Sic Transit: Inge Cristiano, Family Matriarch And (With Late Husband Vincenzo) Beloved Operator of Former Iconic Nino's Italian Restaurant
Inge Cristiano with daughter Carina, May 2018.
Update: LB HQ'd Rocket Lab Experiences Anomaly in Its May 15 Satellite Launch From New Zealand Resulting In Loss Of That Mission
New: Community Hospital Doesn't Include Licensed Coronary Care Beds
License allows roughly half of otherwise available Intensive Care And General Acute Care beds
Subsequent coverage above: Long Beach's Future in Space: Launch Window Opens 3 a.m. May 15 For LB-HQ'd Rocket Lab's Second Mission With Parachute-Deployed Splash-Down Recovery Of Its Electron Rocket
Developing: Official Statement by City of Long Beach Health and Human Services Department Regarding CDC Face Covering Recommendations
"The City is aware of the new CDC recommendations regarding face coverings for vaccinated individuals. Long Beach will work with the California Department of Public Health, which advises on such matters at the state level, before moving forward. Until the State Health Order changes, the City cannot amend its Health Order and Long Beach’s mask mandate remains in place, including for vaccinated individuals. More details will be available in the coming days."
New: Uranga Family's Youngest Son Tito (A Dad In His 30s) Is Battling A Rare Cancer; To Help His Family Herlinda Chico Launches "Go Fund Me" Appeal
New / In Detail: Supernaw and Allen Block Committee Discussion On Naming South St. Greenspace "Pressburg Parkway"
Proposal initiator Richardson or other Councilmember(s) can agendize item for full Council vote
New: Another CD1 (Zendejas) Shooting: Building and Two Unoccupied Vehicles Struck By Gunfire: 1700 block Locust
Viewpoint by Doug Krikorian, Special to LBREPORT.com
 New: Sign Of The Times: To Donning A Mask At A Near Empty Blair Field To Keep A High School Baseball Game From Being Halted To The Zany LBUSD Superintendent Jill Baker Still Keeping Elementary Students From Engaging In Playground Activity
Mr. Krikorian, an award winning journalist and author of two books, earned multiple awards in his 22 years of writing for the Long Beach Press-Telegram and 22 years for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He is happily retired.
New / Detailed Coverage: Fed'l Environmental Protection Agency Slaps Down Garcia-Co-Authored I-710 Metro Expansion Motion For Trying To Bypass Federally Req'd Detailed Air Quality Review
Says Garcia-Solis advocated "Clean Trucks Program" even if fully implemented would worsen air quality, EPA says project requires federally compliant hot-spot analysis
New: Part of NLB's "Uptown Commons" Comm'l Development Struck By Overnight Gunfire In Possible Burglary
New: Man Is Shot/Wounded Standing In Front Of His Home, 400 block E. 55th St. (CD 8/Austin)
New: Another South Wrigley Shooting: 2000 block Chestnut (CD 6/Saro); No Person(s) Hit; LBPD Arrests Suspect
New: Armed Robbery @ Walmart (Towne Ctr, Carson St. near 605)
New: Shooting Wounds Man, Area PCH/Pacific (border CD1/Zendejas-CD6/Saro); Less Than A Week Earlier, A Man Was Shot/Wounded Two Blocks North (CD6/Saro)
New / Coverage In Depth: Sac'to Bill Would Reduce Charges/Sentences For Shootings And Gun Related Crimes. Supporters Say Tough Gun Sentences Show Systemic Racism By Disproportionately Affecting People of Color
Councilmembers fail to discuss bill or its consequences in shooting-plagued Long Beach neighborhoods
