5th May 2026

From Food Truck to Speedway: King Taco's Long Ride with the Long Beach Grand Prix

From a converted ice cream truck in Cypress Park to the longest-running sponsor on one of America's most iconic street circuits, King Taco's 50-year rise is as much a Southern California story as the race itself.

Beach TV News • 14th February 2026

LA Joins Worldwide Movement Against Islamic Republic

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 14, as part of a Global Day of Action in solidarity with the ongoing protests inside Iran and across the diaspora.

Long Beach Current • 1st February 2026

A city in motion: ‘National Shutdown’ protests against ICE flood Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – Students walked out of schools, workers left their posts and protesters readied their signs as thousands gathered in downtown Los Angeles to participate in the “National Shutdown” day of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday, Jan. 30.

Long Beach Current • 10th September 2025

Charlie Kirk dead after shooting at Utah Valley University

American political activist and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk is dead at 31 after a shooting on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at a public event at Utah Valley University.

Long Beach Current • 17th June 2025

Thousands rally for ‘No Kings Day’ demonstration in DTLA

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Protesters across the nation marched through cities including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y., Atlanta, Ga. and more as part of a “No Kings Day” demonstration opposing President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 14.

Long Beach Current • 9th June 2025

Crowds, chaos, resistance: Scenes from DTLA’s anti-ICE protests

LOS ANGELES – Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles on June 8 to protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and recent immigration raids in the greater LA area.

The protest, which began peacefully in the mid-afternoon, escalated after demonstrators encountered a heavy response from police and the California National Guard.

Long Beach Current • 5th May 2025

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk visits CSULB

American political activist Charlie Kirk, known for challenging college students on controversial political issues, drew crowds of students and outsiders to Long Beach State on Monday, May 5.

Long Beach Current • 25th April 2025

A Holocaust survivor brings her story to CSULB

Yetta Kane’s first experience of the Nazis came when she was just a little girl.
Kane, a Jew, was playing with a friend in the Polish neighborhood where she was born when the Gestapo shot a Jewish man right in front of her. 
As the war escalated and the plight of Poland’s Jewish people grew more dire, Kane and her family fled their hometown in 1940, beginning nearly three years on the

Long Beach Current • 24th April 2025

Palestinian activist and Beach Hillel talk solutions to Israel-Gaza conflict

Sixty minutes. 
That’s how long it took for a living room near Long Beach State to become a space for one of the world’s most entrenched conflicts to unfold — not in headlines or protests, but in a dialogue shaped by nuance, personal stakes and the weight of recent violence.

Long Beach Current • 22nd April 2025

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88

Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, whose progressive reforms to the Church included a more inclusive institution, environmental advocacy and opposition to global conflicts, died Monday at the Vatican. He was 88.

Long Beach Current • 17th April 2025

ASI passes resolution urging CSULB to cut ties with war, border industrial complex

Calls for institutional accountability and solidarity with international students took center stage as students rallied behind a proposed Associated Students Inc. resolution urging Long Beach State to sever ties with corporations complicit in war and border enforcement.

Long Beach Current • 10th March 2025

CSULB biology lecturer arrested for alleged sex crimes

Part-time Long Beach State Biology Lecturer Eric Brothwell was arrested for allegedly contacting a minor with the intent to have sex on Monday, March 10, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Long Beach Current • 4th March 2025

Former CSULB athletics employees charged with stealing $36,000

More than $36,000 was stolen by two former employees of the Long Beach State Athletics Department, Los Angeles County prosecutors said on March 3.

Long Beach Current • 1st March 2025

Trump takes aim at higher education, schools must eliminate DEI initiatives

Cultural graduations, thematic housing and financial aid are all at risk under President Donald Trump’s potential plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that control over education policy should be left to individual states.

Long Beach Current • 13th February 2025

Students respond to anti-abortion displays offering support, resources

As rain steadily fell over campus, a small group of Long Beach State students gathered on Wednesday, Feb. 12, pushing back against rhetoric and graphic displays from anti-abortion activists who had appeared earlier this week, sparking debate and confrontation.

Long Beach Current • 24th January 2025

‘I had no idea if it was burning:’ CSULB student shares fire evacuation story

Danny Peters and his brother were new homeowners, living together in a house at the foothills of Sierra Madre, a city southeast of Altadena.

Having moved to the city in the third grade, the 21-year-old journalism major at Long Beach State was preparing for his last semester before graduation, balancing school, work and the responsibilities of maintaining a home.

Long Beach Current • 24th January 2025

'It is devastation:' LA Fires kill 28 as thousands of acres burn

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters are still battling the wildfires across Southern California as the Hughes Fire, which recently erupted near Castaic Lake on Wednesday morning and has since burned over 10,000 acres.

Long Beach Current • 8th January 2025

LA wildfires kill at least 10 as firefighters battle uncontained blaze

LOS ANGELES – Wildfires raged through the Los Angeles County area Tuesday evening and throughout Wednesday, consuming thousands of acres and entire neighborhoods, killing at least five, injuring scores, displacing over 150,000 residents and leaving a trail of devastation.

Long Beach Current • 21st November 2024

Students mark over 400 days of hostages in captivity

Over 400 days into the Israel-Hamas war, members of Long Beach Hillel, a Jewish college organization, aimed to renew awareness of the hostages’ plight and emphasize the urgency of their humanitarian situation.

Long Beach Current • 6th November 2024

Donald Trump wins 2024 election

Republican Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States, defeating Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Long Beach Current • 1st November 2024

What a Trump or Harris presidency could mean for student loan forgiveness

As Americans head to the polls on Nov. 5 to elect the next president, student loan forgiveness has emerged as a critical issue for the more than 40 million Americans who have federal student loan debt.

Long Beach Current • 7th September 2024

American Civil Liberties Union calls updated protest policy ‘unconstitutional’

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU) challenged Long Beach State over its enforcement of the updated protest policy against two professors, claiming it violates the First Amendment.

Long Beach Current • 2nd September 2024

CSU bans encampments

On Aug. 19, the Chancellor’s Office sent a system-wide email to all 23 California State Universities announcing that campuses will no longer allow encampments, pathway-blocking protests and face coverings that conceal identities.

Long Beach Current • 22nd August 2024

CSULB political science journalist shares perspective on the 2024 election

The economy, reproductive rights and war in the Middle East are just a few of the issues driving the looming 2024 Presidential election in a country increasingly divided.