They are business owners, educators, community leaders, and, as the members of Farmers & Merchants’ Bank like to personally call them, “people you can bank on.” Eleven individuals from Long Beach, Signal Hill and surrounding cities were honored for their notable impact on the community at F&M’s inaugural “People You Can Bank On” breakfast on Aug.

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At its inaugural recognition breakfast, F&M Bank honors local leaders and loyal customers

Two new exhibits recently opened at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, which first opened its doors in June 2008.

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Aquarium of the Pacific Adds New Exhibits

Teachers Christine and Craig Bouma used to live down the street from the house they currently reside in, which gave them plenty of opportunities to admire the large 1936 Mediterranean-style house.

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Original features and furniture adorn Richard Friend-designed home

Franklin Robles, a 33-year-old Lake Elsinore resident, was shot on the 1400 block of West 16th Street in Long Beach on August 9, 2010.

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Vehicle info sought in ’10 Long Beach murder

Kimberly Peterson, left, and Cathy Procopio take a break in the labyrinth garden they helped create with students at Hughes Middle School in August .

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Procopio and Peterson guide school ‘greening’

On the first day of school at Bitney College Prep High School, celebrations were held, such as the 18th birthday of Demi Thompson, now in his senior year at the school.

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Bitney Prep welcomes new teachers, students

About two dozen locally- elected officials and community leaders gathered at the Columbia Memorial Space Center on Wednesday night to show support for Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe and strategize against proposals to redraw the county’s district boundary lines.

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Politicians convene to stop county map shakeup

SAN PEDRO – Linda Adair Day – an artist and assistant professor of painting and drawing at Cal State Long Beach – has died at her San Pedro home.

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Artist taught at CSULB

The U.S. Coast Guard continued an overnight search for the missing man with no luck and lifeguards were expected to join in the search this morning, Seal Beach Police officials said.

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Mother at beach awaiting word on son

A single-engine plane headed for Long Beach made an emergency landing today on a highway near the Angeles National Forest.

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Plane enroute to Long Beach makes emergency landing