For the first time since Proposition 13 was passed in 1978, homeowners in Los Angeles County and statewide will see a slight decrease in their property tax bills next year, thanks to a bit of deflation, officials said Wednesday. Full Story »
LONG BEACH - The city's Planning Commission approved a special permit for the capping of a Los Cerritos Wetlands habitat area Thursday night. Full Story »
Submit addresses and photos of houses with special decorations on our Holiday Lights map . Full Story »
BELLFLOWER - The second annual Journey to Bethlehem, a event that attempts to re-create the biblical city on the night Jesus was born, opens tonight with more than 200 actors, hands-on experiences and live animals including sheep and a camel. Full Story »
Advice for landlocked viewers of the upcoming Naples Boat Parade. Full Story »
Seal Beach and several of its neighboring communities are pressing forward to halt a compost facility's operation at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos. Full Story »
Police are investigating a crash that resulted in the death of a 41-year-old homeless man, authorities said Thursday. Full Story »
Cal State Long Beach this fall received more applications from first-time freshmen and transfer students than any other campus in the California State University system. But CSULB will have to enroll fewer students next year due to budget cuts. A preliminary count showed that CSULB received more than 69,000 freshman and transfer student applications this fall. Full Story »
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Monday for a 33-year-old Long Beach man accused of murder and driving drunk in the dragging death of a 1-year-old girl. Neely Dinkins is accused of being drunk when he hit a red wagon that held one-year-old Kaylee Alvarez and her 2-year-old brother, Oscar. The children were being pulled by their parents, Alex and Yesenia Alvarez, across a crosswalk at ... Full Story »
Holiday Dreams: 'Marie' took in her sister's children but making ends meet is difficult. Full Story »
An evening with Santa will be held Sunday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., to benefit Breast Cancer Angels at Toorak Coffee, 5555 E. Full Story »
The young adult group Voices of Faith will be presenting its fifth annual Christmas Concert, "Holy Night Divine," 7:30 p. Full Story »
Long Beach. The December Long Beach Surfrider Chapter meeting will be held Monday at 7 p.m. Full Story »
Compton. The Compton sheriff's station, with the assistance of the city of Compton, local community organizations, churches and businesses, will host a firearm surrender program for the holidays Saturday and Sunday. Full Story »
Animal Control officers were searching for the owner of a Shetland pony found wandering the streets of Norwalk. Photo Gallery Full Story »
LAKEWOOD - Two suspects were arrested Wednesday night in connection with a robbery of a Farmers & Merchants Bank branch in Lakewood. Follow Long Beach area crime news Full Story »
LONG BEACH - An elderly woman who was trapped inside her house as a fire burned was rescued by an off-duty Orange County Fire Authority captain and her adult son Wednesday. Full Story »
Another winter has almost arrived, and for another year the opening of Long Beach's winter homeless shelter is uncertain. Full Story »
Seal Beach, Belmont Shore, Downey events are coming up. Full Story »
The omnipresent diva garnered the most Grammy nominations on Thursday with 10 nods. Full Story »
Automakers are pushing smaller, cheaper, greener - and fewer - cars and vans. Photo Gallery: LA Auto Show Full Story »
LONG BEACH - Chilling details from investigators and disturbing testimony from witnesses prompted a judge on Wednesday to order that a 21-year-old Mission Viejo man be tried for the murder of his 20-year-old girlfriend. Full Story »
An effort to remove several giant container tanks from near Los Cerritos Wetlands - by avoiding a complete environmental analysis - has provoked a solid front of opposition. Full Story »
LONG BEACH - The next four months will be full of difficult budget decisions for the Long Beach Unified School District, which faces the prospect of making $90 million in cuts over the next two fiscal years. Full Story »
As the economic struggles continue, the Salvation Army plans to, again, take some of the financial strain out of this year's holiday season. Full Story »
Holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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