Toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other hygiene essentials began flying off store shelves weeks ago amid mounting worries over the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Not to worry, retailers and suppliers said, we’re churning out product and cranking up inventory to meet demand.

Transportation services are evolving and adapting to the world’s rapidly changing needs. California’s March 19 “Safer at Home” order keeps residents at home, drastically reducing the daily use of cars, buses, and trains.

Community Hospital in Long Beach is “days away” from opening to transfer patients, officials said Thursday, March 26.

Billings Hardware has been the go-to place for Belmont Shore, Naples and Belmont Heights residents for decades when it came to home repair or improvement projects.

Rules from city and state officials seem to change every hour, customers have disappeared and stressed employees need to know whether they will get a paycheck at the end of the week.

All nightclubs, bars, theaters and gyms will close throughout Long Beach, Mayor Robert Garcia announced Monday, March 16, in what local business leaders say will be a “large hit” to the city’s economy — a hit that could cost more than $100 million.

Community Hospital in Long Beach is one step closer to reopening.

The long awaited El Pollo Loco, part of the nation's leading fire-grilled chicken chain, will be opening its newest restaurant at 10 a.m. Thursday in Belmont Shore.

With only a week before the March 3 election, a candidate for the open Second District seat on the Long Beach City Council is fighting off a number of allegations that have entangled the campaign in its final days.

The city of Long Beach has been at the forefront when it comes to women and leadership roles in technology — after all, the city is the birthplace of the Wonder Woman tech conference.

The fate, at least temporarily, of the Belmont Shore Employee Bus Pass program will be determined today, Thursday, at the Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Advisory Commission.

Three candidates vying for the Eighth District City Council seat will answer questions Wednesday, Feb. 12, at a forum presented by the Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association.

The Port of Long Beach faced its share of challenges last year — with the ramifications of the U.S.-China trade war topping the list — but the facility has plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future.

Dede Rossi gave warning last month as she addressed the VIP party before the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade.

Rumors of the death of Second Street are greatly exaggerated, according to Matt Peterson, president of the Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Advisory Commission and a partner in Legends Sports Bar on Second Street.

Pretty much everything Sidney and Steve Price did revolved around food.

JetBlue passengers will soon have fewer options if they want to fly out of Long Beach.

It’s no secret that the Queen Mary has seen better days — but Long Beach, along with the ship’s operator, has a plan to resurrect its former glory.

Experience focused businesses offering customers “hands on” opportunities and the trend of single-item restaurants and bars continue to thrive in 2020.

A new $900 million electricity generating facility in Long Beach is nearly ready to go online, but the older, taller generators along Studebaker Road will remain standing for at least three more years.

The battle over the state of the Queen Mary doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.

The Queen Mary has sat just off Long Beach’s shoreline for more than 50 years. And for almost half that time, Edward Pribonic has been tasked with inspecting it.

For nearly a year, a popular Long Beach restaurant was hidden behind a large construction fence.

Completion of four huge construction projects led the news of 2019 in Long Beach.

Nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center have ratified a contract stretching three years with a minimum 9.5 percent pay increase and a $1,000 bonus for nurses with 20 years or more of service.

Quieter airplanes, or at least airplanes being flown more quietly, will mean more commercial flights allowed per day next year at the Long Beach Airport.

Most Long Beach city employees will get to celebrate Wednesday, Dec. 25, with a day off — but they'll be working on Christmas Eve.