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Ahead of Sunday night’s matchup against the Portland Fire, Los Angeles Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts kept her message simple: no excuses.

“Whatever you need, just tell me. We don’t have to play mind games. We don’t have to guess.”

“We’re almost 25% through… we’ve got to get to business and start approaching everything with the intensity we need,” Coach Lynne Roberts said pregame.

“I’m part of the problem here, essentially,” he says, “but I’m at least trying to take a step towards recognizing the problem and kind of unlocking some pathways to solving it.”

“When was the last time you saw a cop in your neighborhood just walking around, getting to know the neighborhood?”

“That was ugly,” Roberts said afterward about the officiating. “I get it they’re trying to clean it up. But it’s painful.”

Bryson is centering his campaign on housing affordability, public safety, and transportation—including ongoing parking concerns as Long Beach prepares for the 2028 Olympics.

"It’s been a long time coming. And we’re just going to continue this — the momentum from prior seasons into this season and moving forward.”

One person is dead and two others were wounded during a shooting Sunday in Downtown Long Beach near the grand opening celebration for Marathon Burger on Pine Avenue.

Quite honestly, I just got down on my knees and prayed," she recalled. A week later, the answer to her prayers arrived in the form of a LinkedIn message from a recruiter representing City Lifestyle, a national luxury publisher.

The operations and procedures document outlines a series of restrictions, including no ribbed cotton tank tops, wallet chains, jewelry thicker than ¼ inch, sunglasses at night or jerseys unless the team is playing that day. A VIP line reserved for Belmont Shore locals and CSULB students is also proposed in the document.

"You can’t call for unity while ignoring racism,” said one local resident who wished to remain anonymous.

“I have some very serious concerns about how the City addresses its challenge," said Jennifer Carey, president of the Gaviota Heights Homeowners Association.

“I’ve seen this too many times. Black folks come down [to City Council], make noise, and then just disappear. I’m not going nowhere," said Anthony Holmes

“We gotta just muscle up and be mentally tough to handle it,” Sparks head coach Lynne Roberts reminded the team.

As the Sparks fight for the postseason, one truth is clear: trust between players and media can’t be the missing piece. Just as respect for the league grows, so must respect for those working to tell its stories.

"My goal is to just help the team as much as I can.” -- Azurá Stevens

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“I believe a majority of our issues could probably be solved if people had easy access to mental health,” Therapist Amie Lowery-Luties said.

Julien Allemand was the unsung hero, finishing with three steals and orchestrating the offense.