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The Long Beach City Council appointed Donna Gayden as its new city manager on Thursday.
Long Beach swears in government financial expert as new interim manager to reverse 'years of mismanagement and scandal'
Attempting to reverse Long Beach’s sagging fortunes after ”years of structural deficit, mismanagement and scandal,” the city council voted Thursday night to hire a 59-year-old African-American woman with a lengthy background in municipal finance as its new interim city manager. She is the first woman and African-American to hold the post. more
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John Mirando stepped down from his post as acting city manager of Long Beach on March 9. He will remain the city’s commissioner of public works.
Long Beach City Council sets special meeting for Thursday to appoint new city manager
The Long Beach City Council has scheduled a special meeting for Thursday night to appoint a city manager, two days after acting city Manager John Mirando announced his plans to step down after only … more
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John Mirando will step down from his post as Acting City Manager of Long Beach. He will remain the city’s Commissioner of Public Works on March 9.
Long Beach Acting City Manager to step down
John Mirando, Long Beach’s acting city manager only since September who has been under pressure from the city council amid a major change in the City's Charter, will step down from his post, a spokesman for the city said Tuesday. He is the third acting city manger to step down in the last two years. more
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The old Long Beach Hospital was extensively damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but there are plans in the works to build a medical arts center.
Mount Sinai South Nassau says three firms are ‘qualified’ to build pavilion
Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital said for the first time Tuesday that it had named three firms that are qualified to compete to build a $40 million medical outpatient center near the former property … more
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Volunteers handed out food packages to low income seniors, who have been struggling after a state supplement program ended in January.
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 … more
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Barbara Bussey, left, tried to get the word out that these residents are in need. Annette LaSalle, center, and James Reese are disabled and relied on the trucks that would come by and drop off the food.
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 … more
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LGBT Network officials say that they will not have the pride festival in Long Beach this year.
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 … more
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The Public Service Commission announced to defer a 27 percent rate in April.
Lynbrook water district residents get a break from higher rates
Score one for customers in New York American Water's Lynbrook area. The Public Service Commission announced earlier this week that it has decided to defer a 27 percent rate in April and instead … more
Oliver McCann with his mother, Melissa, shortly after running into the chilly Atlantic on Sunday at the 20th annual L.B. Polar Bears Super Bowl Splash to benefit the Make-A-Wish.
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 … more
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John Mirando, left, the city’s commissioner of public works, was sworn in as acting city manager by City Clerk Dave Fraser after a special meeting in September 2019.
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 … more
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