Signal Tribune Newspaper

By Don Knabe, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Fourth District

A few weeks ago, I received a deeply troubling briefing regarding minor girls who are being bought and sold as prostitutes across Los Angeles County. Some of these girls are as young as 11 and 12.
While we often think of child sex trafficking as a problem in [...]

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(Part 3 of a three-part series on gangs in Long Beach)
by Doug Haubert
Long Beach City Prosecutor
Over the past two weeks I have written about the gang problems that are endemic to Long Beach and have plagued our city for years. This is the third part of my three-part report on where we stand in our [...]

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by Larry Forester
Mayor of Signal Hall
The City of Signal Hill has a long history of redevelopment successes. The Agency was created in 1974 to deal with the blight created by 70 years of oil field operations and to induce development in order to create a tax base for the City. The Agency is the financial [...]

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(Part 2 of a three-part series on gangs in Long Beach)
by Doug Haubert
Long Beach City Prosecutor
Last week, I wrote about the death and devastation that follows the Gang Life. Gang membership typically leads to only two outcomes: a sudden, violent death on the streets, or a slow death behind bars.
I told the story of one [...]

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Alan Lowenthal
State Senator
In March of 1933, a massive 6.3 earthquake destroyed more than 70 schools and severely damaged another 120 in my hometown of Long Beach. Dozens more schools outside of Long Beach were also damaged and destroyed.
As a direct result, and only 30 days after the earthquake, the state Legislature passed the Field [...]

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