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EPA is urged to help clean up L.A. contamination

The Exide Technologies battery recycling plant is seen in Vernon, Calif., on March 10, 2015. Members of Congress are calling on the federal government to help clean up toxic lead contamination from the former battery recycling plant outside Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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COVID-19 deaths occurring more in younger, unvaccinated …

A CSULB student receives a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine during a City of Long Beach Public Health Covid-19 mobile vaccination clinic at the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) campus on Aug. 11, 2021 in Long Beach, California. - Students, staff, and faculty at the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) system schools will be required to be fully vaccinated in order to attend in-person classes. All teachers in California will have to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or submit to weekly virus tests, the state's governor announced June 11, as authorities grapple with exploding infection rates. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Horrific’: Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. vandalized …

A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Long Beach is seen being cleaned June 3, 2021 after it was vandalized with hate symbols. (Long Beach Councilwoman Suely Saro)

With migrant children expected to arrive at Long Beach …

A concourse is seen inside the Long Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2021 in Long Beach. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Long Beach will house up to 1,000 migrant children at …

The Long Beach Convention Center is seen in an undated photo. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Long Beach mayor discusses city’s vaccine rollout after …

Teachers, staff will have chance to get COVID-19 shot …

A classroom appears in a file photo. (Credit: Getty Images)

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Long Beach workers rally over planned closure of …

Protesters stage a rally on Feb. 3, 2021 in support of hazard pay outside a Long Beach Food 4 Less that Kroger planned to close in April. (KTLA)

Long Beach mayor signs $4 ‘hero pay’ bump for grocery …

A cashier helps a customer at the checkout stand in the Von’s grocery store in Long Beach on Dec. 16, 2020. (Los Angeles Times)

Long Beach to offer up to 40 hours of free, in-home …

The City of Long Beach is providing access to free, in-home childcare services to qualified residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (City of Long Beach)

‘Heartbreaking’: After losing mom to virus, Long …

Mayor Robert Garcia tweeted a photo of his stepfather, Greg O’Donnell, and his mother, Gaby O'Donnell, from their wedding day.

Long Beach mayor says his mother, a longtime health …

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia tweeted this undated photo of him as a child and his mother in a Mother's Day message on May 10, 2020.

Long Beach officials announce Monday curfew as National …

A strip mall at Seventh Street and Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach is ransacked on May 31, 2020. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Long Beach approves use of sidewalks, parking lots …

The Promenade in Long Beach is seen in this image from Google Maps.