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    Long Beach Medical Center, children’s hospital nurses go on 1-day strike for better staffing, safety

    Union nurses at LB Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital strike to demand a fair contract and to protect patient safety in Long Beach on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
    Nurses at Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital walked out on a one-day strike on Thursday, May 22.
    Union nurses at LB Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital strike to demand a fair contract and to protect patient safety in Long Beach on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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    Two homeless people share a tent overlooking Junipero Beach at Bixby Park in Long Beach on Monday, May 12, 2025. Governor Gavin Newsom is urging California’s local governments to begin clearing homeless encampments, escalating the state’s efforts to ban makeshift camps on sidewalks and in parks. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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    A vermilion star on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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    Chinitos Tacos’ Beeline Krouch prepares Cambodian specialties at the kickoff for the first ever Cambodian Restaurant Week on Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023, at Long Beach City College in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

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    • The Congressional Cup, the ‘granddaddy’ of match racing, returns for 60th running

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    Spectators line the parade route along Ocean Boulevard for the 41st Long Beach Pride Parade on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

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    • Theater/Arts: Up & Away Festival, celebrating indie music and art, kicks off this weekend

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    Mayor Rex Richardson at the groundbreaking for the Long Beach Rescue Mission’s Timothy House on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Photo by Christina Merino, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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    Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson writes about housing affordability.
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    • Inside Cal State Long Beach: Celebrating the class of 2025 and a remarkable 75th anniversary year

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    Justin Anthony Long, Tanya De León, Ruben Estrada Bravoz, and Alysia N. Beltran during a post-reading talkback after Sueños in the 2024 Musical Theatre West New Works Reading Festival. (Photo courtesy of MTW).

    Theater/Arts: Shakespeare Company’s New Works Festival is back

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    A high volume of water flows from a discharge pump on Alamitos Bay on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)

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    Former Long Beach City Manager and businessmen Gerald ” Jerry ” Miller speaks after he was inducted into the Long Beach City College Hall of Fame, at a luncheon held at the LBCC Liberal Art campus on Oct. 29, 2010.  (Photo by Stephen Carr, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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