Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia Stepping Down from the Metro Board
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Robert Garcia states that there are "other opportunities ahead that I would like to pursue."
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Five-Unit Affordable Housing Complex for Adults with Disabilities to Open in Long Beach
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In Long Beach, on Redondo Avenue between First Street and Broadway, a parcel has been converted to a five-unit affordable housing complex specifically for adults with developmental disabilities
Open Thread: Long Beach’s Beach Streets and CicLAvia 30
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This weekend saw not one, but two, open streets events in L.A. County. If you attended, or have thoughts about either, please leave them in the comments section below. Saturday saw the 6th annual Beach Streets come to 2.5 miles of Pacific Avenue. In addition to opening the streets to bicyclists, pedestrians and any and […]
The pleasant surprises (and many frustrations) with Metro’s temporary shuttles as Blue Line closure begins
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Metro's "New Blue" rehabilitation has temporarily closed the lower end of the Blue Line. Replacement buses are making the Long Beach to L.A. an exhaustingly long trek.
Long Beach Post Maps Pedestrian Crashes
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This story originally appeared on LongBeachize at the Long Beach Post. To read the original post, or work with the interactive map, click here. Over the past five and a half years, there have been almost 2,000 times when someone walking through Long Beach was hit by a car, motorcycle, bicycle or other type of vehicle. There were 1,982 […]
Long Beach Architects Partner with Religious Leaders to Convert Church Properties into Bridge Housing
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Collaborating with the Long Beach firm Studio One Eleven, the unexpected partnership is examining hundreds of church properties throughout the county and looking into how these properties could act as bridge housing for the homeless.