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Long Beach will be looking at ways to help support Long Beach’s local journalism. City Council members voted 9-0 on Tuesday, April 23, to establish a media incubator initiative and the city will consider support of legislative efforts to boost local media. The City Council voted to direct city staffers to work with the Long…

Delayed rate cuts translate to continued favorable yields on deposit accounts and Treasury bills. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

More than two years after jet fuel leaked into the system supplying water to almost 93,000 people in Hawaii, families impacted are taking the U.S. government to trial. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Coal-fired power plants would have to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a new EPA rule the industry says would make the grid less reliable. It’s likely to face court challenges. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Three Long Beach boys, including two teenagers, have been charged with beating a homeless man with tent poles and a tripod, authorities said Tuesday. On Saturday, April 20, at around 6:30 p.m., Long Beach Police Department officers responded to the 100 block of Pacific Avenue for a report of an assault, according to LBPD spokeswoman…

The city of Redlands has terminated its agreement with Shangri-La Industries to provide housing for the homeless amid allegations the embattled Los Angeles developer misappropriated more than $100 million in state funds. During its April 16 meeting, the City Council voted 4-0, with Councilmember Denise Davis absent, to terminate its agreement with Shangri-La under the…

The postseason is on: We found the easiest (and cheapest) ways to catch the NBA Playoffs this year. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Two runaway military horses bolted through central London, leaving at least 4 people and the animals injured, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

The hippo took a DNA test and it turns out he’s 100% a female. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

LONG BEACH — A 40-year-old man believed to have drowned at Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach was identified Monday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. He was identified as Robert Holt of Los Angeles. Long Beach police officers responded about 4:20 p.m. Saturday to the dog beach in the 4300 block…

VAN NUYS — A former athletic trainer who worked at two high schools in the San Fernando Valley pleaded no contest Monday to felony charges stemming from the sexual assaults of 12 teenage girls. Richard Alexander Turner, now 65, was immediately sentenced to 36 years in state prison and ordered to register as a sex…

Authorities Monday released the name of a woman killed in a suspected DUI crash in Santa Ana. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Jocelyn Janet Campos of Paramount, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Campos was a passenger killed in the solo-vehicle crash of a pickup truck that occurred about 2 a.m. Sunday near…

Warmer weather is prime time for ticks that can carry Lyme disease and other illnesses. Here’s how to spot them and get rid of them. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Scammers have been increasingly successful in leveraging their romantic grip on victims by turning them into unwitting co-conspirators, or “money mules.” Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

A yearlong CBS News investigation explores a troubling new twist on romance scams that challenges investigators. The victims, often blinded by love, are being turned into unwitting co-conspirators. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

A 29-year-old man was arrested Sunday, April 21, on suspicion of breaking into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s home in the Hancock Park neighborhood, authorities said. Around 6:40 a.m., the intruder broke into the Getty House — the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles, located at 605 South Irving Boulevard — said Deputy…

By DÁNICA COTO (Associated Press) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Republican Party held a district assembly on Sunday and awarded former President Donald Trump all 23 of their national delegates. About 77% of the 1,340 members that make up the U.S. territory’s Republican Party participated, according to Angel Cintron, who heads the…

More than 100 nations, including the United States, have agreed to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages, has died at age 76. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

60 Minutes traveled to Madagascar back in 2012 to report on efforts being made to save endangered turtles and tortoises, including the plowshare tortoise, a species that remains at risk of extinction due to poaching for the illegal pet trade. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service