Police Officer Shoots Pit BullSource: Press Telegram
LONG BEACH - Long Beach police searched for a suspect armed with a knife but instead shot and wounded a large pit bull after it allegedly attacked one of the officers, authorities said today.
The suspect managed to evade detection, according to police.
Man charged in dragging death of toddlerSource: The Long Beach Press Telegram
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A Long Beach man was charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in the death of a 1-year-old girl who was hit by an SUV and dragged about a mile up Redondo Avenue before the driver stopped late Friday night.
Long Beach Infested with MothsSource: The Long Beach Press Telegram
A nine-square-mile area of Long Beach is under a plant-and-fruit quarantine following the discovery of insects capable of ruining local trees and fruit crops, according to state officials.
A Summer Place Source: The District Weekly
It's hard to say whether life really is better in one of the Ranchos, Long Beach's area of 950 ranch houses designed by Cliff May, who invented the style. But there are days when it sure seems that way.
Rescuers weep as whales die - 44 animals are shotSource: sowetan.co.za
VOLUNTEERS who had spent hours trying to rescue 55 false killer whales that stranded themselves at Long Beach, Kommetjie, in Cape Town wept hysterically when officials decided to shoot the animals on Saturday afternoon.
"We euthanised 42 and another two were euthanised during …

Today my little girl took her first metro train ride.
Road Rage Driver Charged With Murder Source: Long Beach Press Telegram
LONG BEACH - A murder charge was filed today against an Orange County man who allegedly rammed his sedan into another driver standing near his car following an altercation on a freeway offramp in the Long Beach area.
SoCal ports to start collecting environmental feeSource: The Sacramento Bee
LOS ANGELES - The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach plan to begin collecting cargo container fees on Wednesday to help finance an ambitious clean-air initiative after a three-month delay and despite opposition from the federal agency that regulates the ports.
Video: Bubbles Fill Airport Hanger After GlitchSource: local6.com
A police department helicopter gets buried in 30 feet of firefighting foam after a technical glitch.
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"Firefighting foam fills a Long Beach airport hangar"

Long Beach Man Sentenced to 26 yrs for Murder when A Stolen Stove Fell from his Truck
Drawn Together Source: The District Weekly
Opie Ortiz will always be the guy who tattooed 'Sublime' on Brad Nowell's back. And he's okay with that.
Stand by Workers at the Press-Telegram as They Fight for Good JobsSource: Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Cancel your subscription to the Press Telegram today!Journalists and many others employed by the Press-Telegram need our help. For 14 months now, these workers have been negotiating with their employer Los Angeles Newspaper Group (LANG), to fight to make their jobs good jobs.
Home Sweet Home Source: The District Weekly
Johnny Rebs is back! (yes, it's filed under religion. some people consider BBQ a religion).
Pure Fixation Source: The District Weekly
This is a beautiful home!
Power to the PeopleSource: The District Weekly
It's hard to believe, but up until about 10 years ago, Andrea Bell's little yellow sun-powered house overlooked the Pacific Electric train tracks slicing Long Beach northwest to southeast.
The Grand Prix: Demystified Source: The District Weekly
This is just a sampling of what you can find beginning Thursday on streets very near to you. So don't accept that free trip to the Los Angeles Zoo or flee the state for the weekend. The circus is coming to town!
The House That Poplar Built Source: The District Weekly
The 1950s were all about family, and architects complicitly collaborated—centering their houses around the back yard and making entrances as oblique and off-putting as possible. Their message seemed to be "Go away, we're home."