Four candidates are running for Long Beach City Council this time around — challenger James Hodge and incumbents Liz Treston, Tina Posterli and Karen McInnis. Early voting took place for the …
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By Brendan Carpenter
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7/9/23
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By Bridget Downes
bdownes@liherald.com
Residents came from points across Long Beach to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.
“We’re banding …
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By Bridget Downes
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1/23/19
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Martin Luther King Center board members were joined by Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and representatives from Altice USA — one of the largest broadband …
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3/16/18
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In a ceremony attended by hundreds on Monday, the City of Long Beach renamed the intersection of East Pine Street and Riverside Boulevard — where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once walked — …
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By Bridget Downes
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1/18/18
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Long Beach is set to host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March, preceded by the second annual ceremony at City Hall, on Jan. 15, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King. …
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By Bridget Downes
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1/11/18
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Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will speak on the theme of “A Hope and a Future: Empowering the community with courage, dignity, truth and justice” in front of …
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By Bridget Downes
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5/31/17
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“It was very profound for me,” John H. Simpkins Jr. said as he recalled marching through the streets of Long Beach with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, at the height of the civil …
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By Bridget Downes
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2/23/17
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The City Council’s vote to appoint a new member to a vacant seat led to a charged meeting at City Hall on Friday, and some residents accused some council members of making a backroom deal and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/3/17
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“It does trouble me, as a police officer, when kids say that they’re afraid of the police,” said Anderson Joseph, a detective with the Long Beach Police Department and one of two black officers on the force.
Joseph, who lives in Long Beach and joined the LBPD in 2006, responded to a young woman who asked, “Why do police always think we’re going to hurt people?”
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/28/16
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In the interest of combating local unemployment, the Long Beach Martin Luther King Center partnered with a number of neighborhood organizations, government agencies and city officials to host a job …
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By Matthew Ern
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10/1/15
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