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LOS ANGELES >> Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein visited the Black Lives Matter encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall today where she said she agreed with the group’s demand that Mayor Eric Garcetti fire police Chief Charlie Beck. Stein pointed to the firing of police chiefs in other cities and said she came to Los Angeles City Hall today to “support the community that’s demanding justice by asking the police chief to step down.” “We need him to be replaced by someone who doesn’t simply dismiss death after death as being within police policy and refusing to even file charges,” Stein said. Beck in January did recommend that District Attoey Jackie Lacey file criminal char...

EXPOSITION PARK >> There were big crowds once again for the final day of the 13th aual FYF Fest at Exposition Park to see more than 20 acts close out the eclectic festival. The vibe at the Sunday concert was relatively relaxed and chill with the day headlined by LCD Soundsystem, the electronic dance rock collective who reunited to play the festival circuit. Also on the bill for the last day was 68-year-old Grace Jones, Blood Orange, which consists of singer-guitarists Dev Hynes, and young hip hop acts Rae Sremmurd and Young Thug. While Saturday’s event saw long lines both inside the event grounds and to get into the main gate, on Sunday the line to get into Exposition Park ran a littl...

Long Beach’s Plaing Commission will decide Thursday whether to allow plans and permitting for the Belmont Beach and Aquatic Center to move forward. If all the approvals are granted, the $103 million project would move on to the City Council, then the state Coastal Commission. The center is designed to replace the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, which was to down after engineers determined the natatorium was in danger of collapse in the event of an earthquake. The proposed replacement, designed by architect Michael Rotondi, includes two Olympic-sized pools (one inside a structure, the other outside), an indoor diving well, a recreational pool and other amenities. If approved, a transparent oval ...

Heal the Bay has upgraded its Beach Report Card website and app to include, for the first time, real-time pollution predictions in the surf zones at five Southe Califoia beaches. Until now, Califoia beachgoers had to rely only on water-quality testing results delivered weekly, with delays of a day or two for lab work, to find out if there were unhealthy levels of fecal bacteria or other health-hazardous pollution. The “nowcasts” are a feature on the site and mobile app currently available for only a handful of beaches — including Belmont Pier in Long Beach and Santa Monica Pier, but 20 more surf zones will be added by next year. The environmental nonprofit partnered with Stanford University...

Plaing beach days may be a little easier thanks to a new water quality prediction tool that forecasts bacteria levels at a handful of Califoia beaches — and Long Beach is one of them. Heal the Bay, known for its aual Beach Report Card, offers daily “nowcasts” based on various environmental conditions, such as rainfall, waves, tides and past bacteria concentrations. The information is available via a free mobile app or through Heal the Bay’s website. Created in collaboration with Stanford University, UCLA and Heal the Bay, spokesman Matthew King said the “nowcast” system makes predictions during the summer months (April 1 to Oct. 31) at five beaches: Belmont Pier in Long Beach; Doheny State B...

Country music’s Stagecoach Festival is set to ride out with Old Dominion and Steve Moakler on a new tour that stops in L.A. Tickets for the Stagecoach Spotlight: Old Dominion Meat and Candy Tour go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday to the general public — and as soon as Tuesday for fans who head to Old Dominion’s website. The show — with Old Dominion as headliners and Moakler as special guest — is set for Dec. 3 at Novo by Microsoft. “Stagecoach Spotlight Tour allows us to continue and strengthen artist relationships outside of a festival setting as well as creating awareness of the festival nationwide,” said Stacy Vee, talent buyer for Stagecoach and the inaugural Stagecoach Spotlight Tour in an ...

