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VIDEO Added: County Advisory Panel Advances (7-4) LB Mgm't Sought, LB Firefighters Fought, Paramedic Response Change For County Emergency Med Services Comm'n Decisional Vote
If approved, rules could let any L.A. County city seek approval for changed paramedic response. In March, LB Council majority indicated it will take   AUDIO: Seven Councilmembers (We Name Them) Remain Silent, Block Committee Discussion of Schipske-Proposed Ban On Contribs From Contractors And Others With Council Business, Require Disclosure Of Now-Secret Council Emails/Texts Retired Deputy City Attorney McCabe commends Schipske for her proposal Fatal Crash, Carson St. east of Los Coyotes Diagonal  Subsequent development above FBI releases photos/video of suspects in Boston Marathon bombing. UPDATE: Suspect in dark hat is dead in shootout with police; man in white hat is at large.  Progressive, Eco-Friendly, Zero-Emissions: 4th Annual Solar Grand Prix Is Today/Saturday @ El Dorado Park (Studebaker/Willow); Student-Built Solar-Powered Model Cars Race, Free Of Charge and Free of Fumes  Man Is Shot To Death, Dies On Sidewalk, Northern Border of Rose Park Neighborhood (Border of 2nd/4th Council Districts)  LBREPORT.com Learns Business Hit By Gunfire, 1700 block LB Blvd. (1st Council dist, Garcia); No Person Hit  Three People Stabbed, 1400 block Magnolia Ave.; LBPD Has Suspect In Custody Subsequent development above: Paramedic Staffing/Response Changes -- Long Beach City Mgm't Sought, LB Firefighters Fought -- Coming To Vote By L.A. County Emergency Medical Services Agency Committee; LBREPORT.com Plans LIVE VIDEO Coverage Mayor Foster, Police Chief McDonnell Address LB & L.A. Media re Upcoming Grand Prix Weekend, Mindful of Events In Boston Video streaming by Ustream DA Charges Transient With Capital Murder In PCH/Clark Arson Action, Will Decide Later Whether To Seek Death Penalty Subsequent development above Councilwoman Schipske Proposed: Seeks response from Council Committee within 90 days Man Is Shot Monday In  Victim in PCH/Clark Horrific Fire Bombing Dies and is Identified: Jerry Payne, Age 63; Arrestee Is 38 Yr Old Homeless Man [UPDATE] will be  PD conducts intense search, suspect eludes capture...for now  Congressman Rohrabacher Introduces "Respect State Marijuana Laws Act," Would Prevent Feds From Prosecuting Persons Whose Actions Comply With Their State's Marijuana Laws Second Day Seen @ Pro Drifting Competition on Long Beach Grand Prix Course by Dale Brown Special to LBREPORT.com
Seen @ Pro Drifting Competition on Long Beach Grand Prix Course by Dale Brown Special to LBREPORT.com
LBPD Chief McDonnell Tells Man Is Shot To Death Last Night, area Alamitos Ave. at 7th St  "Googie" Style Architecture At Defunct Car Dealership Repurposed And Reemerges As Sleek Mini-Mall LBREPORT.com Community Correspondent Former U.S. Marine Charged With Hate Crime Attack Outside Popular LB LGBT Bar LBREPORT.com Asks Mayor Foster If He'll Seek Third Term And He Says He's Still Thinking About It Amnesia file: Late last year, he told StraightTalkTV that he'd make up his mind by end of 2012  VIDEO: Cambodia Town Banners Dedicated Along Anaheim St. b/w Atlantic & Junipero Aves.  