Long Beach News

Rich Plunkett, of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace IFPTE Local 2001, holds a conference announcing that, after a 14-year battle, nearly 500 current and former Boeing employees will get a piece of a $47-million arbitration award from the company for work that fell under an engineering contract.

LONG BEACH >> Karaoke singer and Jordan High School alumni Clint Jun Gamboa wowed American Idol judges with his rendition of “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder when he narrowly missed the show's finals in 2011.

Rehab technicians Kylie Clatterbuck, left, and Kelly Berry do an exam on the pelican with a slashed throat pouch at the International Bird Rescue center in San Pedro, where she has been recovering since the mutilation in Long Beach.

Camper Alex Tostado holds on has fellow camper Rock Lund pulls him on a rope swing at Camp Wintaka in Green Valley Lake, Calif.

Artists, musicians and friends will gather in Long Beach tomorrow to celebrate Markus Manley, a local community activist and co-founder of Work Evolution Laboratories , who passed away March 18 due to complications from autoimmune hepatitis.

Barbara Winfrey, 66, told Britain's Daily Mail her famous stepdaughter is kicking her out of the house she's shared for 14 years with Oprah's dad, Vernon Winfrey, in the wake of their divorce.

OC doesn't have its own Thai Town, but this doesn't mean that we don't have great Thai restaurants.

"Screen Identity" is a seven-foot wooden sculpture of a smartphone that features a mirror as its screen.

Earth Day Celebration at the Norwalk Library: Come decorate miniature flowerpots and plant seeds provided by the library.

The southbound 710 Freeway connector to westbound Ocean Boulevard and Terminal Island will be shut down on May 10. LONG BEACH >> In the coming weeks, a major local freeway connector traveled by hundreds of motorists will shut down for more than two years to accommodate a $1.26-billion bridge project.

Shameka Hawes, left, and Patricia McQueary demonstrate the proper way to take a blood pressure reading at a mock hospital room at the Goodwill located at 800 West Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, the first Goodwill organization in the country to be named a State Certified Nurse Assistant Training Academy.

Primary candidate Pilar Pinel, one of four who ran for the 1st District this month, has endorsed minister Misi Tagaloa for the 1st District June 3 runoff.

LONG BEACH >> A Torrance Transit bus driver convicted of vehicular manslaughter in the 2012 death of a pedestrian in Long Beach will be sentenced Wednesday morning.

Castroneves was penalized Tuesday for a tweet sent from his official account after the Long Beach, Calif., race on April 13 that criticized race control for not penalizing drivers during the race.

The number of whooping cough cases reported in Long Beach is on the rise, prompting health officials today to encourage residents to get immunized.

One Take Films, LLC in association with Hourglass Pictures is proud to announce that their new comedy "Midnite Cabby" will debut at the historic Art Theater on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11 at 7 pm.

A new war on air pollution in the twin seaports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is about to be launched.

In commemoration of Earth Day, a few Long Beach organizations are hoping to make it easy for everyone to “be green” with the launch of the Green Prize Festival this Saturday.

Authorities are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who mutilated a California brown pelican that will undergo surgery in San Pedro to repair a cut pouch.

Long Beach mayoral candidate Damon Dunn wants more muscle into an investigation of the campaign of his opponent, Vice Mayor Robert Garcia.