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WEBSep 11, 2024 — Long Beach plans to cut 70 public health jobs including epidemiologists, outbreak response. Amid a tuberculosis emergency and summer COVID surge, mass layoffs of health workers are expected in September. Workers say they’ll be left “critically understaffed.”. by John Donegan August 21, 2024. Education.
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WEBSep 11, 2024 — by Alejandro Lazo, CalMatters September 26, 2024. Three new oil well laws come after the Newsom administration delayed enforcement of an existing law protecting communities near wells. Long Beach street vendors are struggling to comply with new rules. Few are fully licensed.
Boeing bridges Long Beach’s two aerospace booms - Long Beach …
WEBNov 1, 2021 — The global behemoth, which now occupies about half a million square feet of office space in Long Beach, is the last vestige of the city’s first aerospace boom, which began in 1940 when representatives of the Douglas Aircraft Company bought a 200-acre site near Daugherty Field (now Long Beach Airport) for $1,000 per acre.
Nearly 400 commercial properties sit empty in Long Beach; those …
WEBAug 30, 2024 — In the city of Long Beach, hundreds of slivers of property go unused and sometimes blighted. In Downtown alone, more than 90 properties totaling about 1.25 million square feet sit empty. In an effort to remedy this, city officials with Long Beach’s Economic Development Department announced Thursday their launch of the Vacancy to Vibrancy Real Estate Map, an online tool that identifies vacant ...
Year in review: 2022 brought both challenges and success to Long …
WEBDec 26, 2022 — With just a few days left of 2022, it’s time to look back at what the year meant for some of the biggest industries in Long Beach.
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WEBby Staff Reports April 8, 2024. By 2031, Long Beach’s waterfront could look almost unrecognizable. Here’s what’s planned. by Brandon Richardson April 1, 2024. 1 2 3 … 38.
Business Journal begins new chapter with new editor
WEBSep 23, 2021 — Hayley Munguia. I am thrilled to announce the hire of a new editor, Hayley Munguia, who began leading coverage of the Long Beach Business Journal Monday, Sept. 20.
Business in Downtown Long Beach is slowly rebounding
WEBOct 26, 2021 — Despite some residual hesitation to gather in large crowds—and businesses’ troubles finding workers to serve drinks, bus tables or ring up sales—business in Downtown Long Beach is slowly rebounding after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Downtown Long Beach Alliance’s newly released annual retail snapshot.
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WEBMar 25, 2019 — Pacific Gateway Receives National Honor, $300,000 Grant On March 13, Pacific Gateway, the workforce development arm of the City of Long Beach, received a $300,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation for winning first place in the 2018 CommunityWINS competition held by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the foundation. The organization received the honor […]