Spring St./Palo Verde (Just North of Millikan High): 20 Yr Old Man Allegedly Gropes Female Juvenile And Forcefully Takes Male Juvenile's Cell Phone, Then Boards LB Transit Bus; LB Cops Meet The Bus And Arrest The Suspect Sic Transit: Gary Lycan, Senior Producer For The Pet Place (KDOC Edition) And OC Register Radio Columnist  In Sac'to: Attn: Belmont Shore, Downtown LB And Beyond: Sac'to Bill Could Let Bars/Restaurants Serve Alcohol Till 4 a.m. In Cities That Request This Two Long Beach Apartment Fires Within Minutes of Each Other: Alamitos Beach And Just East of Downtown Doug Otto -- Lawyer/O'Neill Admin Appointee/Elected LBCC Trustee -- Files Paperwork Forming Committee To Pursue Mayoral Run in 2014 Crime Alert: Sexual Battery Suspect On Bike Resumes Grabbing Women; Victims Are Near Downtown/A Bit East; See New VIDEO/Photo; LBPD Asks: Do You Recognize This Suspect?  Screen save from Apr. 9 released video 71 Yr Old Pedestrian Is Struck/Killed on Redondo Ave./11th St. By 89 Yr Old Driver Who Stops & Attempts To Render Aid Link Cited Between Traffic-Related Air Pollution (Within Roughly A Mile From Gasoline & Diesel Sources) & Increased Incidence Of Three Types of Childhood Cancers Councilmembers Schipske & DeLong Agendize Proposal To Accept Free Third-Party Offer To Evaluate City Hall's Current Cost For Payroll/Time Keeping For Potential Cost Savings; City Mgr/City Att'y (On Day Before Council Meeting) Say It Would Be Inappropriate, Problematic And Should Be Part Of Replacing Other Systems Councilwoman Lowenthal, With Councilmembers Andrews & Johnson, Agendize Report On |
As promised on LBREPORT.com: Did You See It? Beautiful, Clear Sky Passby of Int'l Space Stn, Nearly Directly Over LB (actually over Malibu) Int'l Space Stn traveling over ELB, 7:58-8:00 p.m. Monday AND L.A., Long Beach, OC  23 Yr. Old Man Is Dead, Two Men Remain In Critical Condition, In Quadruple NLB Shooting, Midnight Hour, 300 block E. Home  News / In Detail: Residents Riled, City Hall Says Public Supports, Planned RoundAbout (Pacific/36th/Country Club Lane) & Traffic Light (Pacific/Wardlow) Begat By Bicycle Plan VIDEO WEBCAST from neighborhood seen LIVE on LBREPORT.com: Video streaming by Ustream New: SCAQMD Board OK's Contracts To Develop & Demonstrate Catenary (Trolley Type) Zero Emissions Truck System; Time Line Approx. Three Years For One Mile Demo Route Along Alameda in Carson, Perhaps Sooner If Trucks Ready For Testing Elsewhere Before Infrastructure Here Zero Emission supporter Councilman Johnson praises action Lost Pet: "Silvio" the Cat Is Missing From Willmore City Area. Have You Seen Him?  Gunfire Flies (April 5), "No-Hit" Shooting, 1300 block Lemon Ave.  Yard Sale This April 6-7 Benefiting Friends of LB Animals FBI & Several Other Agencies Execute Fed'l Search Warrant at Pacific Hospital; Affidavit Supporting Warrant Is Sealed By Court; FBI Says Investigation Is Focused On Allegations Of Criminal Activity Involving Fraud, Not Patient Care Reaction / Comments: Long Beach City Attorney: We Continue To Believe Officers Acted Reasonably, Their Actions "Must Be Judged Based On Circumstances As They Perceived Them And Not On Hindsight..." (Full Comments Here) Reaction / Comments: Long Beach Police Officers Ass'n President: "I Am In Utter Disbelief That A Jury Believes..." (Full Comments Here)  Previously released LBPD photo Fed'l Court Jury Awards Doug Zerby's Family $6.5 Mil, Says Two LB Police Officers Violated His Constitutional Rights, Were Negligent in Fatal Shooting, Mistaking Hose Nozzle For Gun First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: Former Councilwoman Tonia Location For Proposed El Dorado Dog Park Is Quietly Shifted From Controversial South Of Spring St. Site To North of Spring St. At Less Cost; "Friends of El Dorado Dog Park" Reps Say Their Group Supports This; Change Is Revealed As Council Allocates Remaining FY11 & FY12 Budget Money: Ultimate Location Decision Will Be Made By Parks & Rec Comm'n  LBPD Says "Unknown Technology" Used In ELB Auto Burglaries; See VIDEO; Do You Recognize These Suspects? Are You Among Possibly Still Unknown Victims?   