PHELAN >> For years, residents of Phelan, Wrightwood and the West Cajon Valley area have made the Mountain Top Cafe a gathering place. “Sometimes a bunch of us retired law enforcement guys get together here some moings and just talk,” said John Gress of West Cajon Valley. “We’ve been coming here for 30 years,” his wife, Mary Gress, chimed in. On Tuesday, the popular eating spot became a hub for residents, firefighters and other emergency persoel escaping the devastating Blue Cut fire. • More coverage: Blue Cut fire bus into 3rd day, 15 Freeway reopens as some evacuations lifted The Mountain Top Cafe sits on the southe coer of highways 138 and 2, making it an ideal place for people to ...

If it seems like toxic algae blooms are appearing almost everywhere across Califoia this summer, that’s because they are. “We’re getting blooms in areas that we’ve not seen them before or not known to have been there before,” said Beverley Anderson-Abbs, an environmental scientist for the State Water Resources Control Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program. A new interactive map on the Califoia Water Quality Monitoring Council’s website shows the more than 30 lakes and rivers across the state where blooms of cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, have developed. In some cases, the blooms are producing dangerous toxins that sicken people and animals, prompting no-swimmin...

It’s a royal makeover for a lady with a long legacy. The Queen Mary’s new leaseholders aounced Wednesday a $15 million renovation of staterooms and other interior spaces of a vessel that once hosted the likes of Winston Churchill and numerous fighting men who embarked upon the ship on their way to the European Theater during World War II. Urban Commons, a Los Angeles real estate firm, has held the master lease for the ship and an adjacent 43 acres since April. Long Beach’s city govement owns the 80-year-old vessel, now in use as a shoreside hotel, and City Hall officials selected Urban Commons to assume control of the ship and nearby land partly due to expectations that the firm’s persoel ha...

It’s a royal makeover for a lady with a long legacy. The Queen Mary’s new leaseholders aounced Wednesday a $15 million renovation of staterooms and other interior spaces of a vessel that once hosted the likes of Winston Churchill and numerous fighting men who embarked upon the ship on their way to the European Theater during World War II. Urban Commons, a Los Angeles real estate firm, has held the master lease for the ship and an adjacent 43 acres since April. Long Beach’s city govement owns the 80-year-old vessel, now in use as a shoreside hotel, and City Hall officials selected Urban Commons to assume control of the ship and nearby land partly due to expectations that the firm’s persoel ha...

The downtown Long Beach intersection where an unknown shooter killed a woman and her young daughter Saturday night has been transformed into a place of public mouing. The intersection, where E. Ninth Street crosses Locust Avenue in a usually quiet neighborhood, was the scene of a Monday night vigil where several mouers gathered to grieve for Carina Mancera, 26, and daughter Jeabel Anaya, 4. Additionally, a gym called Epic Strong aounced plans to host a Saturday evening event called LB Love Your Community Walk. Plans, which organizers said are still pending, call for participants to mee...

RIO DE JANEIRO — American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, Muhammad made history. Muhammad became the first American athlete Monday to compete in the Olympics with a hijab, which she wears to adhere to the tenets of her Muslim faith. Muhammad, ranked eighth in the world in sabre, beat Ukranian Olena Kravatska 15-13 in her first match before falling to France’s Cecilia Berder 15-12 in the round of 16. Muhammad will compete again on Saturday in the team sabre event. “I feel like it’s a blessing to be able to represent so many people who don’t have voices, who don’...

What to watch: The United States women’s gymnastics team begin 2016 Olympics competition that will feature Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles and Aly Raisman. The U.S. women’s basketball team led by Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, will play Senegal in a Group B preliminary round game. The team will look to have the same success the men’s team did in its victory over China. The day will also feature qualify heats in various swimming events. For more check the TV Listings for Sunday, August 7 (Day 2) U.S. Medal Count: Gold: 1 Silver: 4 Bronze: 0 Stories: • Sam Mikulak, U.S. men advance to Olympic gymnastics team final • Miller: Casey Patterson makes some noise at beach volleyball venue • First gold meda...

