Los Angeles/ Community & Society
Published on May 26, 2020
Top Long Beach news: LB reports 3 more virus deaths over weekend; 1 dead, 2 hurt in SUV crash; morePhoto: Greg Gjerdingen/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Long Beach.

Freeway interchange will be renamed in honor of Long Beach soldier killed in Afghanistan

The interchange of the San Gabriel River Freeway at Katella Avenue will be designated the United States Army Sergeant Thomas R. MacPherson Memorial Interchange.

Read the full story on NBC LA.

Long Beach reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, 69 more cases over weekend

The health department's press release on Monday, May 25, included reports received on Saturday and Sunday. Monday's report would be provided on Tuesday, the city said.

Read the full story on Long Beach Press-Telegram.

Long Beach partnership aims to solve riddle of flexible child care amid coronavirus crisis

Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network has been a source of cutting-edge variation since the public agency was formed. That’s not surprising, considering innovation is part of its name.

Read the full story on Long Beach Press-Telegram.

Woman killed, 2 others hurt in SUV crash on Long Beach freeway transition

A woman in her 40s was killed and two others, a man and a boy, were seriously hurt in a single-vehicle rollover crash Monday on the transition road between the northbound San Diego (405) and northbound Long Beach (710) freeways in Long Beach, according to authorities.

Read the full story on MyNewsLA.

Branson’s Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit cuts short its test of rocket launch from 747

Officials from billionaire mogul Richard Branson’s Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit said a crucial test of its two-stage, orbital rocket system — designed to rival that of Elon Musk’s SpaceX for satellite launches — ended its mission shortly after the rocket was released from a Boeing Co. 747.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Daily News.


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