Long Beach CA

A woman who allegedly brandished a knife at someone in Long Beach was arrested by a SWAT team after barricading herself inside her home, police said Friday. Officers responded about 7:20 p.m. Thursday to a dispute call in the 5700 block of Ackerfield Avenue and learned that the suspect had pulled a knife on someone...

Brea sits in northern Orange County, California, about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles. For most of its history, the city remained a small oil and citrus town. Things started to change in the early 1970s when the 57 Freeway opened and made it easier for Brea to reach other nearby areas. City leaders soon started...

On March 12, leaders from three local organizations stood outside of Fire Station 7 to announce their new tax proposal: Block the Cuts and Build Long Beach. The three groups, The Long Beach Firefighters Association, LiBRE (Long Beach Residents Empowered) and LAANE (Los Angeles for Alliance for a New Economy), are...

What started as a quiet Friday morning in Lake Hughes exploded into one of the biggest animal seizures Los Angeles County has ever seen, after animal control officers descended on a private property holding an estimated 700 dogs and cats. The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control...

Fesia Davenport has been on a monthslong medical leave, during which she’s faced scrutiny over a $2 million settlement she received. She plans to step down on April 16.

Hundreds of teachers, librarians, and other employees were already let go, but it has not closed the district’s budget deficit. The post Long Beach Unified projects it must make another $40 million in cuts next year appeared first on Long Beach Post .

INGLEWOOD – A well-known Inglewood street vendor is facing murder charges in connection to a Jan. 21 shooting in South Los Angeles. Richard Campbell is known for selling kettle corn and popcorn at the intersection of Van Ness Ave. and Manchester Blvd. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office...

Olvera Street, the famous corridor of souvenir stalls and family‑run taquerías in downtown Los Angeles, is a lot quieter than it used to be. Merchants say the steady stream of visitors that once kept the plaza buzzing has slowed to a trickle, leaving empty booths, shortened hours, mounting back rent, and fewer staff...

A Los Angeles County jury has awarded a former LAPD commander $5.7 million on Wednesday, finding her in favor in a lawsuit against the department that claimed she was wrongfully fired over an alcohol-related incident in April 2018. Nicole Mehringer and her subordinate, Sgt. James Kelly, were reportedly found inside...

Some gas stations are charging over $7 for gas in California. Not all of that price can be explained, the state warned.