9-year-old missing after passing note to classmate saying she planned to run away, LBPD...
She was nowhere to be found when family members checked for her at the parent pickup zone at her school. The post 9-year-old missing after passing note to classmate saying she planned to run away, LBPD says appeared first on Long Beach Post .
Woman’s body washes ashore on Long Beach Peninsula. Police say no foul play suspected.
A woman’s body washed up on a Peninsula beach this week. Her cause of death wasn’t immediately apparent, but homicide detectives do not suspect foul play, Long Beach police said. At about 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, someone called 911 to report seeing a body that “appeared to have...
42-Year-Old California Eye Clinic Shuts All Locations, 136 Employees Laid Off
All eight locations of California-based DLP Eye Clinics will close permanently on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, ending more than four decades of eye care in the region. A total of 136 employees are likely to be affected following the closure, according to the detailed Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)...
5 arrested in $5 million cargo theft bust in Southern California
Five suspects were arrested in connection with a multi-million dollar cargo theft bust operation in Southern California. The investigation focused on a series of thefts targeting cargo and container chassis. On Feb. 18, the Los Angeles Police Department, along with other agencies, served search warrants at three...
Over 300,000 People Warned to Avoid Windows Until Thursday Night
Powerful winds hitting Southern California were part of a broader winter storm sweeping across the state.
Man arrested after hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis stolen from Carpinteria...
A Los Angeles County man has been arrested in connection with a January 17 burglary in Carptineria, where hundreds of thousands of dollars of legally grown cannabis were stolen. The burglars fled before Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies could reach the farm. The sheriff’s office has identified Dvaryae Bryant...
‘Heroic’ neighbors break window to help woman in Long Beach apartment fire
Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) officials Thursday hailed quick-thinking neighbors as heroes after they broke a window and used a garden hose to douse a fire ripping its way through a woman’s apartment. The fire was sparked at a small, four-unit apartment building on Euclid Avenue near East Fountain...
Woman identified in fatal crash on freeway
Officials with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office have identified the woman who was killed in a traffic collision on northbound State Route 14, just north of Newhall Avenue and Interstate 5 on Wednesday afternoon. Claudia Funk, 35, has been identified as the woman in the fatal crash....
Banner at Long Beach City Hall signals solidarity with immigrant community
A banner displayed outside Long Beach City Hall this week was intentionally placed as a statement of solidarity with immigrant families, according to the mayor’s office. The banner, which hangs from a balcony at City Hall, follows a recent City Council action calling for accountability regarding federal enforcement...
California kicks out refineries, now pays big for foreign fuel imports
California is now importing gasoline through roundabout shipping routes, including tankers routed via the Bahamas, as the state’s refining capacity shrinks under a wave of permanent plant closures. The Valero Benicia refinery, one of Northern California’s last major fuel producers, will keep making gasoline only...

















