Long Beach CA

His name is Gumbo Lee Jones, but until recently, it was just Gumbo. Shelter staff gave him the name when he was brought to Long Beach Animal Care Services (LBACS) in August 2023. He had been abandoned in Coolidge Park in Long Beach and entered LBACS with severe skin issues, open sores on his back and a huge...

A person was critically injured overnight in a house fire in Long Beach, fire officials said. The Long Beach Fire Department was called to a home on the 4600 block of Goldfield Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, it said. There, a home was fully engulfed in smoke and fire conditions upon the crews’ arrival.

Power was restored after a major outage that affected most Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department phone lines, including calls to 911. Just after 6 p.m. Thursday night, LASD officials were notified of an outage affecting the Vesta System, a third-party public safety call-handling platform impacting 911 calls. By...

Los Angeles County health inspectors have shut down the Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Marina del Rey due to a “vermin infestation,” meaning rats or bugs were found inside the restaurant. The upscale eatery was ordered closed on Feb. 17 after inspectors noted two major violations, according to the county department of...

We already live in an era that makes the thoughts of having to go outside and do mundane tasks and chores absolutely haunting. Unfortunately, atrocities are happening every day, all over the country, and one California woman experienced this firsthand while trying to pump gas. A carjacker had allegedly approached...

Five people were killed in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Long Beach after a car slammed into a tunnel wall near the entrance and caught fire. The crash was reported around 1:20 a.m. at Lakewood Boulevard and East Spring Street, near the tunnel that goes under the Long Beach Airport.

After noticing a suspicious charge for gold bars on their credit card, a victim realized that they had been a target of mail theft, according to the Brea Police Department. The victim didn’t just report it—they secured the tracking information and shared it with the police investigators. The...

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A driver crashed into an Unleashed by Petco Long Beach location after suffering a medical emergency Thursday morning. At about 11:12 a.m., Long Beach police officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of East Spring Street regarding a non‑injury crash, authorities told KTLA. Citizen video from the scene showed a...

Fellow scientist Fajardo-Acosta described Grillmair as both a mentor and close friend, calling his death a profound loss to the scientific community.