Long Beach honored veterans and commemorated Long Beach’s naval history with a ceremonial community event on Tuesday, June 3.

Some 400 miles north of Long Beach, critics say there are many reasons to be skeptical. The Navy has made similar safety claims about the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.

A formal deactivation ceremony for the Long Beach occurred in 1994 at Norfolk Naval Station. Today, the ship’s hull and reactor compartments remain in storage at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ...

outlining efforts to address radioactive materials that have contaminated the now-closed Long Beach Naval Shipyard in California for decades. It was the first time Wyand, a Navy veteran who lived ...