New: Here Are Gov, Newsom's Five Choices (Under 2020's AB 3121 That He Signed) For Nine Member "Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States"
Two Others Will Be Chosen by State Senate President Pro Tem Plus Two by Assembly Speaker
New / Long Beach's Future In Space: Long Beach-based Rocket Lab Sets May 15 UTC For Its Next Mission With Parachute-Based Splash-Down Recovery Of Its Electron Rocket From Space
New: Long Beach Population Drops Along With LA County And CA...But Some Cities Grow
New: Congresswoman Barragán (D, Carson/NLB/Compton) Seeks $250,000 In FY 22 Fed'l Taxpayer Funds For NLB's Michelle Obama Library
Long Beach's Future In Space / New: Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit Plans June Launch Of Satellites For US Dept. of Defense Space Test Pgm, Royal Netherlands Air Force And Poland Based Firm
New / Follow-up: Confirmed: State Senate Rules Committee Soliciting Names Of LA County and OC Supervisors, Mayors & Councilmembers To Fill Coastal Comm'n Seat (Term Expiring) Currently Held By LB Councilman Uranga
New: Police Arrest Transient In 2020 Fatal Stabbing Of Transient, Ocean Blvd/Promenade North
New: Feds Cap LB Convention Ctr Migrant Minor Intake At 800 (Instead Of Contracted 1,000) After 6.6% (47 of 710) Test Positive For COVID-19; Move Reserves Space If Any More COVID-19 Cases Arise
Subsequent development above Will Councilman Uranga Remain On Or Vanish From CA Coastal Comm'n? His Term Expires May 20; There Are No Term Limits; Choice By State Senate Rules Committee Has Historically Been Made Behind Closed Doors With No Confirmation Hearing/Public Input
New: Here's What LB Health Dept. Says One Can Do / Not Do As It Moves City Into Yellow (Least Restrictive) COVID Tier
New: Man Is Shot/Wounded At Midafternoon Along Wrigley's 2000 block of Pacific Ave. (CD 6)
New: Three Shootings May 1 Within 20 Mins: Man Wounded (CD 6/Saro); Woman Wounded (CD 1/Zendejas); Car to Car Shooting (CD 1/Zendejas) Misses Hitting Victim
Long Beach's Future In Space: Long Beach Based Virgin Orbit Capitalizes On Its Unique Air Lauched System To Provide Launch Capability To Brazil
Image source: Virgin Orbit
New: Gunfire In Part Of Austin's CD 8 (300 block Plymouth St.), Same Block Where Gunfire Flew in Jan.
New: In Response To Shootings, LBPD Tested Walking Cops In Area b/w LA River-LB Blvd, Anaheim-PCH. The Walking Cops Deployment Has Ended. What Now?
Long Beach's Future In Space: Rocket Lab Plans May 2021 Repeat Of Its Nov. 2020 Launch/Parachute-Slowed Recovery Of Booster Rocket AND Intends To Move Toward Mid-Air Recovery AND Is Developing New Launch Vehicle For Propulsive (Engine Slowed) Landing on Ocean Platform
Editorial: From Long Beach to Pomona, Reporters Faced Federally-Desired, Locally-Enabled Block That Manipulated Media Coverage Of Migrant Minor Detention Facilities. That's Not OK.
New: North Wrigley Cops Coax Restraining Order Suspect Off Rooftop
Screen save by Carlos Ovalle
New: Sac'to Bill To Permanently Maintain/Increase Digital-Era Public Speaking Rights At Council Meetings Passes Key Policy Committee
Would also curtail orchestrated speakers from cutting off opposing views
Long Beach's Future In Space: Port of LB Makes Deal With Elon Musk's Space-X To Use Part Of Port's Pier T To Dock Vessels And Offload Equipment As Part Of Its West Coast Rocket Recovery Operations
Portion of map accompanying Harbor Comm'n agenda item.
New: Mayor Garcia Testifies At Virtual Hearing By House Subcommittee On "Unaccompanied Children at the Border"; He Urges Changes In Current Immigration System (He Called Broken), Advocated "Clear and Fair Pathway For Citizenship" for Undocumented Persons, Advocated A Guest Worker Program and Aid for Mexico and Central American Countries
Who Did He Say Contacted Whom First About Using Convention Ctr? Hear Garbled Audio
Screen save: Mayor Garcia testifies to House Subcommittee April 27, 2021
New: Long Beach Has Three Shootings Within 24 Hrs
Subsequent coverage above Mayor Garcia Will Be One of Four Witnesses at Virtual Hearing By A House Subcommittee On "Unaccompanied Children at the Border: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Way Forward"
Follow-Up: Update: SHPD Says Walk-Up Shooting 1900 block St. Louis Left Man Wounded
Subsequent development above Signal Hill PD Tight Lipped (for 12+ Hrs) Over Cherry/20th St. 1900 block St. Louis Shooting
New: Man Is Shot/Wounded, 10th St. b/w Cherry-Orizaba (Border CD 2/4, Allen-Supernaw)
New: Someone Shoots Into Inhabited Dwelling, 5500 block LB Blvd. (CD 8/Austin)
New / In Detail / AUDIO: Long Beach Residents Take Action (Faced With LB City Hall Inaction) On SB 9 (Four Units on Single Family Lot); In State Senate Committee Hearing, Neighborhood Group Residents Join Lengthy List Of Cities and Neighborhood Groups Statewide Opposing Measure Co-Authored by State Senator (former Councilwoman) Lena Gonzalez
Mayors of Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, "LB Yimby" (Yes in my Backyard), Cal Chamber, American Planning Ass'n among measure's supporters; it clears State Senate Governance and Finance Committee 5-0
New: Is It About Children Or Revenue? To House Migrant Minors Thru Aug. 2, Taxpayers Will Pay SMG (LB Convention Ctr Operator) $35 Mil
Additional nearly $1 Million is payable to City Hall for labor based hours for Police/Fire/Health Dept/City Mgt/City Attorney
Downtown hotels/restaurants may separately see windfall to provide lodging/food for fed'l event staffers
New / Perspective: City/Feds Don't Allow Reporters' Access To Convention Ctr Areas Where Migrant Minors To Be Housed But Give Tour To Electeds And Supportive Groups; City Offers Pooled Photos + Text By So Cal News Group (PT/Gazettes Operator)
Butterfly is projected on wall in distance. Brittany Murray SCNG pooled photo.
New / In Depth Coverage: While Long Beach City Hall Lets Sac'to's Density Enabling SB 9 Advance, El Dorado Park South Neighborhood Ass'n Independently Submits Opposition Letter To Sac'to Committee; Other LB Groups May Put Themselves On Record Against SB 9 In Today's Sac'to Hearing
"LB Yimby" and other "Yimby" (Yes in my Backyard) groups statewide plus various interest groups support measure
Long Beach's Future in Space / A Continuing Series: Long Beach Based Virgin Orbit Announces Deal With QinetiQ & HyperSat To Launch Series of Six Hyperspectral Satellites
New: Transient Shot To Death In North Wrigley Adjacent Encampment Allowed to Persist At S'bound 405/N'bound 710
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Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit Plans June Launch Of Satellites For US Dept. of Defense Space Test Pgm, Royal Netherlands Air Force And Poland Based Firm
Long Beach-based Rocket Lab Sets May 15 UTC For Its Next Mission With Parachute-Based Splash-Down Recovery Of Its Electron Rocket From Space
Virgin Orbit Capitalizes On Its Unique Air Lauched System To Provide Launch Capability To Brazil
Virgin Orbit Announces Deal With QinetiQ & HyperSat To Launch Series of Six Hyperspectral Satellites#virginorbit#longbeach
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Rocket Lab Plans May 2021 Repeat Of Its Nov. 2020 Launch/Parachute-Slowed Recovery Of Booster Rocket AND Intends To Move Toward Mid-Air Recovery AND Is Developing New Launch Vehicle For Propulsive (Engine Slowed) Landing on Ocean Platform
Relativity: Another Mission Duty Cycle test in the books! This time, we completed the test with our new cop
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The Beloved Sandra Headley, AKA Coachie, Climaxes Her Memorable 39-Year Tenure At Naples Elementary School With A Most Unusual Task
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia Takes A Victory Lap For His City Hosting The Undocumented Migrants, But The Estimated $35 Million Cost To Taxpayers Has His Critics In An Uproar, Including One, The Famed Bodyguard Mike (The Hammer) DiMarzo, Who Calls Mr. Garcia The Teflon Don Of LB
Tommy O'Toole's Magical 12-Hour Day That Might Well Land Him In The Guinness Book Of World Records And, Who Knows, The Zany LBUSD Superintendent Jill Baker Might Be Destined To Wind Up In It, Too
Why Don't Mayor Robert Garcia And His Marionette, City Manager Tom Modica, Come Out And Tell The Truth About How Long Beach Became A Lodging Sanctuary For More Than 1,000 Undocumented Kids?
Why Have ALL The Long Beach Leaders Been So Silent On The Feds Placing A Contingent Of Undocumented Kids In Downtown LB?
A Talk With Jerry West And An Emotional Remembrance For Me Of Still Another Friend, Elgin Baylor, Who Is Gone
Frankly, I'm Surprised Long Beach Chief Of Police Robert Luna Didn't Think A Contingent Of Extraterrestrials From Another Galaxy Was Responsible For The LB Crime Wave
The Creator Of Two Iconic Long Beach Dining Establishments, Schooner Or Later and Tantalum, LB Bachelor Denny Lund Also Has Been A Creator Of Glad Times
Krikorian Notes: From Cal Gov Gavin Newsom Keeping Long Beach Restaurant Diners Outdoors For No Plausible Reason To His Equally Despised Michigan Counterpart, Gretchen Whitmer, Actually Allowing Indoor Dining In Her State To Cock Of The Walk John Morris Speechless (!) To Dickie (Too Fast, Too Furious) Babian Turning Crow's Over To His Son To My New 7-1, 354 Bodyguard Aaron Gray Taking Over From The Undersized 6-0, 225 Mike (The Hammer) DiMarzo
Krikorian Notes: From Gavin Newsom Praising Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia As Though He's Destined For Mt. Rushmore To Newsom Hoping The Rest Of California Follows The Jill Baker LBUSD Path (???) To The Tiger Woods Car Accident To Bad Stu Ledsam's Son Kyle's Big Award To Vons Pavilion GM Steve Carr Performing Cashiering Duty To My Watching the Amazing Emerzian Twins Next Week In Michigan
Krikorian Notes: From A Most Surreal Development That Has Me In A State Of Giddiness---Our Beloved Long Beach Actually Now Serious About Building A New Swimming Pool After Coastal Commission Approval And Strong Endorsements From Such Local Leaders As Mayor Robert Garcia and City Manager Tom Modica and Their Political Accomplices To Mike O'Toole Doing a Solo, He-Man Rowing Act On A 32-Foot Gondola Carolina Filled With 14 People Around Naples Canals To Jill Baker’s Typical Back-to-School Delaying Tactics To My Receiving My Periodic SAG-AFTRA Residuals From My Once Flourishing Acting Career That, Sadly, Went The Way Of My Once Flourishing Radio Career
Long-Time Belmont Shore Resident Dorcas Baldwin, 85, Endures Frightening Experience Of Homeless Man Breaking Into Her Bay Shore Avenue Home And Taking A Shower Before Long Beach Cops Come To The Rescue
CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod Hoping Gavin Newsom And His Health Department Toadies Come To Their Senses For Projected High School Sports Restart On March 19
Terry Antonelli Orchestrating Rise Of L’Opera After Its Tragic Fall In The Great Long Beach Memorial Day Pillage & Plunder Festival
Krikorian Notes: From Mayor Garcia's Spineless Speech To Jill Baker's Passing The Buck Alliance With Gavin Newsom To A Positive Long Beach Vaccination Experience To Welcoming New Neighbor George Gascon To Mike The Hammer Bludgeoning Me About Boxing To The Amazing Tom Brady
The Memorable Life Of Tommy Lasorda: From World Series Titles To Slim-Fast Diets To Obscenity-Laced Jim Healy Tapes To Pitching To Jack Clark To A Sacred Legacy Of Laughter And Success On The Ball Yards Of America
"A Lady Shrieking "Wear A Mask!" On Bay Shore Ave. Results In A Mask-Wearing Epiphany For Our Columnist
A Christmas Tale Of Reflections And Remembrances
Krikorian Notes: From New LA County DA George Gascon Moving To Naples To LBUSD Superintendent Jill Baker Continuing To Stunt Growth Of 70,000 Students To Distress Of Locked Down LB Entrepreneurs Jeff Cozart, Mike Neufeld, John Sangmeister To LB’s Very Own Kato Kaelin, Steve Folger, Squiring Kelly Clarkson In Nashville
Krikorian Notes: From Joe Jost Owner Ken Buck Sounding Off On The Lockdowns To Big Ben Goldberg's Boat Parade Party In Huntington Harbor To Bob Ludlam Departing LB For Prescott -- The Leisure World of Arizona -- To LB State President Jane Close Conoley Not Faintly Resembling Her Esteemed Predecessors To Mike (The Hammer) DiMarzo Invading Miami For Nightclub Frolic To LB State Women's Soccer Coach Mauricio Ingrassia Suddenly Looking Like A Matinee Idol
When Is LBUSD Superintendent Jill Baker Going To End Her Calamitous Lockdown That Has Caused So Much Chaos And Heartache And Disruption Among 70,000 Students?
Krikorian Notes: From Councilman Rex Richardson Displaying Courage To Show Up At A Long Beach Restaurant Association Meeting To The Countless Millions Lost On Unoccupied LB Buses To LB Health Czar Kelly Colopy’s Latest Mean-Spirited Edict To the Irritating Silence Of LB City Manager Tom Modica To LB Mayor Robert Garcia Ignoring His Constituents For Political Reasons To Bob The Black Labrador Parading Down The Peninsula Boardwalk Holding A Large Palm Limb In His Mouth
How Many Long Beach Restaurants Will Be Forced to Close After Latest Lockdown Lunacy?
Where's Krikorian? Temporarily On "Injured Reserve List" Recovering From Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Krikorian Notes: From Nico's George Mlouk Praising LB Mayor Robert Garcia For Working To Help LB Restaurateurs To A Plea To LB Health Czar Kelly Colopy To Restrain Her Overzealous Sleuths To Lakers Deserving NBA Title To LeBron James Turning Anthony Davis Into Passionate Competitor To Vital Contributions Of Lakers Coach Frank Vogel And GM Rob Pelinka To Sadness Of Passing Of The Great Joe Morgan And Its Impact On Maury Wills' Hall Of Fame Chances
Famous Long Beach Restaurateur Phil Trani Days Of Joyful Memories And Pandemic Miseries
Krikorian Notes: From The Irritating Silence Of The Long Beach Politicians In Not Supporting Their Citizens To The Whereabouts Of LB Mayor Robert Garcia To The Whistles Favoring The Lakers Against The Nuggets To The Greatness of Patrick Mahomes To The End Of A European Vacation Streak That Started In 1989
LBUSD Superintendent Jill Baker’s 70,000 Student Online Virtual Teaching Miscalculation A Disaster!
Krikorian Notes: From The 9 Unworthies Of The LB City Council To The LB Upstick In Shootings And Speeding To Restauranteur John Morris Horseback Riding On A Wyoming Mountaintop To The Walking Adventures Of Earth Man
Jeff Cozart's Time Of Torment: Will His Belmont Athletic Club Survive Gavin Newsom’s Latest Lockdown?
Krikorian Notes: A Labor Day Elegy For Those In The Long Beach Business Community Who Were Violated In The Memorial Day Looting Frenzy To The Palm Tree Limbs Littering 2nd Street To The Scooters Littering The Belmont Shore Bridge To The Virtual On-Line Spectacle At Big Mike O'Toole's Household
Krikorian Notes: From Long Beach Mayor's Ascent To Dem Stardom Because Of Lockstep Embrace Of The Party's Policies To The Enchanting Parklet Dining On 2nd Street To Tearing Down The Hoops in Belmont Shore To Greg Silver's LB Departure To Huntington Beach To Bob Rice Protecting Me From Isiah Robertson
Don Kramer Was A Character Like No Other With His Zaniness, Goofiness, Joyfulness, Kindliness Who Left All Who Knew Him With Lasting Memories Of Slapstick Antics And Mirthful Anecdotes
Krikorian Notes: From Majority Of LB Teachers Skipping Classrooms For The Comforts Of Home To Dr. Jill Baker Becoming Another Maria Montessori To Terry Antonelli Discussing Resurrection of L'Opera To Mayor Robert Garcia Touted By MSNBC's Brian Williams As A Future U.S. Senator To Kershaw's Magical Transformation
Long Beach's Renaissance Man, Chuckie Miller, Reflects On His Entrepreneurial Life And On Racial Inequity
Krikorian Notes: From LB's Elected Leadership's Reimagining Delusions To the Gaslamp's Outdoor Wall Video Band Show To The Ghastly USC Coach, Clay Helton
FDR's Grandson, Delano Roosevelt, Talks Democratic Party, JetBlue, Long Beach And His Life
LBPD Chief Robert Luna: Stand Up For Your Fifty Ousted Cops!
What Next From Long Beach Health Boss Kelly Colopy, Hazmat Suits For Our Restaurant Servers?
Sadly, Our National Pastime No Longer A Pastime For Me
Parklets! Three Cheers For Long Beach Politicians!
Memo To LBUSD Sup Jill Baker: Return The Kids To the Classroom!
A 2 1/2-Hour Commute To Work A Joy To This 86-Year Old Gentleman
Long Beach Politicians Once Again Fail Long Beach
Is Long Beach Destined to Become the City That Never Sleeps?
I Never Thought I'd Live To See These...
Ben Goldberg Exits Long Beach, Now Nearby Refugee In OC
Long Time Long Beach Resident Dave Lopez Climaxes Storied 48-Year TV Career
From Krikorian's Notebook: When Will LB Police Chief Luna Come Clean About May 31 Downtown Long Beach Looting Frenzy?
From Krikorian's Notebook: (1) LBUSD Mgm't Mulls Keeping K-5 Kids Indoors Without Normal Access To Playground, Cafeteria, Auditorium Activities; (2) And More...
Will LB's New School Sup't Allocate Untimely Pay Raise To Serve Students?
Awaiting Governor's Dictate To Decide Fate Of This Year's (July 3) "Big Bang On the Bay"
Mayor/Council Sounds Of Silence After LB Cops Let Some Pillage Our Village
Excuses By Long Beach Police & Politicians Dishearten Damaged LB Businesses
Hallelujah! LB Mayor Pleads For Sac'to Permission To Lift Closures That Needn't Have Occurred
Speak Up, Mr. Mayor, On Governor's Unwise Edicts. You Can Do That And You Should
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Subsequent development above Council Sets "Study Session" (April 20, 5:30 p.m.) On "Strategies For Addressing Violent Crime." Will We Hear Chief Luna Reiterate His March Memo Blaming Pandemic, Not Council-Thinned Police Levels, For Increased Shootings?
Gunfire In North Alamitos Beach (CD 2/Allen): 400 block Rose Ave.
