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A unanimous jury on Tuesday found former Long Beach Police Detective Yvonne Robinson guilty on a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge, nearly eight years after the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office first accused her of leaking confidential information to a member of the Baby Insane Crips street gang. - ADVERTISEMENT - Robinson, 50, grew up in the city of Long Beach and attended Poly High School. She rose through the ranks at the Long Beach Police Department over a 13-year period and was...

Tyler Hendrickson, The562.org Students organizing the Poly Green Schools Campaign want all the district’s campuses to run on 100% clean, renewable energy. Mar 26 9:25 am

- ADVERTISEMENT - At Lowell Elementary, in a well-off neighborhood just a short walk from Marine Stadium, the majority of students are preparing for their return to campus. At the end of this month, about 74% of Lowell’s 534 pupils will once again learn face-to-face with their teachers and peers now that their parents opted to enroll them in the Long Beach Unified School District’s “hybrid” learning option, which splits the school day between on-campus classes and at-home learning. Lowe...

Hollywood homes abound in Long Beach, a city frequently visited and employed by film companies who find it handy for its acting ability to portray any town of any size in the U.S. convincingly, as well as its proximity to Southern California movie studios. - ADVERTISEMENT - Long Beach’s  waterfront properties can pull off a perfect portrayal of such places as Miami and other Floridian waterfront cities, and its Country Club section of Los Cerritos can play virtually Anytown, USA (as long as ...

- ADVERTISEMENT - “Any loss of life due to violence is unacceptable, but the murder of a 14-year-old should be an outrage to our entire community,” said LBPD Police Chief Robert Luna. Touch was described as a nice, quiet kid who was athletically gifted and bright. Touch was found on the 1400 block of St. Louis Avenue on Dec. 16 with gunshot wounds in his upper body. He died at the scene. Police now believe a dispute between the victim and four suspects escalated into a physical assault, whi...

- ADVERTISEMENT - He ran track at Nelson Academy middle school where he helped break a school record for the 4×1 relay. One year, he even made coach Earl McCullouch Jr.’s All City Championship team. This year, he was part of a magnet program at Poly High School. “He was a nice, quiet kid,” said McCullouch, who coached Touch in seventh and eighth grade. “Bright young kid with no problems—no issues.” But this week, McCullouch and others in Touch’s life were shocked to learn the boy...

Obituary for Maxwell C. Gillette12/13/20 - posted by Paul Judge In 1962, enrolled in his Woodshop Class at Presidio Junior High, Maxwell C. Gillette taught me how to respect and use tools, how to make that important kerf cut, and how to join wood together. Mr. Gillette was a dignified, warm and encouraging teacher. He dressed impeccably, even his shop overalls were clean and pressed. On Novem...