Long Beach News

The coordinator of Long Beach's emergency communications center has filed a complaint with a grand jury alleging city officials have been negligent in implementing a system to receive 911 calls from cellular phones.

There were two separate shootings in Long Beach on Friday night. The first shooting involved an officer and occurred on 4th and Alamitos.

Police were working with the district attorney's office Thursday and prosecutors in the Hard-core Gang Division are expected to file a charge of murder Friday against a 16-year-old gunman and his 16-year-old accomplice for the shooting death of a Wilson High School honor student at the end of her school's homecoming game last week.

A 90-pound pit bull shot by a Long Beach Police officer after the dog reportedly ran toward officers in an aggressive manner was expected to survive his injuries, authorities said Wednesday.

Heavy traffic in Long Beach and Riverside is responsible for much of the preventable childhood asthma cases in these areas, according to a study released Tuesday from the University of Southern California.

LBReport.com provides below a compilation of statements of local officials following the Oct.

City and county leaders have approved agreements that could bring a California-based dog treat company to Great Bend.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a $10,000 reward Tuesday for information in the fatal shooting of a Long Beach area honors student.

Grief counselors are on hand at a Long Beach high school on Monday for the first day of classes since an innocent 16-year-old was killed by gunfire.

A suspected carjacker was hospitalized after being shot by Long Beach police Friday night, authorities said.A The shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. as the suspect sat in a car behindA a nursing home near East Fourth Street and Cerritos Avenue, according to Long Beach Police Sgt.

LONG BEACH, Calif. - A 16-year-old girl died and two men were wounded after being shot following a football game at a Southern California high school.

Long Beach Police investigate a shooting in the 700 block of Ximeno Ave. Next to Wilson High School on October 30, 2009.

A City Council committee overstepped its bounds when it voted Monday night to have the city prosecutor and city attorney draft an ordinance to regulate medical marijuana collectives, City Attorney Bob Shannon said Tuesday.

Even before he walks into the exam room, Dr. Michael Nguyen has up-to-the-minute health information about his Long Beach patients.

Myesha Chaney, right, and The Antioch Church of Long Beach Choir sing in front of a sold out crowd at the Long Beach Arena, for the lunch speakers session at The Women's Conference 2009.

Lisa Niemi called the grief that came with the loss of her husband, Patrick Swazye, a oean animal all of its own.a At the a oeGrief, Healing and Resiliencea panel at Maria Shrivera s Womena s Conference in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday afternoon, Lisa explained that despite knowing s Comments No comments yet.

The eight people who contracted flea-borne murine typhus were hospitalized for at least 24 hours, but have recovered, officials say.

Move over, it's Saturday night at Club Bounce and people are bouncing onto the dance floor in a big, big way.These are big, big people, all dressed to the nines and many tipping the scales at 250, maybe 300 pounds.That's because this expansive nightclub a couple blocks from the Pacific Ocean, with its flashing lights, friendly atmosphere and ...

A 2 1/2-mile section of coastline in Long Beach has been closed after about 1,400 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the ocean.

Eight people in Long Beach were recovering Saturday after being hospitalized with a rare form of typhus that's spread by fleas.