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On LBReport.com New / With VIDEO: On Split Vote L.A. County Emergency Med Services Comm'n OK's Countywide Enabling Rule But Defers To July Action On Long Beach City Mgm't-Sought / Firefighters Ass'n-Fought Pilot Paramedic Response Change  47 Year Old Long Beach Woman Dies, 21 Year Old Bellflower Man Arrested, In Alleged Hit And Run, Carson/Clark (LBCC Area); LBPD Says Driver Hit Three Vehicles At High Rate of Speed, Was Allegedly Unlicensed Driver by Tonia Ciancanelli, Managing Editor, Viking News (LBCC)  Photo credit: Tonia Ciancanelli, Managing Editor, Viking News (LBCC) Long Beach City Att'y Bob Shannon -- Veteran of 39 Years In City Attorney's Office -- To Retire in July 2013 LBPD Asks: Do You Recognize These ID Theft Suspects?
Long Beach City Council Authorizes Initiating Litigation (Filing Suit) re City of Los Angeles Approval of EIR re BNSF-Sought SCIG Railyard Exited CSULB-President Alexander Salary To Head LSU System Will Be Approx. $600,000 Plus... "LB Clean" Volunteers Remove 200 Pounds Of Beach Trash; See Pix by Dale Brown   As Reported First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: Ammonia Leak At Cold Storage Facility Area Anaheim/Magnolia Closes Area Streets Predawn May 13; Nearby Residents Experienced Ammonia Leak in February South Wrigley Gunfire: Cars & Residence Window Hit Predawn Sat (May 11), 1900 block Daisy Ave. Believed Related To Domestic Violence Situation; Major PD Response; Neighborhood Residents Evacuated, SWAT Deployed As Officers Seek Suspect...Who Remains At Large  LBREPORT.com reader photo Amnesia File / Perspective: How Area Some Called Among Most Valuable Developable Coastal Property in CA Became "Outlets at the Pike"   DDR Mum For Now As Another Firm Offers Pike Area Properties For Outlet Operations Special Event Video Coverage: 2013 Long Beach Police & Fire Memorial Ceremony  As carried LIVE on LBREPORT.com: L.A. Council Votes 11-2 To Approve BNSF-Sought, WLB-Adjacent SCIG Railyard    Subsequent development above: L.A. City Council To Hear Multiple Appeals Today Challenging EIR For  Image source: Letter from USC, UCLA, UCI professors Port of LB Staff Gave Harbor Comm'rs Memo Asserting Pier S Infeasible For Railyard Before Harbor Comm'n Meeting, But Kept It From Public Until Agenda Item Over CA Supreme Court Rules Cities Can Ban Medpot Outlets By Zoning; Read Court's Opinion Here  BNSF Gave Money To These Long Beach Incumbents (Campaign & Officeholder Accounts)  See VIDEO & Pic: Do You Recognize This Man Allegedly Burglarizing Ace Hardware On Anaheim St.? LBPD Seeks Your Help In ID'ing Him  Port of LB Staff Said Railyard On Pier S Wouldn't Be Viable Project In Sept. 2011 Draft EIR. Will Port Staff Reassert Or Change Its Position In Response To Comm'r Dines' Agendized Item Today? AND Long Beach Harbor Commissioner Dines Agendizes Discussion Of "Feasibility of A Rail Yard Facility At Pier S"  Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance Tells L.A. Council In Advance of Group says railroads don't belong in neighborhoods, urges expanded on-dock rail with zero-emission technologies  Armed Robber Allegedly Pepper Sprays Employee, Steals Money From Wrigley Area Business (2600 block Willow St.) Bixby Knolls Armed Robbery To A Person, Victim Loses Money At Knifepoint, Area Atlantic Ave./Roosevelt Rd. UPDATE: Two Murders Within First Three Days of May: Fri Nite 10th/Linden Victim Is 23 Yr Old Long Beach Man; Shooting Is Near Southern End of St. Mary Medical Center 20-21 murders to date in 2013, versus 30 in all of 2012, and 26 in all of 2011  Did Long Beach Have An EIGHTH Murder in April? L.A. County Sheriffs Dept. Says Long Beach Man Found Dead In Burning Vehicle In Rancho PV Was Murdered in Long Beach...And LB Teen Is Now Charged By DA With His Murder Online Survey By Councilwoman Schipske Re Proposal To Build New City Hall/Civic Center Complex Says... Strongest response comes on whether to ban political contributions from bidders/participants to candidates for Mayor and Council LBPD Release Text Re Midafternoon May 1 Murder In Alamitos Beach: Victim Is Identified, A Man In His 20's, 1400 block Florida St.   