Sports has the potential to become a greater economic engine for Long Beach — whether it’s the Olympics, professional baseball or women’s hockey. That’s according to Mayor Rex Richardson, who spoke to ...

AMES, Iowa — It didn’t take long to see the Long Beach State men’s basketball team was facing a different kind of opponent. Tangling with an unbeaten top-five team on its home court proved to be far ...

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It's been nearly one year since Proposition 36 took effect in California, an effort to tighten laws around property and drug crimes while expanding access to treatment instead of jail for nonviolent ...

Nishtha Mohendra succeeds Dawn Price, who has helmed the homeless services agency for years. Price says hiring Mohendra is ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Colby Garland scored 10 of his 27 points in overtime to lead San Jose State Spartans to an 89-83 victory over Long Beach State Beach on Tuesday night. Garland added five rebounds ...

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More than 9,000 people came to Colorado last year on the J-1 visa, working as physicians, professors, researchers, ski ...

Huntington Beach lost another round in its legal battle to resist the state’s requirements for affordable housing, officials said Thursday. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to review an ...

Delray Beach Vice Mayor Rob Long won the special election on Dec. 9 to represent Florida's 90th House District, securing the seat left vacant after the July death of state Rep. Joe Casello. Long, a ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's federal ...