Here’s a guide to our website redesign
The Long Beach Press-Telegram launched a redesigned website in September 2017. Here’s a look at some of the many features and improvements based on extensive feedback from readers.
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View ArticleLong Beach Press-Telegram news organization information and history
The Long Beach Press-Telegram is a print and digital news media company serving the information needs of the Greater Long Beach area for more than 120 years. The Press-Telegram publishes around the...
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About Us: Opinion Staff and Editorial Board
The Southern California News Group (SCNG) includes 11 daily newspapers in Southern California and their digital platforms: Los Angeles Daily News, The Orange County Register, Riverside...
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Geminids meteor shower: The best and brightest of the year is tonight
Great balls of fire! The Geminids meteor shower will shine brightly tonight with almost no obscuring moonlight. The most meteors will appear in the hours after midnight, although you can see a good...
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What the 1933 Long Beach earthquake taught us about California’s seismic future
On March 10, 1933, one of the deadliest earthquakes in California history struck Long Beach, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude 6.4 temblor that hit at 5:54 p.m. 85 years ago killed...
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Daylight saving time is here, so let’s look at how we spend our time
Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 11. Remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour (yes, you’ll lose those 60 minutes but will make them up Oct. 7, when daylight saving time ends)...
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Here’s how many women are part of the workforce, and how their earnings lag...
The number of women participating in the U.S. labor force increased from about 15 million in the late 1960s to 48.3 million in 2016. However, since 2000, the rate of women entering the workforce has...
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Here’s what the first blooms of spring look like, according to California and...
Today is the first day of spring, but many plants in Southern California had their first bloom before Groundhog Day on Feb. 2. While the East has been hit by winter storm after winter storm, it’s been...
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Driving in the rain: What you need to keep in mind
Slow down, turn on your lights and allow more space among cars are obvious things to do when it rains. But also consider that on dry roads, with new tires, you only have tread about the size of your...
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The University of California is 150 and nationally ranked — and continues to...
The University of California system will be 150 years old on Friday, March 23. That’s the date in 1868 when Gov. Henry Haight signed the university’s charter. The system has become one of the world’s...
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Here’s how much CEOs’ pay has gone up and down — but mostly up and up
Eight years ago, as part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform, Congress required publicly traded U.S. corporations to annually report the ratio of the compensation of their CEO and their median...
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A look at the new Banc of California Stadium for the LA Football Club
The Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles will host its first match for the Los Angeles Football Club match Sunday, April 29. The 22,000-seat stadium is on the former site of the Los Angeles Sports...
View ArticleLong Beach Press-Telegram to charge for unlimited access to digital news to...
Beginning this week, this news organization will no longer be giving its work away online. Print readers have always paid for the news, though to be fair, the price of a subscription often doesn’t...
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has lessons for California
Red ash began rising from the Puu Oo vent on Hawaii’s Kilauea after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake May 3. The vent’s crater floor collapsed April 30, triggering the first earthquake and a major shift in...
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Why you can celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday today
Most people might celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday later this year, on the anniversary of his first hit movie, “Steamboat Willie,” which premiered on Nov. 18, 1928. But his birthday has jumped...
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Memorial Day: 150 years of honoring the nation’s fallen military
In 1866, Henry Welles of Waterloo, New York, suggested that the town’s shops should close May 5 to commemorate the soldiers who had died during the Civil War.Two years later in Waterloo, Gen. John...
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Who’s voting in California, and who we’re voting for
California’s top two executive offices, all 80 seats in the Assembly, 20 of the 40 seats in the state Senate and all 53 of California’s seats in the House of Representatives are on the June 5 primary...
View ArticleHere’s a guide to our website redesign
The Long Beach Press-Telegram launched a redesigned website in September 2017. Here’s a look at some of the many features and improvements based on extensive feedback from readers.
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Everyone has their preference about how to get their news, whether it is social media, websites, search engines, printed newspapers, video or more. If you are one of those people who prefers to use RSS...
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