Various stretches of the Harbor (110) Freeway will be closed overnight in the coming week as part of a bridge repair project.

Each night from today through Friday, up to three lanes of the freeway in each direction will be closed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in the area between Anaheim Street in Wilmington to Channel Street in San Pedro.

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A twin-engine Cessna made an emergency landing at 6:45 a.m. this morning at the Long Beach Airport, due to collapsed front landing gear, according to Maricella De Rivera, public affairs assistant at Long Beach Airport.

The pilot was able to safely land the plane despite the malfunction.  Two passengers in the small aircraft were uninjured.

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March 23, 2009 By ALAN ZIBEL, AP Real Estate Writer WASHINGTON – Sales of previously occupied homes jumped unexpectedly in February by the largest amount in nearly six years as first-time buyers took advantage of deep discounts on foreclosures and other distressed properties. Economists said sales, while still at levels not seen since 1997, may finally be coming back to life after declining sharply following the stock market plunge last autumn.

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By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer NEW YORK – Wall Street is getting the good news it wants on the economy’s biggest problems: banks and housing. Investors reignited a two-week rally Monday after hearing the government’s plan to help banks remove as much as $1 trillion in bad assets from their books and home sales showed a surprise increase. Major stock indexes jumped as much as 4 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which rose nearly 300 points. The Treasury Department said its plan would rely on the government’s $700 billion financial rescue fund, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as well as private investors.

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