Details about the future project have not been announced, but under the Southeast Area Specific Plan, it cannot be taller than five stories.

Zillow announced early last month that it would close Zillow Offers, the arm of its business that buys and resells houses online. The news highlighted a small sector of the residential real estate industry that gained more attention during the COVID-19 pandemic: iBuying.

Inventory is at a historical low, and the market is being dominated by investors and cash buyers. Taken together, those two factors don’t bode well for traditional homebuyers, even as the market appears to cool.

Despite the city’s best efforts, the development of affordable—and moderate-income—housing remains well below targets outlined by the state’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), which projects housing needs and the number of units each city must create to keep up with that need.

The new fee could have gone into effect Nov. 29 after the most recent delay, but officials announced it has been pushed back until Dec. 6 at the earliest.

If all goes according to plan, the co-op can open by October 2022.

Unemployment in Long Beach continues to inch downward but remains above Los Angeles County and the state as a whole.

On Nov. 27, shoppers are encouraged to skip the trip to chain stores and shop with their local small businesses instead. To help sweeten the deal, business improvement districts across the city have come up with activities that give shoppers an opportunity to learn more about the locally owned businesses in their area and even win gift cards for shopping there.

This season especially, in the wake of a pandemic that throttled small businesses, we recommend getting off the couch, putting your phone down, and shopping local.

Your trash bill will likely go up. The city will have to purchase tens of thousands of new waste bins and will likely have to purchase new trucks and employ more refuse workers to make sure the organic material is hauled away to processing sites.

The projected growth in passenger numbers will contribute to the airport's ongoing rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials first announced the new charge last month, and it was originally slated to go into effect Nov. 1. But it appears the mere threat of the penalty has spurred more container movement, and implementation the fee has been postponed multiple times since.

Founded during the AIDS epidemic of the mid-80s and early 90s, the CARE Center at St. Mary Medical Center was once squarely focused on helping HIV-positive patients survive the deadly disease. Today, helping patients in the LGBTQ community take care of their mental health, alleviating housing insecurity and prevention are at the core of its mission—and so is helping them escape the grasp of a new pandemic.

The listing price is substantially higher than what the property fetched just two years ago when current owner, Newport Beach-based private equity firm Fort Ashford Funds, bought it for $29 million from New York-based Fortress Investment Group.

After some delays during the pandemic, which according to the developers led to shortages in building materials and staffing limitations, Shoreline Gateway’s first residential tenants moved into their units in September.

Located at 6378 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., the 8,800-square-foot showroom is making a home in a space adjacent to AMC Marina Pacifica 12, which has been vacant since mid-2020 after being vacated by Pier 1 Imports.

In an attempt to centralize how it assisted businesses through the crisis, Long Beach announced last November that it was launching a new program called BizCare as a kind of one-stop-shop for small business owners. So one year into the program, I was curious to learn how successful it’s been in its mission.

Both deals are with Japan-based companies and come as Virgin Orbit is gearing up for its third and final launch of the year next month.

Dubbed “Love At First Insight,” the mission delivered two satellites into a circular orbit 430 kilometers (more than 267 miles) above Earth’s surface for BlackSky, a real-time geospatial monitoring company.

As the pandemic has waned and infection rates in the U.S. have remained below those of last year’s surges, hospital nurses, paramedics and caretakers of the elderly have seen some respite. Still, mixed in with relief and hope are fear and frustration about those who refuse to be vaccinated or follow safety protocols, and the ongoing risk of infection.

The news came amid a DLBA-led investigation into longtime president and CEO Kraig Kojian for alleged mistreatment of employees.

An increased number of flights by the largest air carrier gave a boost to passenger traffic at Long Beach Airport in October after months of lagging recovery, airport officials said Wednesday.

“We are going to be front and center," the governor said. "We're going to be aggressive. We're going to be bold, and we're going to demand our fair share of investment.”

Since the emergence of COVID-19 almost two years ago, medical facilities have faced an onslaught of challenges—from overcrowding to budgetary shortfalls to staff shortages. Some of the challenges were the result of the pandemic and some were exacerbated by it, but many hurdles remain, according to hospital executives.

