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LONG BEACH >> City leaders this week approved a resolution that “strongly encourages” MemorialCare and the California Nurses Association to reach an agreement on a contract for nurses at Community Hospital of Long Beach.

The Barry Award is a prize for crime fiction that has been awarded since 1997 by the editorial staff of Deadly Pleasures .

Q. Is the city water safe? I've been drinking it since I moved here almost seven years ago, with no apparent ill effects, but recently several people have expressed shock that I fill my glass straight from the tap.

Incoming boats and ships under 300 tons are being screened as part of an operation to block illegal radiation sources from entering through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a port official said today.

David Seldes, who requires medication, was last seen around 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the building in the 3100 block of E. Artesia Boulevard.

The Los Angeles 2020 Commission -created by City Council President Herb Wesson a year ago-released its second report, "A Time for Action," in early April.

Months of grinding on the campaign trail came to an end for many mayoral, city council and school board candidates on April 8 when some Long Beach voters made their voices heard and settled the score for the next four years.

LONG BEACH >> Plans are underway to open three new high schools in Long Beach Unified - two small public schools and a charter school.

LONG BEACH >> One of the city's most powerful employee organizations, the Long Beach Police Officers Association, has endorsed Vice Mayor Robert Garcia for mayor in the June runoff.

Marcial Rios, 32, was taken into custody Saturday by U.S. Customs agents at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Ysidro and was returned to the U.S. Two other suspects, both of Long Beach, had already been arrested: Miguel Medina, 32, was arrested June 4, and Jose Torres, 30, was arrested Jan. 23. On April 23 of last year, police were dispatched to a ... (more)

Next to Normal: California Repertory Company presents a rock musical about secrets and lies that torment a family.

LONG BEACH >> The mysterious deaths of twin sisters in the upscale Long Beach neighborhood of Naples continues to perplex those who knew them, and recently released coroner's reports offer few answers.

LONG BEACH >> A Long Beach police operation screening for drunken drivers from Sunday evening to Monday night resulted in 10 arrests and other citations.

Police say members of a Long Beach gang could roll through a grocery store with shopping carts and steal up to $5,000 in alcohol in eight minutes.

Sadly, you've got to be getting up to at least 60 years old to recall how rock and roll was really starting to tear things up in the summer of 1965.

Apr. 17, 2014 - LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Jonas Sills, vocalist, conductor and actor has joined with Ray Buffer, formerly Artistic Producing Director of The Relevant Stage in San Pedro to create a new organization in Long Beach called Art-In-Relation.

Natasha Kuchiki, skater and spokesperson for Disney on Ice , stopped by KCAL9 Wednesday to talk about the new show "Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic" coming to Southern California.

In this May 8, 2010 file photo, Isabella Casillas, 2, of Long Beach, cheers on riders while being held by her mother, Marissa, along the straight away of the Long Beach Bicycle Grand Prix at the annual Long Beach Bike Festival.

Once upon a time there was a Japanese businessman and a Thai chef who decided to blend their heritage cuisines into a fusion restaurant built for Asian-food-loving indecesives.

Chinese Cambodian restaurant Hak Heang. 2041 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach Calif., Tuesday, April 16, 2014.