First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: NLB Councilman Steven Neal Files Paperwork To Raise Money/Seek Assembly Seat in 2014 UPDATE: Councilman Neal tells LBREPORT.com that he's keeping his options open, will decide likely by end of 2013 whether to run for Assembly OR Council in 2014 NRA Issues "Nat'l School Shield" Report Recommending An Armed/Trained Security Person in Every U.S. School; Read It Here, Then Tell Us: What Should LBUSD Do? Discuss It? Ignore It? Noticed: Long Beach Press-Telegram Now Identifies Itself on Its Print Masthead As "An Edition of the Los Angeles Daily News Subsequent development above Amnesia File / Perspective: "Friends of El Dorado Dog Park," Whose Desired Project Was OK'd By Parks & Rec Comm'n In 2011 For Private Funding, Now Says Allocating Taxpayer Oil/Budget Surplus Could Be "Pivotal Moment" In Backing Proposal Tonight (DeLong, O'Donnell, Lowenthal) To Allocate $1.8 Mil For Unnamed Parks & Rec CIP/Maintenance Projects Subsequent development above News in Depth / Perspective: Council To Decide What Items To Fund (Or Not) With $5.4 Mil in FY12 Budget & Oil Surplus; Budget Oversight Committee (DeLong, O'Donnell, Lowenthal) Proposes Street/Sidewalk Repair Plus Councilmember Slush Fund For Unnamed Infrastructure/Park Items In Their Districts VIDEO + Photos: Woman Crashes Into Restaurant Carson/Cherry, Requiring LBFD Extrication; LBPD Says Driver Allegedly Hit Bldg. In Carson/Orange Strip Mall While Trying To Park, Then Allegedly Fled That Site At High Rate of Speed; LBPD Investigation Continues  Via LAObserved.com: Sick Sea Lions Situation Getting Worse, Not Better LB Harbor Comm'n Votes City Council still hasn't taken voted action on what it wants and would accept: "mitigation" in neighborhood or relocation in Ports. LBPD Officer Is Injured When Stolen Vehicle He's Searching For Collides With His Police Unit, Area 59th St./Jaymills Ave; Officer Is Taken To Hospital Suspect Flees Into Neighborhood; PD Conducts Intense Sesarch; Suspect Eludes Capture Detailed Coverage / Exclusive AUDIO: Angelo Logan, Leading Protests Against Proposed WLB-Adjacent BNSF/SCIG Railyard, Cheers Mayor Foster's Words BUT Faults Foster's Stance; Opponents Want Railyard Relocated w/ On-Dock Rail In Ports, Not "Mitigated" In Neighborhoods; UPDATE: SCIG Appears On LB Harbor Comm'n Agenda For "Discussion & Possible Action" On Monday LB Cops Respond, Search, Find & Arrest Two Juveniles Allegedly Burglarizing Vehicles In ELB At Predawn Easter Morning LB Immigration Reform Rally Draws Diverse Groups by Barry Saks  Photo credit: Barry Saks Shots Fired in Midnight Hour (Mar. 31), 1400 block Junipero; LB Cops Arrest Suspect For Discharging A Weapon...And Public Intoxication; No One Hit Advisory / Pet Food Alert: Natura Pet Expands Its Recall Of Some Specific Products As A Precautionary Measure (Salmonella); See Company Announcement With Detailed List of Products, Lot Numbers, Dates |
