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A vacant home at 30 California St. nearly collapsed last week after workers tried to tear it down. Officials said the contractor did not obtain permits to conduct the work.
West End home was on verge of collapse
An illegal home demolition in the West End went seriously wrong last week. Long Beach firefighters secured a California Street bungalow last Friday that was on the verge of collapsing — and … more
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This image from Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows where the company wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean. The company would need to lay 21.7 miles of subsea pipeline to connect its terminal to the existing Transco Lateral, which extends from New Jersey to Long Beach.
Long Beach City Council opposes LNG project
The Long Beach City Council is opposing a company’s plan to build “Port Ambrose,” a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 19 miles southeast of Jones Beach, citing environmental … more
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Long Beach firefighters — and surfers — Bryan Jones, left, and Brian Olson, are among those protesting planned layoffs on Jan. 1.
Union blasts firefighter layoffs
The head of the union representing the city’s career firefighters criticized the coming layoffs of five firefighters, saying that he received reassurances from the city that the positions were … more
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Members of local 287 are hoping the city reconsiders planned layoffs.
Long Beach to lay off 5 firefighters
The city says it will lay off five firefighters on Jan. 1, when a $910,530 federal grant — which allowed the Fire Department to bring back personnel two years ago — comes to an end. … more
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Long Beach resident Bob Kaible and his wife, Deborah Raimey, and four other homeowners filed a class-action lawsuit against their insurance company, claiming that they were denied claims based on “fraudulent” reports.
Sandy victims file class-action suit
Attorneys representing a group of Hurricane Sandy victims who contend that their claims were denied by their insurance company based on “doctored” damage reports filed a federal class-action … more
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City officials gathered with city workers last Saturday morning before they left for Buffalo to assist with ongoing recovery efforts following a deadly snowstorm.
Long Beach ‘paying it forward’ for Buffalo
In response to the unprecedented snowstorm that devastated the Buffalo area, the City of Long Beach extended a helping hand, with officials saying that they are “paying it foward” for all the … more
Bob Kaible in front of an empty lot at 24 Michigan St., where a rental property his wife and father-in-law owned once stood. They were forced to sell because their insurance company did not cover the structural damage. On Nov. 7, a federal judge ruled that an engineer working for their insurance company secretly rewrote a report concluding that damage to the home was caused by Sandy, in order to avoid a larger payout.
Judge: Sandy scam ‘ends now’
Attorney Denis Kelly’s office on Park Avenue, above the Long Beach Surf Shop, was bustling last Friday night, as Kelly fielded numerous calls from homeowners who are still fighting their insurance … more
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Long Beach Cinemas could reopen by the spring once new seats are installed.
Long Beach Cinemas may reopen in spring
The Long Beach Cinemas, closed since Hurricane Sandy, is getting a makeover — at least inside — as the owners of the shuttered theater install new, roomier seats as well as new screens and make … more
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The $180 million Army Corps project was slated to begin this fall, and includes the rehabilitation or new construction of at least 22 jetties and the addition of roughly 4.7 million cubic yards of sand to build a system of berms and dunes.
Army Corps project behind schedule
The Army Corps of Engineers project has hit a delay, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reviews the agency’s $180 million coastal protection plan to make sure it complies with the Endangered … more
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Hurricane Sandy ripped across the South Shore on Oct. 29, 2012.
Sandy: a storm that changed Long Island
We had never seen a tempest the likes of Hurricane Sandy before, one so mammoth, so fierce, that it wiped out whole shoreline communities while leaving much of the rest of the Northeast in tatters, … more
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