Long Beach

As Coast Guard crews combed the waters of the Pacific off the coast of Long Beach searching for a 24-year-old man who either jumped or fell off a Catalina Island ferry boat 24 hours earlier, family members held out hope he would be found alive.

Nearly 600 migrant children who were housed at an intake center at the Long Beach Convention Center have been reunited with family or sponsors in the United States, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which operates the site, reported Friday.

The Long Beach Convention Center is now a temporary home to 150 migrant children who arrived on buses Thursday night.

Long Beach officials launched an online portal Monday with details on how community members, local organizations and businesses can help support the migrant children from the Mexican border who will be temporarily sheltered at the city’s convention center.

A New York City police officer who’s been arrested twice for alleged brutality was arrested again Sunday after police on Long Island say he fired a pistol into the Atlantic Ocean while off duty.

The launch occurred after the Boeing 747-400 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles and flew out over the Pacific Ocean to a drop point beyond the Channel Islands.

The historic Community Hospital Long Beach has reopened for the first time in more than two years and will begin receiving transfer patients Monday to free up other hospitals to care for COVID-19 patients.

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, who has been a vocal critic of the President’s handling of the pandemic, said Friday he hopes the President’s message now is “for people to wear masks.”

Authorities Monday announced a dozen arrests in connection with a gang-related shooting at a Long Beach party last fall that left three men dead and nine other people wounded.

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia announced Monday that his stepfather died due to complications from COVID-19, one day after the family held a memorial service for the mayor’s mother. “We are incredibly saddened to share that my stepfather, Greg O’Donnell, has passed away due to complications from COVID-19,” Garcia said in a statement. “It’s a heartbreaking loss for our...

Long Beach Fire Department Lifeguard Divers Tuesday located and returned a prosthetic leg to U.S. Paralympic athlete Dewalt Mix.

An end-of-the-year project for a high school economics class turned into a successful business for four Southern California teenagers. Lauryn Hong, Ella Matlock, Sofia Migliazza and Erin Rogers launched Be the Change Coloring Co. in June, after finishing their freshman year at Long Beach Polytechnic High School.  Characters like Al E. Gator, Same the Snail and Wally the Narwhal...

A Long Beach Police Department officer was fired Friday after posting a photo on Instagram of him holding a baton over what appears to be a bloody sidewalk during protests against police brutality. “We hold our employees to the highest standards and will not ignore behavior that erodes public trust,” Chief Robert Luna said. The officer, 26-year-old Jacob Delgado, posted…

Danielle Nottingham takes us to Long Beach Italian restaurant, Michael’s Downtown, where they’ve turned their restaurant into a market complete with delicious pizza kits you can take home!

Delta Air Lines announced Friday that it plans to temporarily suspend service until at least September at 10 U.S. airports, including Long Beach and Burbank, while customer traffic is low due to the coronavirus pandemic. The move, effective next Wednesday, will temporarily consolidate the airline’s operations in several markets served by multiple airports and allow its front-line employees to...

More than two dozen oil tankers are anchored near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach due to decreased demand for oil amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A man is dressing up as super heroes and giving back to the community. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2020.

Los Angeles Responsible Pit Bull Owners started six years ago as a way to bring a community of pit bull owners together for group walks. Now, founder Troy Smith is leading classes for all breeds of dogs in Sherman Oaks and Long Beach each weekend.

A golden retriever leaped into the waters off Long Island during a morning walk over the weekend and, after a furious swim, returned with a drowning fawn in its mouth, its owner says.

With the summer on the horizon, the Southern California waves are starting to call the names of many, including a French bulldog who has made surfing her charitable hobby.