Long Beach

The city of Long Beach is hoping to decrease the number of illegally dumped mattresses with a pilot program that offers a site for unwanted mattresses.

A pilot program in Long Beach aims to serve as a space for unwanted mattresses. Mekhalo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

A shop inside a store along Long Beach’s Fourth Street offers more than just gifts for Southern Californian Chicanas.

A small store in a coffee shop in Long Beach is packing a big punch by not only selling items celebrating Chicana culture, but also serving as a safe space for them. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

A man sought in the deaths of a man and woman in Long Beach was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following an hourslong standoff with police.

A 9/11 remembrance took place at Fire Station 1 in Downtown Long Beach where police, firefighters and neighbors honored the first responders who lost their lives on that tragic day. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2024.

The city of Long Beach has green-lit a new program it hopes will hit two birds with one stone by increasing housing in the city and helping low-income residents find a home to rent. 

Long Beach is giving a loan of up to $250,000 to homeowners to build ADU’s, so long as they rent them to households who are low income. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

As Southern California braces for high temperatures, 13 Long Beach schools with no air conditioning have resorted to opening windows and pulling out fans to help students deal with the heat.

As Southern California braces for high temperatures, 13 Long Beach schools are braving the heat without air conditioning. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2024.

A Long Beach neighborhood wants the city to act after one of their neighbors was attacked and stabbed by a homeless man. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024. 

It’s all hauntingly happening on, oh yes, Friday the 13th.

A man was arrested after police say he broke into a beachfront condo in Long Beach and stabbed a man inside on Monday.

A homeless man is in custody after police say he broke into a Long Beach condo and stabbed a man inside. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

A reproduction of the Royal Standard will be unveiled during the free-to-join ceremony.

Opa! The Long Beach Greek Food & Music Festival is a long-running gem.

The man is accused of taking pictures of people and properties without permission while working at a residential complex.

With some students in need of help financially, kindhearted teachers at Wilson High School in Long Beach created a fund to help them. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.

Students at the Long Beach Unified School District are preparing for their first day back to school. Michelle Valles reports for the NBC4 News at NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on Aug. 27, 2024. 

Several vendors empowering women and dozens of attendants took over Civic Center Plaza in Long Beach on Monday as the city celebrated the signing of the 19th Amendment.