Long Beach City Council changes its policy on public comment

After much discussion and comments from a dozen members of the public–the largest number of audience members to comment on any item on last night’s city council agenda–Long Beach City Council voted 5-3 last night to change, and very likely restrict, the public’s ability to open [...]

City may dig into Jergins Tunnel; college cops seek attacker
After languishing for a generation, the Jergins Tunnel–the underground pedestrian walkway that once gave amusement park visitors a traffic-free passage from the Jergins building to the Pike–inches closer to being saved.

New owners, almost all smiles
In case you haven’t been following along at home, here’s coverage of yesterday’s joint press conference by Save the Queen officials–the development consortium which bought the lease to operate the Queen Mary and 64 acres of surrounding land–and the City of Long Beach.

Debro Saad–whose daughter Star Harris is suing a Long Beach 7-Eleven franchise for an alleged slip-and-fall accident in 2004–is having a rough week herself.
At last night’s Long Beach City Council meeting, Saad tried twice to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting–but was cut off both times by Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal, who [...]

The state agency charged with protecting California’s beaches is ready to savage Long Beach’s last wetlands for a much-needed Home Depot. Don’t look to city officials for help.

PHOTO by RUSS ROCA
The fate of Long Beach’s last expanse of salvageable wetlands will be at stake when the California Coastal Commission meets next week, and the bad [...]

Tues | July 10 Projections from the state’s Department of Finance say that by 2050 California’s population will increase by nearly 75 percent to 60 million, so you probably want to start merging over to the carpool lane right about now. Certain projections are not a surprise: Latinos will become even more dominant; San Franciscans [...]