Signal Hill News

In a 3-2 vote during its Tuesday night meeting, the Signal Hill City Council sustained the Signal Hill Planning Commissiona s approval of a plan for the construction of a two-story house that will significantly block the next-door neighbora s view.

Dealing with a serious illness is bad enough, but sometimes patients and their family members have to pass through a seemingly impossible maze before getting the kind of health care they need.

The Signal Hill Police Department, in an effort to help bring everyone home safe for the holidays, will be aggressively enforcing the state's seat belt and child safety seat laws during a Click It or Ticket mobilization, taking place November 17-30. The campaign relies on heavy enforcement and public education as a means to help reduce deaths and ...

Parents of children who attend public schools in the Long Beach area can expect to see fewer teachers and programs as a result of an ongoing budget crisis.

FOR ARTa S SAKE Ninoa s Italian Restaurant Art Bar, 3853 Atlantic Ave., will host a reception for Long Beach watercolor artist Don De Lew Friday, Nov.

Construction of EDCO's materials recovery-and-transfer station in Signal Hill could begin by spring of 2010.

The original It's a Grind location at 5933 E. Spring St. Ita s a Grind Coffee House, which operates several stores in the Long Beach/Signal Hill area, recently merged with Gloria Jeans Coffee, a corporation based in Australia.

Here are the finished powdercoated cylinders assembled on the polished engine cases.

Mourning students at Long Beach's Wilson High School gathered Monday by the pavement where classmate Melody Ross was shot after the homecoming football game.

Signal Hill's residents and businesses have learned how to use less water. In fact, from July through September 2009, water use dropped by 9.47 percent compared to the average annual water demand for the three previous years.

It's no accident that the Long Beach Unified School District is among the top districts in the U.S. We can't say enough positive things about its administration, innovative programs, teachers and support staff, who have propelled the district to nationwide accolades despite the fact that it serves a diverse student population - 70 percent of the ...

Signal Hill City Manager Ken Farfsing, Senior Engineering Technician Anthony Caraveo, Mayor Ellen Ward, Councilmember Larry Forester, Vice Mayor Ed Wilson, Councilmember Michael Noll, and Sebastian Rivas of Hardy & Harper, Inc., at the intersection of Cherry Avenue and Hill Street.

The Signal Hill Chamber of Commerce's Legislative/Government Affairs Committee met with Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, Signal Hill Deputy City Manager Charlie Honeycutt and representatives from other local legislative offices at It's A Grind in Signal Hill on October 1 to discuss pending legislation and other matters affecting the area.

More than a decade ago, I wrote a column for the Signal titled "So, What's New?" In the weekly article, I reported tidbits of information that might not have otherwise found its way into print.

This program will provide 1 voucher to the first 200 residents who get their dogs altered at any of the approximatly 10 participating Long Beach Veteterinary clinics.

Anyone driving on Signal Hill's portion of Cherry and Orange avenues should expect slow-moving traffic for the remainder of this month.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education on Tuesday named 16 educators - including two from the Long Beach Unified School District - as Teachers of the Year.

A city zoning administrator has set an Oct. 12 hearing date to review plans to re-establish a cap over what environmentalists consider to be a buffer habitat at Los Cerritos Wetlands.

Long Beach. Young people ages 17 to 24 who are interested in developing skills and gaining employment in green and eco-friendly industries may be eligible to participate in the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network's Green Job Corps.

Long Beach. Youth ages 16 to 24 who reside in Long Beach, Lomita, Signal Hill, and Torrance can get free information on training, careers, employment search, and education at the free Youth Info Expo on Sept.