza on Fourth Street: lbpost.com/esd/eat-see-... It's a breakfast spot with fresh tortillas, hand-crafted meats and café de olla that they hope will make you feel like you just returned home.
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Metro worker hit by train at downtown Long Beach station lbpost.com/news/metro-w...
Metro worker hit by train at downtown Long Beach station
Authorities said he was taken to the hospital to treat his injuries.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Long Beach Unified cuts school library staff as its deficit spending mounts lbpost.com/news/educati...
Long Beach Unified cuts school library staff as its deficit spending mounts
The district says it plans to reduce its centrally funded library jobs by nearly half.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Man accused of DUI, manslaughter in deadly boat crash can be held for trial, judge rules lbpost.com/news/crime/m...
Man accused of DUI, manslaughter in deadly boat crash can be held for trial, judge rules
The defense team — along with a series of true crime-style videos posted on YouTube — sought to cast blame elsewhere. The judge said a jury will decide.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Judge orders Trump to end National Guard deployment, calls LA mission ‘profoundly un-American’ lbpost.com/news/immigra...
Judge orders Trump to end National Guard deployment, calls LA mission ‘profoundly un-American’
The new ruling against the Trump administration’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles comes as courts are considering other challenges to his deployment of troops to liberal cities, such as Portl...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Chef Gabriel Pulido wanted the perfect chorizo breakfast burrito, so he made his own lbpost.com/esd/eat-see-...
Chef Gabriel Pulido wanted the perfect chorizo breakfast burrito, so he made his own
Pulido and his childhood friend just opened Maza y Taza, a breakfast spot with fresh tortillas and hand-crafted meats that make them think of home.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
LA County inspector general blasts Sheriff's Department in retirement announcement lbpost.com/news/la-coun...
LA County inspector general blasts Sheriff's Department in retirement announcement
In an open letter, he gave examples of how the county thwarted his efforts to watchdog the department.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
CHP investigates deadly motorcycle crash on 91 Freeway near San Gabriel River lbpost.com/news/crime/9...
CHP investigates deadly motorcycle crash on 91 Freeway near San Gabriel River
The carpool and far left lane were closed for the emergency response and investigation, backing up traffic to the 710 Freeway.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Alert Long Beach emergency notification system taken offline after data breach lbpost.com/news/alert-l...
Alert Long Beach emergency notification system taken offline after data breach
There appears to have been “a targeted attack by an organized cybercriminal group,” according to the city contractor that operates it.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Crucial court hearing begins in Long Beach boat crash that killed 1, injured 7 lbpost.com/news/crime/c...
Crucial court hearing begins in Long Beach boat crash that killed 1, injured 7
Witnesses described the "happy hour" sunset cruise that ended when the vessel slammed into the Alamitos Bay Jetty. Attorneys today sparred over a pivotal question: Who was driving?
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December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Maintenance worker spots 750 pounds of meth through a hole in the wall, records show lbpost.com/news/crime/7...
Maintenance worker spots 750 pounds of meth through a hole in the wall, records show
Police arrested the man renting the garage.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
State crews clear large freeway encampment in Long Beach, move 25 people into new motel shelter lbpost.com/news/state-c...
State crews clear large freeway encampment in Long Beach, move 25 people into new motel shelter
Officials said everyone who was forced to move out of the encampment accepted a room at the former Luxury Inn, which opened as a shelter in October.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Prosecutor won’t charge anti-ICE protestors for allegedly making excessive noise outside hotel lbpost.com/news/no-slee...
Prosecutor won’t charge anti-ICE protestors for allegedly making excessive noise outside hotel
Two women attending a Long Beach “No Sleep for ICE” protest were arrested in June. The city prosecutor said this week he won't press charges.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new poll adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies. lbpost.com/news/immigra...
‘We may be deporting the wrong people’: New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown
A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Port of LA to evict long-running Cabrillo Beach Scout camp for Olympic sailing facility
Port of LA to evict long-running Cabrillo Beach Scout camp for Olympic sailing facility
Scout troops and Cub Scout packs have regularly used the grounds for nearly 80 years. They’re being kicked out at the end of the month so it can become a waterfront training center.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM