Eight months since it was supposed to open, Long Beach’s new youth homeless shelter is still empty, plagued by plumbing problems and a long-running legal conflict that’s just now being made public.

Occupancy at four of Long Beach’s shelters for homeless people has increased significantly in the past month, according to city officials, after a new nonprofit service provider took over operations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long Beach police patrol ShoreLine Aquatic Park. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday on ...

Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a homeless man, gunned down in an encampment in Long Beach more than four years ago, officials announced. The violence unfolded in January ...

Before the sun had even risen on Thursday morning, Jan. 22, hundreds of volunteers had already fanned out across Long Beach to participate in one of the city’s most important responsibilities – ...

Long Beach’s latest Point-in-Time Count found homelessness continued to increase in 2026, even as city officials pointed to gains in shelter capacity and permanent housing placements as evidence that ...

Long Beach’s unhoused population increased by 6.5% this year compared with last year, according to the results of the city’s annual homeless count. The numbers: In January, volunteers counted 3,595 ...

Long Beach saw a 3.7% increase in its homeless population this year compared to 2025, according to the results of the city’s annual point-in-time tally of those without permanent shelter. While the ...

An investigation into millions of dollars the city of Long Beach spent on homeless service providers has been turned over to an outside agency after auditors identified what the city auditor described ...

Occupancy at four of Long Beach’s shelters for homeless people has increased significantly in the past month, according to city officials, after a new nonprofit service provider took over operations.