A City Hall part-timer arranges a rare sit-down that could generate a break in an unsolved gang-related homicide
Finding new graffiti and calling it in to city removal crews; monitoring registered sex offenders; walking miles of unpaved alleys; getting to know the local gangbangers—that’s just part of the job description for Long Beach City Council field [...]

A proposed amendment to the municipal code suggests creating areas for homeless to park overnight and sleep in their cars
Six days before Long Beach City Council will hear it Sept. 1, a municipal code amendment proposed by Sixth District Councilman Dee Andrews is already generating opposition from residents.
Agenda Item No. 13, sponsored by Andrews, asks [...]

Snoop Dogg talks to Councilman Dee Andrews about giving back to Long Beach
He wasn’t there to bemoan the possible loss of our concretinous Main Library if it closes due to budget cuts, but rapper-actor-football coach Snoop Dogg spent more than two hours Friday in the library’s Admiral Room, considering ways to give back to Long [...]

There’s a bit of a twist in the only real Long Beach City Council race in the city, the Sixth District contest between incumbent Dee Andrews and challenger Ahmed Saafir.
Paul Eakins reports in this morning’s Press-Telegram that Andrews skipped last night’s NAACP candidates forum for school board and Sixth District candidates because of what Andrews [...]

Sixth District Councilman Dee Andrews had a fundraiser for his reelection tonight at the law offices of Keesal, Young & Logan, high above Ocean Boulevard–and the news was that less than two hours earlier, Andrews had secured a campaign endorsement from the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Thanks to the research of city staffers and the memories of two organizers, we’re learning about the field trips to Washington, D.C. which Congresswoman Laura Richardson spearheaded back when she was Long Beach’s Sixth District Councilwoman.

City letter, somewhat a formality, could help fire survivors find a new home
Today, while you’re shopping at Trader Joe’s, or figuring out what to do on New Year’s Eve, take a moment to remember the Aviles family, which lost three of its youngest members earlier this month–sisters Stephanie Aviles, 6; Jocelin Aviles, 7; and Jasmine [...]

As a result of the deaths of Long Beach sisters Stephanie Aviles, 6, Jocelin Aviles, 7, and Jasmine Aviles, 10, following a fire early Friday in their illegally-converted garage home, free smoke detectors–now available at six city fire stations–will soon be available to all.