{"id":227074,"date":"2026-03-19T15:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227074\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:55:31","slug":"long-beach-container-terminal-plants-over-100-trees-on-westside-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227074\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Container Terminal plants over 100 trees on Westside \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Long Beach now has more trees throughout its neighborhoods \u2013 thanks to contributions from the Long Beach Container Terminal.<\/p>\n

The company that manages the shipping facility, located at Pier E, has made an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving the air quality in the westside, which includes helping fund and plant 100 trees in the area. Last week, employees of the Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) volunteered and planted the final trees needed to reach that milestone, officials said.<\/p>\n

Employees planted the remaining 31 trees on Friday, March 13, in a residential area along the stretch of West 25th Street between Santa Fe and Webster Avenues.<\/p>\n

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Employees from Long Beach Container Terminal planted 31 trees in West Long Beach on Friday, March 13, 2026, completing the company\u2019s commitment to fund and plant trees in the westside as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving air quality in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Container Terminal)\n<\/p>\n

\"Employees<\/p>\n

Employees from Long Beach Container Terminal planted 31 trees in West Long Beach on Friday, March 13, 2026, completing the company\u2019s commitment to fund and plant trees in the westside as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving air quality in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Container Terminal)\n<\/p>\n

\"Employees<\/p>\n

Employees from Long Beach Container Terminal planted 31 trees in West Long Beach on Friday, March 13, 2026, completing the company\u2019s commitment to fund and plant trees in the westside as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving air quality in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Container Terminal)\n<\/p>\n

\"Employees<\/p>\n

Employees from Long Beach Container Terminal planted 31 trees in West Long Beach on Friday, March 13, 2026, completing the company\u2019s commitment to fund and plant trees in the westside as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving air quality in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Container Terminal)\n<\/p>\n

\"Employees<\/p>\n

Employees from Long Beach Container Terminal planted 31 trees in West Long Beach on Friday, March 13, 2026, completing the company\u2019s commitment to fund and plant trees in the westside as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving air quality in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Container Terminal)\n<\/p>\n

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Employees from Long Beach Container Terminal planted 31 trees in West Long Beach on Friday, March 13, 2026, completing the company\u2019s commitment to fund and plant trees in the westside as part of an ongoing commitment to sustainability and improving air quality in the area. (Photo courtesy of the Long Beach Container Terminal)\n<\/p>\n

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The tree planting effort, however, began in October when Long Beach\u2019s Office of Climate Action and Sustainability, in partnership with the Port of Long Beach and the LBCT, hosted a ceremonial planting of 21 trees<\/a> at John Muir TK-8 Academy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of our many dedicated employees, Long Beach Container Terminal is extremely proud to do our part to expand the tree canopy within our home base \u2013 the west side of Long Beach,\u201d Anthony Otto, CEO of LBCT, said at the time.<\/p>\n

In addition to various sustainability-related contributions to the westside, LBCT is also nearing completion of its effort to become a completely \u201cnet zero\u201d cargo handling facility by 2030, according to the company\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The tree planting and contribution by LBCT were done in association with Long Beach\u2019s Westside Promise Initiative<\/a>, a 10-year community investment plan that aligns existing city efforts and leverages partnerships to address current and historic challenges facing West Long Beach.<\/p>\n

The tree planting was also part of the city\u2019s 2025-26 tree planting season, which has been supported by the Port of Long Beach and LBCT, which together have funded $97,000 for the planting of more than 700 trees citywide \u2013 including the 100 planted in West Long Beach.<\/p>\n

\u00d3rale\u2019s executive director invites Long Beach community to comedy show fundraiser happening tomorrow<\/p>\n

Gaby Hernandez, executive director of \u00d3rale, transforms her birthday into an opportunity to raise crucial funds for the local immigrant rights organization\u2019s initiatives each year.<\/p>\n

But this year, the money raised through ticket sales from tomorrow\u2019s event will be going directly into the hands of immigrant families in Long Beach that have been impacted by the ongoing federal immigration raids in the city and across the region.<\/p>\n

A comedy show<\/a>, dubbed \u201cStand Up for Immigrant Justice,\u201d will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, March 20, at Jordan High School\u2019s Auditorium, 6500 Atlantic Ave. The show will feature local comedians, and critically acclaimed comedian Aida Rodriguez will be the headliner. There will also be live music and a silent auction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such an honor for me,\u201d Hernandez said in an interview on Monday. \u201cIf I can use my birthday to raise funds, or bring awareness, or get people activated, it\u2019s such a privilege. I just feel very lucky to be able to share this and to use my birthday for something good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The money raised from the event will be used to provide financial assistance to local immigrant families through the nonprofit\u2019s solidarity fund, Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are being impacted by the immigration raids in multiple ways,\u201d she said, \u201cby their loved ones being detained, losing income, or losing loved ones. So, this is a way that we\u2019re trying to support people because when we talk to community members, the one thing that they tell us is (that they) need financial support.\u201d<\/p>\n

The solidarity fund<\/a> helps \u00d3rale provide immigrant families with a gift card that can be used for groceries, paying bills, filling up on gas, or whatever they might need in the moment. The comedy show intends to strengthen the nonprofit\u2019s capacity to support families in Long Beach.<\/p>\n

According to the nonprofit\u2019s 2025 impact report<\/a>, they helped support 314 families last year, and this year they\u2019re hoping to help at least 200 more, Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

The executive director said that it\u2019s impactful to see the lineup of performers wanting to help contribute to Orale\u2019s cause. The show will feature comedians including Jesus Sepulveda, Martin Urbano, Jesus Trejo, and John Luna.<\/p>\n

There will also be a performance by The Killing Floors, a Los Angeles-based rock band. The evening\u2019s headliner will be comedian, writer, actress, and producer Aida Rodriguez. A comedian of Puerto Rican\/Dominican descent, Rodriguez is best known for her appearances as a contestant on the eighth season of \u201cLast Comic Standing\u201d and as a commentator on \u201cThe Young Turks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, part of the resistance is laughter,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cBeing able to laugh, being able to show them that they\u2019re not going to break us down, no matter what they do, is so important \u2013 laughter is resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n

If people are not able to attend the comedy show, Long Beach community members can also show their support for the immigrant community by donating directly to the solidarity fund, attending future events, or becoming a volunteer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want people to attend to support and also to have a little bit of fun,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cIt\u2019s been so many dark times and moments that this will be good laughter for a good cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the \u201cStand Up for Immigrant Justice\u201d comedy show are $50 and can be purchased at bit.ly\/oralecomedy26<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Long Beach now has more trees throughout its neighborhoods \u2013 thanks to contributions from the Long Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,3782,3739,131,133,132,137,3738],"class_list":["post-227074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-grunion-kindness","tag-grunion-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-the-grunion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}