Long Beach's MLK Center celebrates its first lease in 30 years

The Long Beach City Council approved a new lease agreement with MLK Center Inc. last month, allowing the group to continue using its building on Riverside Boulevard as a community center. It was the …

Long Beach’s Vera Davis hopes for kidney transplant

Long Beach resident Vera Davis, 64, urgently seeks a living kidney donor after being diagnosed with Stage 5 kidney failure due to lupus.

Kiwanis Club of Long Beach celebrates Women’s History Month

The Kiwanis Club of Long Beach hosted its 3rd annual Women’s History Month Brunch, honoring local women and raising funds for children’s programs.

Long Beach school board reviews these district initiatives

The Long Beach Board of Education reviews the proposed budget, addressing staffing, student programs, and safety measures, with a vote set for May 20.

Columnist

Laura Gillen: Government must be efficient, coherent and transparent

Throughout my career in public service, I’ve steadfastly championed government efficiency, easing the burden on taxpayers, and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse.

Columnist

Will Sheeline: Destroying Roosevelt’s legacy

Like any resident of Oyster Bay, I’ve always had a fascination with our hometown president, Theodore Roosevelt. He seemed like such a larger-than-life character, a writer who was a soldier, a hunter who was a politician, and a statesman who truly cared for, and understood the needs of, the common man.

Editorial

There should never be a legal excuse for rape

In New York state, there is no law in place that protects survivors of sexual assault if they were voluntarily intoxicated during the crime.

Columnist

Robert Scott: University leaders should not remain neutral

After the congressional hearings that challenged university presidents on campus activism amid allegations of antisemitism, many institutions adopted policies of “institutional neutrality.”