Long Beach Baseball Club announces 6 semi-finalists in naming contest. City residents are encouraged to vote for their favorite name online or in person at six locations around the city beginning today.

Here are the 6 semi-finalists in the contest for residents to decide the name of Long Beach’s new professional baseball team.

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The 'Punk in the Park' ethical dilemma: When punk's anti-establishment spirit funds a Trump supporter amid a Trump-sponsored ICE siege of Los Angeles and terrorizing of immigrant Brown communities.

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Long Beach officials say federal shutdown will not affect city services — yet. If the shutdown drags on, federally funded programs such as housing assistance could be impacted.

Long Beach officials say the federal government shutdown will not impact the city’s day-to-day services — for now.

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‘Incomprehensibly tragic’: Friends, colleagues mourn unexpected death of local union leader. Andrea Zinder, 67, had been president of UFCW Local 324 for six years before dying of a heart attack over the weekend.

Retail clerks, pharmacists, parking attendants and other workers across the Southland are mourning the unexpected death of a local union president who died over the weekend.

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Anti-LGBTQ slurs, Trump slogans and Nazi symbolism tagged outside Long Beach Pride HQ. The nonprofit is raising funds to beef up security while Long Beach police investigate the graffiti as 'hate/bias motivated,' according to authorities. By Brandon Richardson.

A utility box outside the Long Beach Pride headquarters was tagged with slurs, threats, political slogans and Nazi symbolism Saturday, sparking outrage — and a need for increased security.

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'It's bullshit': Naples Island Car Wash workers shaken after immigration raid. No workers were detained Monday morning, but the federal actions continue to spread ‘terror’ throughout the community, according to immigration advocates. By Brandon Richardson.

Federal agents swarmed Naples Island Car Wash and Detail Monday morning, questioning each worker but detaining no one, according to witnesses.

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Long Beach pastor being investigated for possession of child porn. According to an email sent to church members by leadership, Worship Pastor Jeff Zabel admitted to a 'long-term moral failure in his life spanning more than a decade.'

A Long Beach pastor is being investigated for possession of child pornography, the Long Beach Police Department has confirmed.

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7 more Long Beach car wash workers abducted by federal agents. The raid came less than a day after Long Beach officials announced the cancellation of this year’s Día de los Muertos parade due to fears of immigration enforcement activity.

The number of Long Beach car wash workers detained by federal agents continues to grow after agents raided Bixby Knolls Car Wash Saturday morning, taking seven people, according to the general manager.

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Column: Charlie Kirk is dead and more students got shot. Can we talk about gun reform? As inflammatory rhetoric threatens more violence, not one Long Beach politician called for increased gun control. Despite what Kirk believed, we desperately need it. By Brandon Richardson.

In a column, @brandonrichardson.bsky.social notes that as inflammatory rhetoric threatens more violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing, no Long Beach politician has called for increased gun control, even though our society needs it.

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‘Stunned and saddened’: Long Beach respond to killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. 'We support vigorous public debate of the issues of our time, but stand squarely against political violence of any form,' said a Cal State Long Beach spokesperson.

The assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves to all corners of the politisphere, including Long Beach.

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Dozens of shipping containers fall off cargo ship at Port of Long Beach. No injuries were reported and the cause of the accident is under investigation, officials said.

Dozens of shipping containers fell off a cargo ship at the Port of Long Beach Tuesday morning.

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EXCLUSIVE: Long Beach native Warren G joins ownership group of city’s new pro baseball team. The minor league club is negotiating for the shared use of Blair Field beginning next year and recently enlisted the community to help name the team. By Brandon Richardson.

Long Beach native Warren G will be part of the ownership group of the to-be-named Long Beach Baseball Club, a new minor league team that hopes to take the field next year.

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2 more Long Beach car wash workers taken during immigration raids. Video shows agents also raided at least one Home Depot location in Signal Hill, but witnesses say no one was detained.

Two more Long Beach car wash workers are in federal custody after a Labor Day raid at Excellent Carwash & Auto Detail on the Signal Hill border, according to workers.

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‘No sleep for ICE’: Protesters descend on Long Beach hotel to make noise. Demonstrators allege upward of 40 federal agents are staying at the Residence Inn while conducting immigration raids throughout the region.

Car horns, bullhorns, sirens, pots, pans, noisemakers of all kinds cut through the muggy night air when dozens of protesters gathered outside the Residence Inn in Downtown Long Beach Wednesday night.

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City, county officials denounce immigration raids at Long Beach car washes. Due to a court order that prohibits raids based on profiling, officials argue the raids were illegal and are seeking legal recourse.

