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County Moves to Streamline Film Permits and Explore $100M Innovation Fund for Entertainment Industry

The motion also calls for an exploration of a public-private evergreen fund, a proposed $80 to $100 million investment strategy…

1 year ago

Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center Reaffirms Commitment to the Long Beach Community, Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes Following Lawsuit

  LONG BEACH — Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center or SMMC in July reaffirmed its dedication to the…

1 year ago

Ports Briefs: Tariff ‘Whipsaw Effect’ Brings POLA New Cargo Record and POLB Kicks Off Terminal Expansion

Bobby Djavaheri, President of Yedi Houseware, a family-owned business in Los Angeles, joined Seroka for the briefing. Djavaheri discussed the…

1 year ago

45,000 Grocery Workers at Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions Vote Yes to Ratify New Contracts

The contracts were reached after months of negotiations and active participation from thousands of Southern California grocery workers. 

1 year ago

CEQA Reform Deserved Transparency, Not a Backroom Deal

What we opposed, firmly, was the last-minute insertion of sweeping CEQA reform language drawn from Assembly Bill 609 (Wicks) into…

1 year ago

AI Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Detection Now Covered for Many Southern California Women

RadNet’s EBCD program uses AI to help its breast radiologists detect even subtle lesions by pointing out areas of suspicion…

1 year ago

Long Beach Launches Lowcost Internet Service Enrollment Line

  The City of Long Beach July 3 launched the internet service enrollment line, a new hotline and digital inclusion…

1 year ago

Letters to the Editor: Media Misinformation, Public Uprising, and the Power of Collective Action

Misleading Media Coverage TV coverage of today's No Kings demonstrations in Torrance, elsewhere in Southern California, and across the country…

1 year ago

A Leap of Faith and a Latte

Cardenas, now just 30, started his adventure at 24. His biggest challenge was convincing his wife, Mia Cardenas, to leap…

1 year ago

City Stonewalls Public Records Request

Nonetheless, on four separate occasions, the BOE attempted to close RLn’s request without disclosing all records, making explicit claims to…

1 year ago