Signal Hill Vice Mayor/Councilman Ed Wilson -- Who Pursued And Won Reelection To Signal Hill Council In March -- Enters Race For State Assembly Will face LB Councilman O'Donnell and former LB Councilwoman City Attorney Shannon Says Mayor Foster's Discussions re Proposed BNSF SCIG Railyard Are Totally Consistent With Authorizations Provided by LB City Council In Mayor Foster -- Without Council Vote While EIR Is On Appeal In L.A. -- Conveys Impression to L.A. Councilman That City of LB Agrees To "Mediation" On BNSF-Sought WLB-Impacting SCIG Railyard LBCC Students Hold May Day March From PCH Campus To Long Beach City Hall, Protesting LBCC Admin/Trustee Cuts To Eleven Vocational Pgms (1) Prologis Releases Artist Rendering of Proposed Cypress Trucked Goods Distribution Facility, Says It Will Be LEED Certified; (2) Grassroots OC4us.com Website Launched, Focuses On Proposed Facility ("...OCforUs (or OC4US) is about how we as a community work together to maintain the quality of life we moved here to enjoy. How we maintain and manage the growth. Here we discuss the tradeoffs, and we hold our elected officials (and their staff) accountable for the efforts they make on our behalf, or against our best interests...") First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: Councilman O'Donnell Meets With Nature Center Supporters, Seeks Input On Site Priorities, Indicates He Plans To Allocate Sums For Nature Center Infrastructure Fixes/Enhancements  Further development above UPDATE: Prologis Says It Will Reduce Number of Truck Bays In Proposed Trucked Goods Distribution Facility Sought on Katella Ave. In Cypress ("33-Acre Warehousing / Light Manufacturing Center"); Initial Proposal (w/ 129 Truck Bays) Angered Los Alamitos Residents And Their City Hall. UPDATE: Cypress City Hall Tenatively Plans To Release Draft EIR in July, Cypress Council Action Tentatively in September. What Are Potential Long Beach Impacts Along 405/605, Willow and Spring Sts?  Man Is Shot To Death, Predawn Sunday (April 28) 1400 block Junipero 15th murder of 2013, sixth fatal shooting in April (half in western part of the 4th Council district), fourth in April in corridor between 7th St. and PCH from east of downtown to west of Redondo Ave.; two add'l murders in North Long Beach  Officer-Involved Shooting, Area Artesia/Butler, Midnite Hour Subsequent development above Truck Cargo Distribution Facility Proposed on Katella Ave. In Cypress (Officially Dubbed "33-Acre Warehousing / Light Manufacturing Center") Angers Los Alamitos Residents And Their City Hall. What Are Potential Long Beach Impacts Along 405/605, Willow and Spring Sts? In Detail / With AUDIO: Los Cerritos Neighborhood Ass'n Survey -- Independent of City Hall, With Verified Neighborhood Residents' Views -- Shows Roughly 2/3 Of Residents Opposed to Planned Pacific Ave. "RoundAbouts"; Taxpayers Pro/Con Cheer/Jeer Pacific Ave. Roundabouts At Council Meetings For Several Weeks Running In Detail: Sac'to Proposed Bill -- "Homeless Bill of Rights" -- Would Block Enforcement Of Some Local Laws, Create Rights To "Rest" In Public Spaces, Sleep In Vehicles, Collect Redeemable/Recyclable Junk Items, Require 24/7 Local Health/Hygiene Centers...And Enable Lawsuits Alleging Violation Of Bill's Rights  Did You See It? Long Beach -- and L.A. and OC -- Get BEAUTIFUL, bright view of Int'l Space Stn As She Passes Nearly Directly Over Long Beach  City Mgm't Releases Request for Qualifications -- With Some Text Similar to "Public Private Partnership" For New Courthouse -- To Build/Operate New Long Beach Civic Center Advocated by Mayor Foster & Councilmembers Lowenthal & Garcia, taxpayer costs questioned by Councilwoman Schipske First (Again) at LBREPORT.com: CA Supreme Court Rules For Long Beach Taxpayer And Against City Hall In Class Action Challenging Collection Of Telephone Users Tax 2004-Nov. 2008; UPDATE: City Att'y Notes There's Been No Trial On Merits Yet & No Ruling On Whether Tax Was Unlawfully Collected Or Refunds Due See full McWilliams v. City of Long Beach opinion here  First (Again) at LBREPORT.com: Deal Not Done, Option Expires For Long Beach Boy Scouts To Sell Will J. Reid Park (4747 Daisy Ave.) To Trust For Public Land; Trust Says Door Is Still Open; LB Boy Scout Officials Say They'll Continue To Explore Add'l Opportunities To Sell 11 Acre Facility  Tale of Two Cities: Parts of Long Beach Among Half of CA Zip Codes Most Burdened by Pollution From Multiple Sources; Other Half of City Has Areas Among Least Impacted, Cal EPA & OEHHA Say; See Zip Code Map  Woman Is Fatally Shot, 1600 block Cherry Ave.  