Boeing is announcing the layoffs of hundreds of employees in California. The Virginia-based aerospace company is handing out pink slips to more than 500 workers, including 115 in Long Beach and 144 in El Segundo. In the near future the company plans to also lay off 180 employees in Seal Beach, 57 in Huntington Beach, and 21 in San Diego. The announcements come as the NTSB continues investigating Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The company says a nearly two-month machinist’s strike influenced the decision to cut jobs…