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Boeing Co. workers stand on platforms as they wave at their last C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet built for the U.S. Air Force as it flies away at the aerospace company's plant in Long Beach, Sept.

LONG BEACH >> Former City Councilwoman Tonia Reyes Uranga said she is withdrawing from next year's 70th Assembly District race to care for her ailing father.

There are few real "classics" in the categories of life and the word is often abused, inaccurate or inappropriately applied to everything from rock songs to cars.

Traffic on Long Beach and South Bay area freeways remains relatively light as of 7:10 a.m. with the exception of an animal hazard on the northbound 110 Freeway, a white van blocking traffic on the 105 Freeway and normal rush hour traffic building up.

LONG BEACH >> A part of Southern California's 19th Century past came to life Sunday afternoon at the annual Rancho Los Cerritos Old Time Christmas Festival.

The Progressive International Motorcycle Show came to Long Beach, California this weekend, and MD was at the exclusive media event Friday morning to shoot the following video.

Today would have been Jim Morrison's 70th birthday, and there's a lot to sort out for Doors fans.

You know what people don't do much anymore? Go cocktailing. They go out drinking, of course; there are still enough bars around that you can reel from one to another in several parts of town.

After purchasing a 3.5-acre plot of land in Topanga, California, where a rustic 750-square-foot cabin already stood, architect Christof Jantzen set out looking for ways to expand the cabin to house his family of five.

Despite the cold, a crowd still came lined the route East Second Street. This year's parade was Presented by "Chill" at The Queen Mary and Sponsored by the Port of Long Beach.

The road to this abandoned gold mining town is 6 miles long, mostly dirt and gravel, snaking along a ridge hundreds of feet above the north fork of the Feather River.

LONG BEACH >> The Long Beach Police Department is warning that there have been several armed robberies of cellphones in a West Division neighborhood recently.

This week Leadership Long Beach hosted Government Day for Youth Leadership Long Beach at City Hall.

LOS ANGELES >> Sequins, feathers, satin, lace and comedy took center stage at the first ever Hollywood Burlesque festival, which kicked off Friday at the Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles.

LONG BEACH >> The first new library built in North Long Beach since 1951 is scheduled to start construction in early spring, officials said.

Indian Motorcycle unveiled its one-of-a-kind custom 2014 Chief Vintage motorcycle yesterday at the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, Calif.

Most of the actors on the set of HBO's newest program, "Getting On," are over 70. The show takes place in the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit of the beleaguered Mt.

LONG BEACH >> The search process for a new president at Cal State Long Beach continued Friday at the Barrett Athletic Administration Building on campus.

LONG BEACH >> Beginning next week, Long Beach elementary school students will receive new progress reports this trimester instead of the traditional report cards issued by the school district.

I originally hit Nathan up with these questions just before Thanksgiving and he replied right away, but the holidaze took over and I sort of slept on actually posting it.