Signal Tribune Newspaper

CJ Dablo
Staff Writer
Long Beach restaurants may now welcome dogs to outdoor patios thanks to a decision from the Long Beach City Council last Tuesday. The Council voted 7-0 to approve a new policy that gives restaurant owners the discretion to allow dogs to join their owners for a bite to eat in their outdoor dining areas. [...]

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Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Spending a day in the country might be an easy thing to do for Long Beach and Signal Hill residents in the not-too-distant future if lovers of the outdoors have their way. Last Saturday, Long Beach city officials and a landscape design group invited local residents to the first planning workshop for a [...]

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Michelle Lecours
Staff Writer

Long Beach Police Department’s East Division held its quarterly community gathering at the Groundwater Treatment Plant on Monday, outlining rising crime statistics for June 2012.
Long Beach’s east division encompasses approximately 170,000 of the half a million Long Beach residents and receives about 55,000 calls for service per year, said East Patrol Division Commander [...]

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By a unanimous vote, the City Council elected 1st District Councilmember Dr. Robert Garcia as the youngest vice mayor in the history of Long Beach and the first Latino to hold that post.
Garcia, now 34, is also the youngest person ever elected to the Long Beach City Council.

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The Long Beach Airport Area Complex supports 43,000 jobs and generates more than $11 billion into the regional economy, according to a new study that confirms the airport’s positive economic impact on the community.
“The Long Beach Airport is a powerful economic engine that supports thousands of well-paying jobs,” said Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster.

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