Recall Notices Served On Four LBCC Trustees Who OK'd Admin-Proposed Course Cuts; Student Trustee Troia Alleges Brown Act Violations in Trustees' Vote To Discontinue 11 Programs, Seeks To Restart Process LBCC Associated Student Body Board votes "No Confidence" resolution re Trustees, Administration  Trustee Otto in colloquy with Student Trustee Troia Hear It: Council Approves (8-1, Schipske Dissenting) -- Amid Public Testimony Questioning Price & Process And Councilwoman Schipske Questioning Multiple Aspects of -- City Mgm't Negotiated Agreement To Sell EMILY's List Endorses Gerrie Schipske for Long Beach Man Robbed By Suspect Allegedly Wielding/Discharging Pepper Spray Outside Signal Hill US Bank Branch, Willow/Cherry by Sean Belk, Signal Tribune Newspaper Subsequent development above City Mgm't Seeks Council Approval To Sell Long Beach's Hughes Middle School Named "Green Ribbon School" By U.S. Dept. of Education One of only four CA schools, 64 nationally, so honored
Man Shot, Killed In Long Beach Officers Investigating Unrelated Shooting Minutes Earlier When A Woman Drives Up With A Shooting Victim In Car In Grave Condition; Officers Rush Victim To Hospital In Police Car; LBPD Has Suspect in Custody  Man Is Shot Area Del Amo/Locust...Just Minutes Before Fatal Shooting Area Orange/Phillips On April 7, multiple victims were shot about two blocks north of Del Amo near Locust in which a male victim died. On Mar. 22 in the area of Del Amo Blvd./LB Blvd., a 10 year old boy was hit by gunfire while sitting next to his parents inside their vehicle while at a gas station.  Critical Missing Person Located: LBPD says that at about 7:00 p.m. Sunday, it received notification from an area hospital that the critical missing elderly woman (who was reported earlier Sunday) has been located and admitted to their care. As seen LIVE on LBREPORT.com: Excerpt of Solar Grand Prix events in El Dorado Park. Video streaming by Ustream |
On LBReport.com What Should And Shouldn't Happen In May 14 Closed Session on Railyard
 Opinion / The Bear Facts: May Roundup: Life Changing Stem Cell Operation, Teenage Birth Control...And Local Politics (Sheriff, Mayor, Sac'to, Council)
by Les Robbins  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...MORE
Editorial: Council Policy Vacuum on SCIG Railyard Invited Foster Feckless "Mitigation"; Cowering Council Should Agendize Open Vote On Either Relocation In Ports Or "Mitigation" in Neighborhoods  Opinion / Via CalWatchdog.com: As CalWatchdog.com Predicted, Pensions Eating Up Prop 30 Education Funds
By John Seiler Opinion / Common Sense:  March of the Lemmings: Public-Private Partnership Proposed For New Civic Centerby Terry Jensen Mayor Foster opines, "This project represents an opportunity to replace aging infrastructure through creative public/private financing mechanisms at little to no additional cost." Does he mean just like the state's court authorities did with construction of the Deukmejian Courthouse that has severely damaged the finances of the entire court system?...MORE Opinion / The Bear Facts: Respecting City Charter Would Cure What Some Say Ails City Hall
by Les Robbins ...When I was on the Council] we had NO, I will repeat, NO registered lobbyists who worked City Hall. Furthermore no one who tried to do business with the city did so by going through any member of the City Council and conducting business with them directly, like we see today...No one on the council took it upon themselves to cut deals and/or do any direct business with anyone who had business before the city. A City Manager form of government allows the city manager to operate the city and the council sets direction and establishes policy...MORE...MORE Pets & Their People / Opinion: "Devocalization" -- That Is: Let's Cut Their Vocal Chords
by C. Miriam Yarden, B.Sc., MS, APDT" Opinion / The Bear Facts: Texas Governor's "Governor Perry touts the state's business friendly attitude and tells our companies to "come on down and set up shop"...Well as far as I, and many others for that matter, are concerned the great state is probably significantly responsible for this [West, Texas] tragedy simply due to their absence of governmental oversight..."...MORE Opinion: LBCC Commitment To Career Technical Education & Workforce Education Programs Unwavering
by Roberto Uranga President, LBCCD Board of Trustees  Opinion: Why Are They So Scared of Transparency?
by Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske  Opinion: Wrong Decision at the Wrong Time at LBCC
by Marshall Blesofsky Opinion: Why Agenda Item (April 9) on Using Outside Experts to Analyze City Payroll Systems by Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske Since joining City Council in 2006, I have pushed consistently for City Management to procure an automated time keeping system: A system that makes city employees check in every day when they come and when they leave...If we were to have an earthquake tomorrow. No one could tell how many city employees were actually at work. That is insane in this day and age of technology...Councilmember Gary DeLong and I decided to place the issue on the Council agenda so that the entire City Council could decide should the city avail itself of a no cost analysis of the costs of our current systems. City management...went to the City Attorney and prevailed on him to write a memo in opposition of the proposed analysis on the basis that it would supposedly give ADP an advantage on future RFPs...MORE Related subsequent development Editorial: Out of Taxpayer Sight In Council Budget Oversight Committee Subsequent development above Opinion: Why We Need Political Reform in Long Beach by Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske Opinion: Long Beach Needs to Ban Contributions From Lobbyists and Contractors, Make Elected Officials Disclose Conversations Before Vote Including Texts and Emails During Council and Disclose Private Text Messages or Other Electronic Communications About City Business by Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske Opinion / The Bear Facts: NRA Should Wake Up & Support Fed'l Limits On Gun Access By Mentally Ill & Convicted Criminals, With Limits For Others On High Capacity Ammo Clips/Magazines
by Les Robbins "The NRA needs to wake up and smell the coffee here and realize that tempering their position on just a few of the issues is not the end of the 2nd Amendment. It might even restore some of their credibility that they seem to be losing with the average American."...MOREOpinion: Snubbing A Pioneer   Opinion: The Constitutionality of Traditional Marriage
by John Eastman, PhD * * Henry Salvatori Professor of Law and Community Service and former Dean at Chapman University School of Law in Orange County, Chairman of the Board of the National Organization for Marriage and the founder of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Claremont Institute Opinion: NRA re Assault Weapons, TSA re Knives on Planes, LB City Hall re Trees on Atherton St.
by Les Robbins Perspective: Five Inconvenient Truths About City Hall's Projected FY14 Budget "Surplus" Opinion: The Train is Finally Leaving the Station by Jerry Miller, Chamber of the Board, LB Area Chamber of Commerce Opinion: Council Committee Should Support Easing Rules To Keep Chickens & Goats...And City Staff's Proposed Changes Are Still Too Strict by Donna Marykwas, Long Beach Grows First Person / Opinion: by Ben Fisher  Editorial: Waves & Clean Water, Not Kool Aid: Councilmembers Should Tell The Truth About "Breakwater" Study That Isn't Editorial: Defeating Defeatism On The Railyard Unforgettable Sights On Our Recent African Safari
by Les Robbins  Editorial: It's Now Or Never: Five Principled Councilmembers Should Agendize Proposed Long Beach-Impacting Railyard For Support Or Opposition Opinion / City Hall-Sought Paramedic Staffing Change Deserves Quick Death, Would Be Step Backward For Public's Safety
by Les Robbins Editorial: Our Advice After City Auditor's Biz License Audit: Name Names, Disclose Taxpayer Costs Over Time, Cut Brass To Budget Boots Terry Jensen / Common Sense / Opinion: Long Beach: Why Are Stupidities Tolerated, Mediocrities Applauded And Priorities Bewildering?
Editorial: The Crime Maps & Numbers You Weren't Supposed To See 
Opinion / The Bear Truth: What I'll Be Writing Here
by Les Robbins Terry Jensen / Common Sense / Opinion: Public Private Partneship Isn't Panacea, May Invite Higher Cost To Rebuild Long Beach Civic CenterOpinion: Psst! Wanna Buy City Hall, the Main Library and the Old Courthouse for the Lowest Price in Real Estate History? Then Come to City Council on Tuesday, February 12! by Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske
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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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