While Long Beach may not be duplicating the 32-member delegation that represented the city during the London Olympics in 2012, the city will still have a large group of athletes and coaches with coections to Long Beach in Rio. Here’s a look at who’s competing in 2016’s #TeamLB. Regular updates on all the locals will be posted on our Twitter account, @PTGazetteSports. Ricardo Azevedo A Wilson High School alumnus and the father of Bruins’ Olympian Tony Azevedo, Ricardo Azevedo is an impressive entry in his own right. Azevedo will retu to the Olympics once again this year as the head coach of the Chinese women’s national team. Tony Azevedo The star of the Olympics from Long Beach this year, me...

While Long Beach may not be duplicating the 32-member delegation that represented the city during the London Olympics in 2012, the city will still have a large group of athletes and coaches with coections to Long Beach in Rio. Here’s a look at who’s competing in 2016’s #TeamLB. Regular updates on all the locals will be posted on our Twitter account, @PTGazetteSports. Ricardo Azevedo A Wilson High School alumnus and the father of Bruins’ Olympian Tony Azevedo, Ricardo Azevedo is an impressive entry in his own right. Azevedo will retu to the Olympics once again this year as the head coach of the Chinese women’s national team. Tony Azevedo The star of the Olympics from Long Beach this year, me...

While Long Beach may not be duplicating the 32-member delegation that represented the city during the London Olympics in 2012, the city will still have a large group of athletes and coaches with coections to the city in Rio. Here’s a look at who’s competing in 2016’s #TeamLB. Regular updates on all the locals will be posted on our Twitter account, @PTGazetteSports. Ricardo Azevedo A Wilson High School alum and the father of Bruins’ Olympian Tony Azevedo, Ricardo Azevedo is an impressive entry in his own right. Azevedo will retu to the Olympics once again this year as the head coach of the Chinese women’s national team. Tony Azevedo The star of the Olympics from Long Beach this year, men’s w...

A large group of Olympic volunteers pose for a picture in front of a set of Olympic rings in the Olympic Park in the Barra area of the games. (Michael Goulding/Orange County Register) Live headlines, photos, updates from Southe Califoia News Group reporters Scott Reid and Jeff Miller, with updates via twitter from 50 Southe Califoia athletes. Viewing on mobile? See full stream. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

A pair of cider aficionados determined to build a business rooted in their enthusiasm for the beverage on Thursday will open a specialty pub devoted almost exclusively on cider and mead, a fermented honey beverage. “What we decided was, right now what the industry really needs was not another cider maker, but a place to drink it at,” said Otto Radtke, co-owner of Great Society Cider & Mead. Radtke and his wife, Brenda, live in Long Beach and own the pub together. Established near the crossing of Broadway and Atlantic Avenue, Great Society is the first business the couple have started. The pub’s interior, appointed with light-colored wood elements, rustic-looking tables, a bartop crafted...

Think of it as a direct coection from the seaside to Silicon Valley. JetBlue Airways Corp. aounced plans to begin direct flights for the first time from Long Beach Airport to Mineta San Jose Inteational Airport in early January. The airline, which operates more flights from LGB than any other carrier, has also committed to increasing its flights from Long Beach to three other destinations in the weste United States — San Francisco, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Through June, total passenger departures from LGB are up 3 percent. JetBlue’s latest move to increase flights from the airport follows its March aouncement of new flights to Reno-Tahoe Inteational Airport and June’s arrival of Southwe...

Each year, Americans throw out 66 billion pounds of food — organic material wasting away at the bottom of a landfill. While successful programs recycle tons of aluminum cans, glass, plastic, cardboard, and newspaper and help account for 63 percent of waste diverted from landfills in Califoia, you can’t say the same about table scraps. With no widespread re-use and few programs, food waste has emerged as one of the biggest categories of refuse filling up the nation’s landfills, making up 18 percent of the trash buried in Califoia landfills, according to state records. Aside from the social issues of Americans wasting billions of pounds of food every year, there’s an environmental problem. Or...