By: Kadie Gurley and Marita Snyder While the semester is nearing its halfway point, ASI job openings are up for grabs. Students are able to fill positions in ASI’s student governing, media production through 22 West Media, Beach Pride events and more. There are 11 openings on the ASI recruitment site, key roles including Director of Human Resources that are...
By Vincent Medina + 4 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 4 min read
Biden demands lower drug costs, expresses support for women in Iran
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President Joe Biden spoke at Irvine Valley College on Friday and advocated for reducing the costs of healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The President expressed his frustrations over the rapid increase in drug costs, including pills for autoimmune diseases that cost $1000. Before he addressed the increase in pharmaceuticals, Biden acknowledged Shani Moslehi, the president of the Iranian American Chamber of Commerce,...
By Daily Forty-Niner Staff (Vincent as photographer) + 6 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 3 min read
CFA Long Beach denounces Ron Herrera, continues plans for labor union center
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By: Vincent Medina and Nicholas Broadhead Ron Herrera, president of the LA County Federation of Labor, resigned Monday after the LA Times released audio of him and LA City Council members in a discussion involving racist remarks. After the audio was leaked, the California Faculty Association at Long Beach released a statement on Tuesday, denouncing Herrera and demanding that LA...
By Timothy Wu (Vincent as desk editor) + 5 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 3 min read
UPD Chief John Brockie aims to create a transparent department
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John Brockie was promoted Long Beach State police chief in April, and aims to improve the transparency and relatability of campus police. Brockie served for 22 years at Cal State Fullerton and decided to transfer to CSULB since his two sons attend the university. The new chief is facing no shortage of troubles from reorganizing, recruiting, and reviewing the structure...
By Vincent Medina (Vincent as photographer) + 4 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 3 min read
Demonstrators advocate for reproductive rights in nationwide protest
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A march organized in Long Beach was one joined by thousands of demonstrators across the country on Saturday for Women's Wave Weekend, where nationwide demonstrations advocated for reproductive rights and the reinstitution of Roe v. Wade. Approximately 100 demonstrators marched from the Long Beach Superior Courthouse to Harvey Milk Park, gathering supportive honks or disapproving shouts from the window of...
By Jason Garcia (Vincent as desk editor) + 4 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 3 min read
Peterson Hall food trucks risk removal after low sales quota
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Long Beach State late-day students might lose dining option, as the food truck spot next to Peterson Hall is unable to hit sales quota. Through the Curbside Bites website, students are able to buy a variety of food such as burgers, hot dogs, tacos, desserts, and coffee through food trucks booked from CSULB. The food trucks are different throughout the...
By William Liang (Vincent as photographer) + 4 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 2 min read
Student Health Services offers breast cancer exams for all students
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Long Beach State students of all genders can utilize the breast cancer exams offered at the Student Health Services Department during Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. The exams are offered for free throughout the year, however the SHS is primarily focused on urgent or short-term issues and do not offer mammograms or ultrasounds, according to Tressa McCullough, reproductive health...
By Porter Aydelotte (Vincent as desk editor) + 5 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 3 min read
City Council allows Junipero Beach concession stand alcohol permit
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Long Beach City Council voted 7 - 1 on Tuesday to allow Saltwater Deck concession stand a permit for alcohol sales, despite two appeals against the permit during the summer. The Junipero Beach concession stand that opened last year filed for a conditional alcohol sales permit in July for their stand to sell alcohol along with food. Amy Cold, co-owner,...
By Elizabeth Basile (Vincent as desk editor) + 5 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 2 min read
The Nugget expected to reopen in spring 2023
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Long Beach State campus restaurant The Nugget Bar and Grill is expected to reopen in Spring 2023, with modifications to the menu and ordering methods. The Nugget restaurant was a hangout for students that closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rosa Hernandez, director of human resources for the 49er Shops, and Clint Campbell ,director of retail dining services,...
By Hannah Shields (Vincent as photographer) + 4 others for Daily Forty-Niner - 4 min read
Student leaders demand Conoley for new multicultural resource building
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Dozens of students, accompanied by members of the California Faculty Association, marched up the steps of Brotman Hall and gathered outside the president's office, protesting the relocation of the multicultural centers. The Organization of Historically Oppressed Students met with President Jane Close Conoley and her team on Thursday to discuss plans for building a six-story multicultural resource center on campus....
