Long Beach News

Long Beach's Board of Harbor Commissioners has unanimously approved a Port of Long Beach energy policy that will guide efforts for a more sustainable supply of power as demand increases.

Occupying an eggplant purple shack in a parking lot surrounded by Mexican restaurants and a vacuum cleaner repair store, Sliced & Diced is a little schizophrenic food shack that could only have happened in Long Beach.

The Space Tech Expo is at the Long Beach Convention Center through Thursday and features exhibitors and lectures for the space industry.

"I hope I can do something to stop it, to curb bullying in all its ugly forms," says Juan Felipe Herrera, the California Poet Laureate and a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside.

Managers and employees from Dining Services at UC Riverside gathered in Long Beach on April 28, 2013 to bicycle in support of the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure.

With several current directors having terms expired, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed five members to the 30th District Agricultural Association, Tehama District Fair Board, on Tuesday.

Alpha Source, Inc., a medical repair parts distributor and medical battery pack manufacturer, will be exhibiting at the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation 2013 Conference and Expo in Long Beach, California from June 1-3. Alpha Source will be at booth number 537.

Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Long Beach, and Redondo Beach Mayor Michael A. Gin will be among 10 openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elected or appointed officials who will be honored at the White House Wednesday as Harvey Milk Champions of Change for their commitment to equality and public service.

A source close to the California State University Board of Trustees confirmed Tuesday that an offer has been made to a candidate for Fresno State president.

Long Beach has survived another brutal winter and spring. Temperatures were too frequently in the 50s.

Autism is now the second most commonly diagnosed serious developmental disability, and the number of children identified as autistic continues to grow.

It's hard to get sympathy when you have the funds to lay out north of $100,000 for a car, but for those Fisker Karma owners feeling blue, Hybrid Support Solutions is there for you.

Authorities have not disclosed the identify of a Long Beach man who jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge over the weekend.

The public is invited at 11 a.m. Tuesday for the grand opening of Harvey Milk Promenade Park at Third Street and The Promenade.

Keri Harris is the new associate director at the Women's Center - Youth & Family Services, a newly created position to assist Chief Executive Officer Joelle Gomez.

Velvet ropes and bright lights lined the red carpet that was rolled out for 870 students from 16 stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Friday, May 3, all celebrating the 7th annual LDS prom at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif.

The Long Beach Gay Pride Parade got off to a roaring start Sunday as it danced and rolled its way down Ocean Boulevard.

When I was in the sixth grade at a Catholic school in Lombard, Ill., a Chicago suburb, I used to smuggle my older brother's magazines, like Argosy and Sport, into the classroom.

Steel Magnolias from left: a "First Class Passengers" John and Joan Knight, a "Captain" Don Black , Judy McNulty Black , Barbara Gaylord and "First Class Wine Steward" Ned Gaylord.

The 2013 Mini Cooper S Coupe offers more style than the conventional Mini hatchback .