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BTS adds second Rose Bowl show after the K-pop international superstar boy band’s first sells out...

After the Saturday, May 4 show at the Rose Bowl sold out in minutes the boys of BTS booked a second night on Sunday, May 5.

Coachella 2022: Anitta fans are thrilled as Snoop Dogg and Saweetie join Brazilian star onstage

Fans react to Anitta’s 2022 Coachella performance which included surprise appearances by the superstar rappers.

Long Beach rapper Vince Staples has a new web series highlighting his music and ‘wild situations’

Episode 1 of “The Vince Staples Show” includes a brawl in a barbershop.

K-pop superstars Mamamoo bring debut U.S. tour to Kia Forum in Inglewood

K-pop superstars Mamamoo will perform June 2 at Oakland Arena and June 4 at the KIA Forum in Inglewood. Tickets go on sale March 29.

Nuns improperly took as much as $500,000 from Torrance Catholic school

“We were an ATM and people know it and they won’t ask for justice,” one parent said.

Jackson Wang, Rina Sawayama, Rich Brian standout at Head In The Clouds Festival

The two-day event kicked off at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Aug. 5 and continues on Aug. 6. It celebrates the best of Asian and Asian American music, which means a whole lot of great...

Cal State Long Beach ranks 13th in nation for best college for your value

Money Magazine compared 744 universities across three categories: quality of education, affordability and outcome.

Rising Japan MusicFest debuts in Norco with a musical and culinary celebration of Japanese culture

Music, food plus sake and beer from Japan will take the center stage at this new weekend festival

Long Beach MMA fighter Antonio McKee returns money to Bellator 228 opponent who missed weight

The 49-year-old MMA veteran, upset the California State Athletic Commission received half of William Sriyapai’s fine, gives his half back to the opponent he defeated by TKO on Saturday at The Forum.

The Kid Laroi, Monsta X, Beabadoobee top NickFest music festival at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. July 26.

‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray

In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a mother and her newborn weighing just 1.7 pounds died from hunger. In every district of...

Former Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia sworn into U.S. House

He is is officially the first openly LGBTQ+ immigrant to serve in Congress.

K-pop girl group Red Velvet adds second Southern California show after first one sells out in a...

Red Velvet will launch it’s first-ever U.S. tour with two nights in Pasadena in February.

Incoming House member Robert Garcia lands Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff to head his D.C. operations

Garcia’s office will be led by a longtime D.C. insider, Robert Edmonson, an eye-raising move that could boost Garcia and constituents.

Long Beach City Council to vote on the first step to create a UBI program

Should the Long Beach government give monthly cash payments to its residents? That’s a question the City Council will decide at its Tuesday, Sept. 1, meeting.

Gov. Newsom touts Long Beach as model for coronavirus vaccinations

The governor visited the Long Beach Convention Center on Monday, Feb. 22, to tout that city’s ability to vaccinate teachers and set a target for getting students back on campus.

How much for gas? Around the world, pain is felt at the pump

For the untold millions who don’t have access to adequate public transportation or otherwise can’t forgo their car, the solution is to grit their teeth and pay while cutting costs elsewhere.

PAC supporting AAPI candidates withdraws support of Rep. Michelle Steel ahead of election

The Asian Americans for Good Government PAC said members were ‘extremely concerned’ by the rhetoric used during the campaign.

2019 Football Dream Team Player of the Year: DJ Uiagalelei of St. John Bosco was at his best during...

Uiagalelei threw for 13 touchdowns and no interceptions over the final three games of the season, which were the most important.

Behind JuJu Watkins, USC women’s basketball has become ‘the hunted’

The star freshman has accelerated a rebuild so quickly it’s forced Lindsay Gottlieb’s Trojans, no longer Pac-12 upstarts, into a program-wide mentality shift.

Head in the Clouds: Jackson Wang, Rina Sawayama and Rich Brian top the lineup

Passes for the annual two-day music and arts festival in Pasadena go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30.

2 students from Long Beach Poly win National Merit Scholarship

The students will receive a $2,500 scholarship each.

Long Beach City Council moves ahead with ban on evictions for renters, businesses impacted by...

Bars and restaurants have already reported laying off workers; earlier Tuesday, Hyatt announced it would shut down its two Long Beach hotels until at least May 11.

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia endorses Sen. Kamala Harris for president

Garcia joined the mayors of San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland and Compton in his endorsement of Harris on Thursday.

Rep. Garcia hosts roundtable with local LGBTQ leaders on anti-trans bills, other issues

The LGBTQ Center in Long Beach provided a platform for folks in the community to share their concerns with Rep. Robert Garcia on Friday.

‘Game changer’ Isabel Loza of La Mirada is Girls Soccer Dream Team Player of the Year

Loza, a U.S. youth national team player, scored 20 goals and doled out 11 assists while getting the Matadores deep into the postseason.

Before an exuberant packed house, Long Beach’s Mayor Robert Garcia weds his longtime partner

Garcia made history of his own by becoming the first mayor to be married while in office in the seventh largest city in California.

Cal State Long Beach ranks highest in nation for awarding physics degrees to women

From 2015 to 2017, 32 undergraduate physics degrees were awarded to women at Cal State Long Beach.

Video: Stephan Blaylock slides into starting safety role

Safety Stephan Blaylock talks about adopting a starting role at safety, what he learned from Adarius Pickett and who the toughest receiver is to defend.

More than 600 Long Beach high school students registered or pre-registered to vote on National...

City staff went to Cabrillo, Jordan, Poly, Millikan, Wilson and McBride High Schools, with Cabrillo leading with 205 registered or pre-registered students.

Cal State Long Beach ranks second in nation for bachelor’s degrees awarded to minorities

Cal State Long Beach awards the second-most bachelor’s degrees to minorities in the nation, according to a recent ranking that looked at 2016-17 graduates.