Long Beach is a “crazy place”?
June 10th, 2010Long Beach Police Officer Stabbed
June 10th, 2010Boeing Strike In Long Beach Ends
June 10th, 2010
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) ―
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- Federal Mediator Pushes Talks To End Boeing Strike
(6/4/2010) - Nearly 2,000 Boeing Workers Strike In Long Beach
(5/11/2010)
Boeing Co. workers who assemble C-17 planes in Long Beach have ended a month long strike that shut down the production line for the jumbo cargo jets in a feud over medical and pension benefits.
Nearly all the 1,700 United Aerospace Workers Local 148 mechanics walked out May 11 and a federal mediator brought negotiators together last week.
A deal was struck Monday and the union urged ratification.
Boeing spokeswoman Cindy Anderson said in a statement early Thursday that the union workers ratified a new 58-month contract and could return to work “as early as Thursday and no later than Monday.”
The union website tells members: “The contract has been ratified. Return to work.”
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Sewage Spill Closes SoCal Beaches - DO NOT SWIM
July 28th, 2009In Long Beach, a 1000 gallon sewage spill has forced Mother’s Beach to be closed , Marine Stadium and Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach.
Spill entered the storm drain system about a quarter mile from the Los Cerritos channel
Solar energy helps to power huge ship at Port of Long Beach
July 5th, 2009Visitors are allowed to come aboard and view the 328 solar panels on the Auriga Leader while it is docked at the Port of Long Beach. …
Long Beach rocket launch venture files for bankruptcy
July 5th, 2009Sea Launch fires satellites into space from a floating platform at sea and a land facility in Kazakhstan. Its owners include Boeing as well as Russian, Norwegian and Ukrainian partners.
2-ex Marines guilty of murdering SoCal man
July 5th, 2009AP LONG BEACH, Calif.—A jury has found two former Marines guilty of murdering a 22-year-old Long Beach man in a dispute over a laptop
Long Beach Chrysler-Jeep Dealership Closes After Bankruptcy
July 5th, 2009One of the most recent impacts was closure of Long Beach Chrysler-Jeep, at 2800 Cherry Ave. It was not a total surprise — Chrysler had filed for bankruptcy …
6 injured, including 1 critically, in Long Beach freeway crash
July 2nd, 2009Los Angeles Times - Jul 2, 2009
Six people were injured, one of them critically, in a five-car collision on the eastbound 91 Freeway in Long Beach early this morning, authorities said. …
2 small planes collide over ocean off SoCal coastAirplane debris is recovered after reported midair collision south of Long Beach
May 19th, 2009LONG BEACH
Airplane debris is recovered
Searchers recovered a portion of landing gear and other debris offshore Monday near the site of a reported midair collision of two small planes about five miles south of Long Beach Harbor, according to authorities.
The collision was reported at 5:45 p.m. by the pilot of a third plane who saw the planes crash into the sea, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor.
“One of the planes was a Cessna 172 from Long Beach Airport,” Gregor said. “We do not know where the other craft departed from.”
U.S. Coast Guard, Long Beach Fire Department and Los Angeles Police Department vessels were dispatched to the scene to search for possible survivors.
Jackawa Jackson, a spokesman for the Long Beach Fire Department, said that divers would be sent in to search the waters “when it is safe to do so.”
Fire Department searchers discovered the debris roughly an hour after the collision.
“The debris is scattered across a large area of water from 93 to 115 feet deep,” Jackson said.
“We do not know how many victims were on board,” he said.
– Louis Sahagun
SAN BERNARDINO
Kidnap suspects are identified
Authorities on Monday identified two men they believe kidnapped 3-year-old Briant Rodriguez from his San Bernardino home along with a woman they describe as a “person of interest” in the case.
The suspects, Liberato Vega, 30, and Israel Ledesma Moreno, 28, may be in Mexico and warrants have been issued for their arrest, said San Bernardino County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodie Miller. Both are illegal immigrants who have been deported before.
Vega’s girlfriend, Claudia Acosta-Serrano, 21, is also wanted for questioning, Miller said.
Briant was kidnapped on May 3 after the two men ransacked the home, tied up his family and took him away at gunpoint. He was found in Mexicali, Mexico, last Thursday and reunited with his mother Saturday.
No motive for the kidnapping has been established. Sheriff’s investigators and the FBI said Monday that they had not ruled out a possible narcotics connection but did not elaborate. Neither of Rodriguez’s parents are suspects.
– David Kelley
VERNON