As of Wednesday morning, the emergency department will no longer accept ambulance dispatches. The department will fully, permanently close one week later.

Medical procedures as seemingly innocuous as a cast removal can be stressful for young children and even teens, according to medical experts. So to alleviate—or at the very least distract from—some of that stress, staff at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center's campus have turned to virtual reality.

It’s a future none of us want to see happen in Long Beach or in any other community.

Port officials said the ports will "delay consideration" of the container dwell fee until at least Nov. 22, citing progress in clearing containers without the penalty fee.

Closed Loop Plastics, a Long Beach-based startup working to broaden the types of plastic materials that can be recycled and reused, is looking to expand operations from its Westside warehouse to at least one more location in California.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill Monday, the White House announced earlier this week.

The Port of Long Beach marked its second-busiest October on record last month, despite capacity limitations at marine terminals that have impeded cargo flows at the port.

"Considering the strength of the economy, the overall surge in demand for goods, the extraordinary purchasing power of consumers (aided by coronavirus relief spending), and the 'shop early' messaging," CSULB Economics Chair Seiji Steimetz said, "I wouldn’t be surprised if we have a record-setting Black Friday and holiday shopping season."

“I’m really grateful,” Shenica Hadaway, mother of 6-month-old Zhavia, said after the surgery. “After the next few days and weeks pass, it’s good to get back to being normal.”

City Manager Tom Modica issued the order Oct. 22 that lifted the city’s rule that limits containers to being stacked two high outside of the port area. There is no limit inside the port-related industrial zone.

Changes to the city’s policy will now require affordable units to remain affordable for at least 55 years and would last through the entire life of the project instead of being phased out. The same would apply to units that are created under the city’s no-net-loss provision, which requires developers to replace affordable housing demolished to build new units at a one-to-one ratio.

"If you look at where investment dollars can do more," a senior administration official told the Business Journal, "the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach stack up very well."

Zhavia Hadaway, a 6-month-old from Barbados, was born with a fatal heart defect and will be the first child treated under the partnership. Her heart surgery is scheduled for Tuesday morning.

Collection will begin April 1, 2022, with zero-emission trucks exempt.

Employers in Long Beach emphasized their attempts to be more flexible with schedules and time off; new programs to foster a sense of community and more open culture around mental health; and efforts to better inform workers about employee assistance programs and other benefits that predated the pandemic.

The U.S. has entered a new era in space exploration, and Long Beach is determined to be right at the center of it. 

The move lets MWN—and the city—avoid paying tens of millions of dollars for seismic repairs at the property, a burden that prompted the previous operator, MemorialCare, to abandon the facility.

Fans of the company’s iconic red, white and blue-packaged beef tamales and chili con carne can now order them through XLNT’s new website for shipment anywhere in the contiguous U.S.

Recently, the therapist, who has been working in Long Beach for nearly three decades, was voted best mental health provider in the city by readers of the Long Beach Post in the annual Best of Long Beach contest. So how does Daniels achieve her widely heralded results?

“This is a multi-faceted problem and it will require multi-faceted action,” said Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach.

The shopping center in southeast Long Beach opened two years ago.

Not unlike the universe it has set out to explore, Rocket Lab has been in a constant state of expansion since its founding in 2006 by Peter Beck. And since the company’s move to Long Beach at the start of 2020, that expansion has been accelerating—from new mission contracts to acquisitions to going public.

The company is offering first-time Long Beach customers a 15% discount, valid through Nov. 31, with the promo code “LONGBEACH15.”

Providing care for patients despite restrictions on in-person meetings has required a significant change in protocol among therapists—and caused a shift toward providing virtual services that is likely to have a lasting impact.

To qualify for the one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, families will have to earn between 30-60% of the area's median income, according to the developers, while 20 units will be reserved for formerly homeless seniors. Rents will range between $398 and $1,762 per month depending on the size of the apartment.

