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Just like the Long Beach Transit freebie announced last week, Metro will also offer a free fare program for all Metro Bus and Metro Rail lines operating on New Year’s Eve.

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance say the folks at SambaLa, the Long Beach Brazilian dance school that is bringing 65 dancers to the Rose Parade.“Jack’s Samba Carnival” is the second Rose Parade entry for Jack in the Box restaurants. The float will be a show-stopping extrav...

The Port of Long Beach Clean Trucks Program is on track to achieve dramatic air quality and road safety improvements as the ongoing changeover of the big-rigs that serve port terminals approaches a major milestone on January 1, 2010.As of the New Year, the Clean Trucks Program will have slashed a...

Local rock music will be well-represented at the Downtown Long Beach Associates’ (DLBA) first New Year’s Eve Celebration in the East Village Arts District on December 31. Long Beach locals Avi Buffalo ...

Long Beach resident Glenn Matsuki will be one of 24 transplant recipients riding on the Donate Life Rose Parade float.The seventh annual Donate Life Rose Parade float will dramatize the remarkable difference that organ and tissue donation makes to those in need of transplants. The float entry, Ne...

Downtown Long Beach will ring in 2010 with a New Year’s Eve party that is expected to draw crowds of up to 50,000 people. Among other festivities,New Year’s Eve revelers will line the waterfront ...

Does your child like to break out in song? The Whaley Park Kids Choirs are looking for new members. The kids choir is a great opportunity for children who love music to make new friends and have some fun.There are two separate choirs (ages 5-8 or 9-13) with rehearsals to teach kids how to sing as...

The Long Beach Mounted Police in 2004.Horses have always played a major role in the Rose Parade. For more than 120 years, riders have thrilled the crowds with their colorful pageantry at the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. For many viewers, the most vivid memory is of the spectacular equestria...

The Community Development Advisory Commission (CDAC) is appointed by the Mayor and Long Beach City Council to provide citizen support and advice on matters related to the plans to use Community Development Block Grant funds that come from Housing and Urban Development grants.In 2009, Long Beach r...

Long Beach’s many New Year’s Eve parties begin tonight and while the mood may be celebratory it’s a dangerous night to be out on the road. Americans who drink and drive after holiday parties and ...

EverythingLongBeach: Long Beach has plenty of great events planned for New Year's Eve —and we've rounded up some of the best parties in town!

Jake Kasten with his twin DylanJake and Dylan Kasten, twin boys from Long Beach, will take a place with four other teens for a trip down Colorado Boulevard in the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade.Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California (RMHCSC) has selected a group of everyday heroe...

The Daily 49er readers have long been able to get their news on paper and online, and now they can be the first news media consumers in the country to get daily downloads from iTunes.Readers of the student daily newspaper at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) can get their campus new...