Man Is Shot, 1700 block LB Blvd., In Group Walk-Up Shooting (Mar. 30) 1st district crime scene is roughly a mile south of 6th district area where five people have been shot -- and one has died -- at two crime scenes within past three days  Armed Robbery Fri Nite To Business: 4500 block Atlantic Ave. Appreciation: Congratulations Family-Owned Baja Sonora Restaurants On Your 15th Anniversary; And They're Having "All Day Happy Hour"   Shots Fired at Occupied Dwelling, 5600 block Langport (SW of Paramount Blvd/South St.)  Extended VIDEO: Proponent of Latest Long Beach Medpot Petition Initiative ("LB Collective Rights Act of 2013") Is 1st Dist. Council Candidate Jason Aula; At News Conference, He Presents Measure Text And Introduces Trevor Nelson -- Nephew of Music Icon Willie Nelson -- Who Blasts Policies Making Marijuana Illegal For Medicinal And Recreational Purposes
Predawn Virginia Country Club Burglary Leads To Shots Fired, High Speed Pursuit Up 710 Fwy Ends in L.A.'s Chinatown Two People Are Shot 2100 block Earl (b/w Pacific & LB Blvd., south of Hill St.) TV Sitcom Pilot Based On Movie "Bad Teacher" Filming @ ELB's Marshall Middle School, Will Bring LBUSD $40,000+  Fire @ Apt. Bldg., 4000 block Elm Ave.; Heavy Damage Limited To One Unit, Related Damage To Others; One Resident Is Displaced LSU Hires CSULB's King Alexander As Its New President; AND UPDATE: LSU Says Terms of King's Salary "Being Negotiated And Submitted" To Governing Board For Approval At Subsequent Meeting Position will include duties of LSU system president and chancellor of LSU A&M AUDIO / Analysis: Hear Supreme Court Arguments on Defense of Marriage Act, See Initial Analysis on Supreme Court blog: "DOMA Is In Trouble AND Flashback: How Did Long Beach-Area Members of Congress Vote On Defense of Marriage Act (1996), Whose Constitutionality Is Challenged And U.S. Supreme Court Will Now Decide?  UPDATED & First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: New Paperwork Is Filed Mar. 25 By Someone For A New Petition Initiative: "Long Beach Collective Rights Act of 2013"; LB Medpot Initiative Signatures Fall Short, City Clerk SaysAnalysis: Multiple Views / Analysis via U.S. Supreme Court Blog On Prop 8 Arguments On-Demand Now: Hear It Here: Audio Of Mar. 26 U.S. Supreme Court Arguments on Proposition 8 Flashback: Nov. 2008: How Long Beach Voted -- By Council Districts -- On Prop 8 (Petition Initiated CA Constitutional Amendment Barring Same Sex Marriage); Majority Of Nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices Will Decide Now If Majority Of CA Voters Could Do What They Did Then VIDEO: Who Are These People? See VIDEO Captured At Gas Station...Where 10 Yr Old Boy Inside Parents' Car, And Another Man, Are Struck By Gunfire, Area Del Amo/Long Beach Blvd.  Individuals in video are called witnesses by LBPD  Vehicle Hit By Gunfire, 56th/Chestnut; Casings Found, No Person(s) Hit
Gunfire shortly after 5:00 p.m. Monday UPDATE: At Monday's meeting, the LB School Board voted 5-0 to adopt the "Plan B" scheduled start times and recommendations by Superintendent Steinhauser. Details to follow. LBUSD Sup't Steinhauser Recommends -- And School Board Could Approve On Sup't also recommends "Ad Hoc Committee" to research pros/cons of "late" start time for High School students w/ report to Board by Sept. 2014 U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On by Joe Mello LBREPORT.com Community Correspondent UPDATE: Step-Son Of Victim Is Arrested In NW LB Fatal Shooting (LB Blvd./69th St.) Subsequent development above: Councilman Austin Says 10 Yr Old Shooting Victim "Is Stable Condition & Expected To Recover"...And Austin Thanks Everyone For Their Prayers; Suspect(s) Are At Large, Public's Help Is Welcome; Mar. 22: Two People Shot -- One Is A 10 Year Old Child -- Area Del Amo Blvd./Long Beach Blvd. Perspective: See Pix, You Decide: Was City's Removal/Destruction Of 30+ Mature Trees Along Atherton St. Necessary, Desirable? If Replaced With 100+ Drought-Resistant, Low-Root-Invasive Saplings? Council Voted 6-0 (Schipske, Lowenthal Absent, O'Donnell Recusing Self) To Do This, Using Part Of Nearly $1 Million In Taxpayer "Transportation Funds" For Street Improvement Project