In Long Beach, on-dock rail expansion accounts for $1 billion of the port’s projected $1.6 billion worth of capital improvement projects planned for the next decade, according to spokesman Lee Peterson.

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.

Passenger traffic remains well below pre-pandemic levels at Long Beach Airport, with percentage changes from 2019 to 2021 remaining flat from August to September, according to data released Wednesday.

The Port of Long Beach for the first time last year reached all of its 2023 emission-reduction goals outlined in the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, despite moving record cargo volumes.

Thursday’s lease approval comes five months after the commission agreed to a similar lease with Hawthorne-based SpaceX for 6.5 acres adjacent to the future ABL site.

The store, slated to open in spring 2022, will allow customers to meet with design specialists who will assist them with planning and ordering furniture and decor.

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.

Beginning Nov. 1, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles announced ocean carriers will be charged for every container that lingers within the port complex—for nine days or more if being moved by truck, and three days or more if being moved by rail.

Twelve people with various disabilities took off from the Long Beach Airport last week on a mission that allowed them to float weightless in simulated space environments—in the name of science and a more accessible final frontier.

Appropriately zoned properties will be allowed to stack up to four containers, up from two as outlined by the city's municipal code.

The plaintiffs want an injunction directing the companies to pay for relocation and future medical monitoring expenses as a result of the nauseating gas, as well as unspecified damages.

How much should the owner of Restauration pay to avoid facing criminal charges for defying coronavirus rules? It's in a judge's hands now.

A letter from a former employee accused DLBA President Kraig Kojian of "workplace bullying and a toxic work environment, largely inflicted upon women workers."

A coalition of more than a dozen California business and industry groups issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying an executive order issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier in the day did not “provide the sense of urgency” needed to address the ongoing supply chain crisis.

Big box retailers moving product through California will soon have to take a closer look at the company they keep—or pay the price. 

Among other programs, Food Finders provides a bag of four to six meals per family at 15 schools across Long Beach, but in the coming year, this will double to 30 schools.

Amid ongoing and unprecedented congestion at the San Pedro Bay ports, Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday signed an executive order directing state agencies to continue identifying ways to alleviate bottlenecks.

The city’s port authority does not own all of the land within the Port of Long Beach. But it appears port officials are looking to change that.

State legislators will hear from port leaders, the California Retailers Association, labor advocates and at least one major railroad company.

Other area hospitals said some employees chose to leave rather than receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but most staff—more than 90%—are vaccinated.

Poor trade policy and “more than a decade of underinvestment” in West Coast ports have left the agencies vulnerable, the LA Port director said, to the challenges caused by the uptick in cargo they’re now seeing.

How have the ports been investing their money, along with funds they receive from the federal government and other agencies?

Solita offers Mexican street tacos, classic Mexican dishes, sweets and a wide selection of mezcal and tequila. The restaurant pulls inspiration from Baja California's laid-back casual style with fire pits, open bars and outdoor dining.

Although the settlement amount represents only a fraction of the damages sought by the drivers, the group suing XPO Port Services considered the outcome a “stellar result,” according to court documents. 

The Port of Long Beach had its second-busiest September on record last month, according to numbers the port released Thursday afternoon. However, an unprecedented number of vessels waiting off the coast to unload cargo has cast a shadow over the port’s success.

While the ports are indeed working to speed up the flow of goods, the reality is that it will take time for the busiest port complex in the country to significantly ramp up cargo movement, port officials said after the speech, adding that no terminal operates 24/7.

Travel restrictions that prevent foreign nationals from entering the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with a clogged supply chain, have left hundreds of seafarers stuck at sea aboard cargo vessels.

A decision on how and where they’ll be able to operate and whether the industry will be taxed more is still months away.

This marks the fifth consecutive year Long Beach has won the award—more than any other bureau or center.

When a loved one can no longer live independently, there are many options for residential care programs. One option is a board and care...

Deepening the waterways, in some cases by as little as 4 feet, would allow some ships to enter and exit the Port of Long Beach much more quickly, ultimately lowering national transportation costs.