Student activist Jolene Rodriguez fights for clean air

PHOTO by JENNIE WARREN
“Hello, I am Jolene Rodriguez,” Jolene Rodriguez said—or read, actually: the 16-year-old in T-shirt, jeans and tennies was so nervous the night she addressed Mayor Bob Foster and the Long Beach City Council that she relied on notes even to introduce herself. “I am a [...]

Police make three arrests in Long Beach’s first 2008 shooting
Eight days after three people were shot and a fourth–25-year-old Jonathan Fernandez–
was fatally wounded at a New Year’s Eve party, Long Beach police announced three arrests Wednesday.