The Long Beach Public Library (LBPL), in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach and Long Beach Forward, and with support from Urban Word NYC, wil present the 2025 Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) Finals Ceremony, taking place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 at Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library (5870 Atlantic Ave.). ...

by Dianne Anderson Black youth and police are the least likely candidates to be on the same wavelength, let alone sit at the same lunch table, play basketball together, engage in deep and meaningful talks, and sometimes shed a few tears. Somehow, there is always that kind of breakthrough with the annual Riverside NAACP Breaking ...

By Dianne Anderson Robots are the latest craze, and as helpful as they are right now in taking over most of the lower-paying grunt work, they can’t yet fix themselves – for the most part – but technology is changing. Now that they’ve mastered hamburger-flipping jobs, they have their glowing robotic eyes on the next ...

Long Beach will offer its free youth recreation program, Spring Fun Days, at various parks throughout Long Beach during the upcoming school spring break. Spring Fun Days engage children ages 5 to 12 in fun activities such as sports, games, arts and crafts and special events. This is a free drop-in program where registered participants ...

Report focuses on policing of youth and its impacts  The California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (Board) announced the release of its annual report on police stops across California. The report analyzes 4.7 million vehicle and pedestrian stops conducted in 2023 by 539 law enforcement agencies in California under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA). Overall, ...

By Dianne Anderson With the mad rush to keep up with festivities, bundles for the best online deals, and the blur of dazzling lights and delectables –  it can be a tough time of year. But more than likely than not, many parents are in survival mode, scraping together a few small presents, keeping a ...

by Dianne Anderson Summer action at local parks for the kids will keep parents happy, but happier still, there seems to be enough work to keep their high school teens productive and paid well into the next school year. For parents not quite ready to splurge $100 or more per week per child to enjoy ...

Applications accepted through February 28 for youth ages 13 to 18   The Long Beach Public Library (LBPL), in partnership with the Arts Council for Long Beach and supported by Urban Word NYC, is launching the 2024 Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) program. Applications for the program, which brings Long Beach youth the opportunity ...

About 700 community and business leaders donated more than $1.125 million to provide free after-school programs to children as part of the 2023 An Evening of Hope gala hosted recently by National CORE, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit developers of affordable housing. All funds will benefit the Hope through Housing Foundation’s Building Bright Futures initiative, which ...

Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson has introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 702, the Promoting Youth Success and Empowerment Act (PROMYSE Act), to support community-based youth development services in juvenile justice programs. The bill will reduce the involvement of law enforcement entities in these programs, by shifting resources to Community Based Organizations (CBO) and other non-law enforcement agencies, ...