LBPD Detectives Find/LBPD SWAT Arrests Suspect In LSU Faculty Senate Votes "No Confidence" In LSU Governing Board Approaching Vote On Hiring CSULB's F. King Alexander Resolution says CSULB's four year graduation rate is lower than LSU, some faculty say Alexander hasn't been tenured Prof. or Administrator at a major research university Officer-Involved Shooting (Mar. 21), 4500 block Orange Ave., Stemmed From Armed Robbery Of A Convenience Store Three Days Earlier, PD Says Officer not injured; wounded suspect is listed in stable condition VIDEO: Vice Mayor Garcia Tells Willmore City Residents Recent Shootings/Graffiti Are A "Spike," Says Security Cams Will Be Deployed In Drake Park  Exiting CSULB President Alexander May Make Approx $550k Salary (Plus Perks) Heading LSU System In May 2012, he told Straight Talk TV CA taxpayers should be "ashamed" that Sac'to isn't spending more on higher education; he's now leaving CA with top state income tax rate of over 12% for Louisiana with top state income tax rate of 6% City Prosecutor Haubert Readies 2nd Annual Animal Care & Cruelty Prevention Conference -- Free Event -- Thurs. Mar. 21 @ Rec Park (4900 E. 7th St.) 5:30-8:30 p.m. Blast Rocks AES Power Plant, Studebaker Rd., UPDATE: AES Says Pipe Ruptured, Doesn't Use Word "Explosion"  Detectives Currently Have No Leads In 8th/Maine Officer-Involved Shooting, Hope Someone Will Come Forward With Info On Suspect; PD Says Suspect Fired Rounds At Officer Who Returned Fire In Foot Pursuit  FLASHBACK (Three Weeks Ago): 6th (Andrews), 1st (Garcia) and 9th (Neal) LB Council Districts Accounted For Over Half of City's 2012 Shootings; Each Averaged Over One Shooting Per Week
Mapping and Analysis by Jennifer Gomez Text by Bill Pearl FLASHBACK (Four Weeks Ago): Editorial: The Crime Maps & Numbers You Weren't Supposed To See Follow-Up: Proposal Easing Rules On Keeping Chickens, Goats & Bees Advances To Full Council
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Opinion / The Bear Facts: May Roundup: Life Changing Stem Cell Operation, Teenage Birth Control...And Local Politics (Sheriff, Mayor, Sac'to, Council)
Today the buzz in the news is the after morning pill that will now be available to young girls age fifteen and up. Ahhh, the reaction from the Right is both predictable and ridiculous as it always amazes me that we still have people who don't think that their young adult daughters would ever think of having sex out of wedlock and that the old rhythm method works just as good for birth control as does the pill. Or better yet that abstinence is the best way to handle the issue of birth control...
Opinion / Via CalWatchdog.com: As CalWatchdog.com Predicted, Pensions Eating Up Prop 30 Education Funds
March of the Lemmings: Public-Private Partnership Proposed For New Civic Center
Pets & Their People / Opinion: "Devocalization" -- That Is: Let's Cut Their Vocal Chords
Opinion: LBCC Commitment To Career Technical Education & Workforce Education Programs Unwavering
Opinion: Why Are They So Scared of Transparency? 
Opinion: Wrong Decision at the Wrong Time at LBCC
Opinion: The Constitutionality of Traditional Marriage
