Mismanagement sinks $23 Million on phantom repairs for Queen Mary
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Mismanagement sinks $23 Million on phantom repairs for Queen Mary

Long Beach, CA – Long Beach City Auditor Laura Doud today released her Queen Mary Report to verify that Urban Commons, the previous leaseholder, and operator of the Queen Mary, used the $23 million as agreed upon to fund the 27 urgent and critical repair projects and to determine whether the City of Long Beach (City) provided sufficient oversight of the funds for these projects.
Marine Fire in Long Beach Harbor
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Marine Fire in Long Beach Harbor

Long Beach Fire Department’s Lifeguard Rescue Boat 1 and 1st Alarm Assignment made quick work of a 40-foot pleasure craft vessel that was engulfed in flames earlier this afternoon in Alamitos Bay. Though no injuries were reported, fire investigators are currently looking into the origins of the fire.
Toxic Waste Discovered Off Coast of Long Beach
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Toxic Waste Discovered Off Coast of Long Beach

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego published a new finding on April 26, from a 14 day expedition in the area known to contain the highly toxic insecticide product called DDT along the Los Angeles coast.