Days after at least 9 people were detained in 2 separate raids across Long Beach, city officials said that they are seeking legal recourse against what they describe as illegal actions by federal agents.

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Federal agents raid 2 Long Beach car washes, videos show. At least nine workers were detained by federal agents, according to advocacy group ÓRALE.

Workers at 2 Long Beach car washes showed up for their shift Sunday morning, but the lives of at least 9 people were upended when federal agents raided the businesses and detained them.

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Mazzlyn the pit bull making ‘good progress’ two weeks after being stabbed. Victims and witnesses claim to know the name and address of the attacker. Police have made no arrest.

A 5-year-old dog is still recovering two weeks after being stabbed when her owner and his friends were approached by a man with a knife in the North Alamitos Beach neighborhood.

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A dog is in recovery after being stabbed while protecting its owner. The incident, caught on video, shows a man approaching a group of unhoused people with a knife when the dog attacks him.

A trail of blood lined the sidewalk of Orange Avenue near Fourth Street early Saturday morning after a man stabbed a dog protecting its owner and others.

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RNs pass vote of no confidence in leadership at Long Beach Memorial. The unanimous vote comes after months of layoffs, a strike and contentious contract negotiations.

Registered nurses at the Long Beach Memorial campus unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in hospital leadership earlier this month, the California Nurses Association announced.

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‘Punk’s not dead’: Band arrested for guerilla show outside Warped Tour Long Beach. Venice-based Who Cares played an illegal show on Pine Avenue near the Pike Outlets after the popular music festival ended.

The Venice-based band Who Cares was arrested for playing an illegal show on Pine Avenue near the Pike Outlets after the popular Warped Tour Long Beach music festival ended.

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Cabrillo baseball coach arrested for alleged statutory rape of student. The suspect was identified by Long Beach police as 34-year-old Gabriel Vigil.

Long Beach police arrested a Cabrillo High School baseball coach on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student off campus, the department announced Friday.

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What will the financial impact of the Olympics be in Long Beach? Officials don’t know. The city has not conducted an independent economic impact study but maintains all costs should be offset and that worldwide exposure will be a boon for the city.

The city of Long Beach has not conducted an independent economic impact study of the 2028 Olympics but maintains all costs should be offset and that worldwide exposure will be a boon for the city.

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Dozens of grocery workers rally at Marina Pacifica Ralphs. The demonstration comes ahead of a potential strike that could affect Albertsons, Pavilions, Ralphs and Vons stores across the Southland, including 13 in the Long Beach area.

A rally Friday at the Ralphs in Marina Pacifica comes ahead of a potential strike that could affect Albertsons, Pavilions, Ralphs and Vons stores across the Southland, including 13 in the Long Beach area.

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Another round of layoffs at Long Beach Memorial. So far this year, MemorialCare has laid off more than 250 employees at its Long Beach campus.

Long Beach Memorial executives on Monday announced another round of layoffs, continuing a turbulent year that has seen more than 250 workers terminated in less than three months.

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Thousands gather near Downtown Long Beach to protest Trump, ICE. 'We need to stand up, not sit down,' said one man during the rally.

Thousands of people gathered peacefully around Bixby Park Annex near Downtown Long Beach for the “No Kings” protest Saturday morning.

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Long Beach Memorial CEO retires after vote of no confidence. Former CEO Blair Kent had been on administrative leave for months as the hospital faced down strikes and numerous rounds of layoffs, including the most recent last week.

Blair Kent, CEO of MemorialCare’s Long Beach campus, announced his retirement after months on administrative leave, the health care company confirmed.

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Gonna visit the Aquarium of the Pacific? Here’s how to save a few bucks. While the largest aquarium in SoCal is relatively affordable, it can still add up, especially for families. But discounts are available.

While the largest aquarium in SoCal is relatively affordable, it can still add up, especially for families. But discounts are available.

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Long Beach Memorial nurses on strike for 1st time in 15 years. The one-day strike will be followed by a four-day lockout by the hospital.

Atlantic Avenue in front of MemorialCare’s Long Beach medical campus was lined Thursday with nurses waving colorful signs proclaiming they are on strike — an action not taken at the hospital since 2010.

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Long Beach shows off 'The Power of Community' at 42nd Pride parade. Thousands gathered for the annual event in Downtown Sunday morning.

Thousands of people clad in rainbow clothing and baubles lined Ocean Boulevard Sunday to celebrate the city's 42nd annual Pride parade.

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Long Beach Memorial nurses announce 1-day strike; hospital responds with 4-day lockout. The hospital assured residents that patient care will not be impacted.

After months of negotiations, unionized nurses at Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s and Women’s hospitals announced a one-day strike, but hospital leadership fired back with a four-day lockout.

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