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Nov 26, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Fernando Haro |Maya-Claire Glenn |Brandon Richardson |Jackie Rae
Become a Watchdog today. Sign up to get the latest from Long Beach's independent, journalist-owned newsroom in your email. — or sign up with — The family of 38-year-old Brandon Boyd is accusing the Long Beach Police Department of negligence and a lack of compassion after officers fatally shot Boyd on Nov. 19. According to the LBPD, Boyd pulled a firearm during the encounter, prompting officers to open fire. During a Nov.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Fernando Haro |Kate Karp |Maya-Claire Glenn |Brandon Richardson
Become a Watchdog today. Sign up to get the latest from Long Beach's independent, journalist-owned newsroom in your email. — or sign up with — After a decade as president of Cal State Long Beach, Jane Close Conoley announced Monday that the 2024-2025 academic school year would be her last. Conoley stepped into her role as the seventh — and first woman — president of the university in July 2014 after serving as interim chancellor of UC Riverside.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Jackie Rae |Fernando Haro |Maya-Claire Glenn
Become a Watchdog today. Sign up to get the latest from Long Beach's independent, journalist-owned newsroom in your email. β or sign up with β Long Beachβs Department of Health and Human Services is requesting 350 volunteers to help in its street count of the unhoused population that will take place on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Volunteers for the 2025 Homeless Point in Time Count must be at least 18 years old, attend a two-hour orientation and training prior to Jan.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Jackie Rae |Fernando Haro |Maya-Claire Glenn
Become a Watchdog today. Sign up to get the latest from Long Beach's independent, journalist-owned newsroom in your email. — or sign up with — As October turns to November, it’s time for Long Beach to celebrate Día de los Muertos with a parade on Saturday, Nov. 2. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the intersection of Pine Avenue and East Third Street and proceed down Pine until East Shoreline Drive.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Jackie Rae |Fernando Haro |Maya-Claire Glenn
Become a Watchdog today. Sign up to get the latest from Long Beach's independent, journalist-owned newsroom in your email. β or sign up with β The Long Beach Public Library began upgrading its catalog system Monday in a process that will run to early November, library officials announced last week. The new system will be more accessible to users with features like better search options and the ability to create specific searches and lists and save them to your account.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Jackie Rae |Fernando Haro |Maya-Claire Glenn
Become a Watchdog today. Sign up to get the latest from Long Beach's independent, journalist-owned newsroom in your email. — or sign up with — While Long Beach is often referred to as a haven for queer people, its exact history is often overlooked.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Fernando Haro |Caitlin Antonios |Jason Ruiz |Maya-Claire Glenn
With a myriad of anti-trans legislation being propped up across the United States, Saturday’s Trans Pride Long Beach event provided an escape for genderqueer people to not only celebrate themselves, but their community. “The trans community has been under attack more than they have in a long time in our country, so today and every day we need to make sure we’re here to hug someone and show them we care,” said City Councilmember Cindy Allen, who was a sponsor and attended the event.
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Sep 30, 2024 | lbwatchdog.com | Fernando Haro |Caitlin Antonios |Jason Ruiz |Maya-Claire Glenn
With a myriad of anti-trans legislation being propped up across the United States, Saturday’s Trans Pride Long Beach event provided an escape for genderqueer people to not only celebrate themselves, but their community. “The trans community has been under attack more than they have in a long time in our country, so today and every day we need to make sure we’re here to hug someone and show them we care,” said City Councilmember Cindy Allen, who was a sponsor and attended the event.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
lbwatchdog.com | Fernando Haro |Jake Gotta |Maya-Claire Glenn
St. Mary Medical Center is seeking the public's help to identify a man who was brought into the hospital at 6:32 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7. The man was initially found on the floor of the Metro train at the First Street platform, a spokesperson from the hospital said Thursday. Sign in to continue reading. Enter your email address to sign in or create your free account. — or sign in with —
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
daily49er.com | Maya-Claire Glenn
A Long Beach State campus cart tipped over and crashed into two student vehicles while swerving to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle on lower campus. The incident occurred at approximately 9:20 a.m. Tuesday in the G8 parking lot and is one of two incidents involving a campus cart that morning. Emma Hughes, a fourth-year painting and drawing major, had the back window of her Honda Fit broken after the cart tipped. She was in class when she found out what happened.
