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Partly Cloudy Long lines form for emergency food in Long Beach after halt in state program
They stood along Center Street in Long Beach as crisp wind blew off Reynolds Channel on Friday morning. Some walked arm-in-arm the few blocks from their apartments in a housing project to get there on …
Burying a son, but welcoming a daughter
On Tuesday, Gregg Weisenberg was at his home in Long Beach with his wife, Jean, celebrating the birth last Friday of their baby girl, Kendall Brock Weisenberg. The baby’s homecoming was a joy …
Seniors food program stymied
Life for the roughly 60 residents at the Michael Valente housing project, on National Boulevard in Long Beach, is never easy. Many are in their late 60s or 70s, and have been retired from low-income …
Bishop to be honored at Episcopal Gala
When he was a young man, Isaac R. Melton Jr. lived in the fast lane: he worked on Wall Street and partied. But at a club one night with his friends, Melton had an epiphany. This was not the life …
Finding true love at Lido Kosher Deli
When a young Bonnie Gershenfeld walked into the Lido Kosher Deli one night 34 years ago, she was on a date with a lawyer but spotted a man wearing a dirty white apron. Two disparate thoughts popped …
Long Beach Firefighters put out church blaze
Long Beach Firefighters put out a blaze at the Cruzada Evangelica Misionera Church on Long Beach Boulevard Monday afternoon. According to Long Beach Fire Chief Rich DiGiacomo, the department …
LGBT to be a no-show in Long Beach this summer
The three-day LGBT Pride Festival, which brought thousands of people and dollars to Long Beach for the last few years, will not be returning this summer, City Manager John Mirando said Wednesday. The …
Thousands swim for charity
Despite 40-degree weather and gloomy skies, the Long Beach Polar Bears did what they have done for 20 years on Super Bowl Sunday — plunge into the icy Atlantic to raise funds for Make-A-Wish Metro …
Meditate . . . and mind your neighbor
In the winter of 2015, Laura Shockley, once a 24/7 lawyer for a corporate firm, found herself a long way from her former office on Long Island’s North Shore. She was in Varanasi, India, one of the …
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Long Beach council amending city charter to limit manager's power
The Long Beach City Council plans to vote Tuesday night to set a public hearing for Feb. 18 on substantial changes to the city charter that, if approved, would strip the city manager of virtually all …
Bay Park sewage project moves ahead
Officials are eyeing Oct. 29, 2022 — the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy — as a completion date for the Bay Park Conveyance Project, now that they have sent out a request for qualifications to interested design-and-build teams.
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Long Beach attorney calling her own shots
From the time she began studying law, Long Beach resident Brittney Borruso knew she wanted to be her own boss. After graduating Cardozo Law School in 2013, she “made the leap” and launched …
Corrected: There's nothing to fear in bail-reform law
New York state’s new, long-overdue bail reform law, which passed last April and took effect Jan. 1, is desperately needed. Changes to the law were last made in 1971. Requiring anyone and …