Man Shot/Wounded In NLB, 100 block W. 52nd St. (CD 8/Austin)
Gunfire Strikes Multi-Unit Residence In Wrigley: 2500 block Chestnut (CD 6/Saro)
Sac'to Bill Proposes Increased Digital-Era Public Speaking Rights At Council Meetings
Would also curtail orchestrated speakers from cutting off opposing views
Another CD6 (Saro) Shooting, A Drive-By In 1000 block of Myrtle Ave. Leaves Man Wounded; Crime Scene Is Barely A Mile And Half From Shooting (Casings Found) Less Than A Week Earlier
LA River Bike Path Rider Stabbed Area PCH/Golden
Man And Woman Walking In 1 a.m. Hour In 200 block of N. Pine Near Broadway Are Involved In Physical Altercation With Some Group And Man Is Stabbed
In Depth / Extended AUDIO: It's Back: Sac'to's SB 9 (Co-Authored by LB State Senator Gonzalez) That Would Allow Four Housing Units (Opponents Say Six) On Single Family Home Lots Just Advanced In State Senate Committee; LB City Hall Silent (Again); State Senator Umberg Votes "Yes"
Council Votes 7-1 (Uranga Dissenting) To Deny Appeals Seeking EIR, Approves RV Parking/Comm'l Storage, Not Park/Open Space, Along LA River At 3701 Pacific Place
Subsequent development above City Hall Mum (Again) As Sac'to Bill To Require Increased Single Family Neighborhood Density Faces Hearing
Another CD6 Shooting, Casings Found, 2200 block Myrtle (Councilwoman Saro)
Wrigley Shooting, 200 block E. Spring (Near NE Corner of Veterans Park (border CD 6/Saro and CD7/Uranga)
City Halts Johnson/Janssen Vax For Now Per CDC After Serious Reax For Some Elsewhere
All Public Speakers On Riverpark April 13 Hearing Signed Up Within Less Than 3 Minute Period On Weds, April 7
Viewpoint: Emailed To Mayor and Council: Do the Right Thing: Require Full EIR On 3701 Pacific Place Parcel
by Rae Gabelich *
* Ms. Gabelich was CD8's Council rep from mid-2004 (when she unseated a Mayor-backed Council incumbent) through mid-2012. She submitted the text below (lightly shortened by us) at 12:45 p.m. April 13 to the City Clerk, Mayor Garcia and all nine Council incumbents in connection with tonight's agendized appeal hearing.
Perspective: With No Discernible Political Strategy To Deal With Decisionmaking City Council, Riverpark Coalition Girds For Unhelpful Council Hearing Outcome, Readies EIR/CEQA Litigation
Days Before Critical Council Hearing, City Mgm't Releases Report Claiming 3701 Pacific Place Infeasible For Open Space; Councilman Austin Embraces Report And Its Other Advised Sites; Appellant Riverpark Coalition Calls It A Sham, Charges It Contains False/Misleading Statements, Urges Its Rejection
Another Shooting in Supernaw's CD 4 (b/w Traffic Circle & Redondo, South of PCH)
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Open Letter to Long Beach Council: I'm Leaving Long Beach Because You've Let Parts Of 1st Council District Descend Into Gunfire Ridden, Trash Filled, City Enabled Squalor
by Emily Mastren *
* The author, a young woman with an infant daughter, lives in the neighborhood just north of 7th St. west of Alamitos/MLK Ave. in the 1st Council district represented since December 2019 by Councilwoman Mary Zendejas
Editorial: Council Can And Should Tie Public/Press Transparency String to Aquarium Operator's Request For $5 Mil Loan
Editorial: LBCC Trustees Should Publicly Release Benchmark Investigations Report And Stop Further Billable Legal Fees In Political Vendetta Against Trustee Sunny Zia
Independently produced VIDEO opinion ("The Memo") by Franklin Sims
Att'n LB Dems: Now's Your Moment To Apply Political Velcro To Some of Cindy Allen's Campaign Enablers. Here's How
Follow-up aboveAtt'n LB Dems: Want To Apply Political Velcro To Some of Cindy Allen's Council Campaign Enablers? It's Easy But You Have To Act Fast
Editorial: City Attorney's COVID Memo Omits Legal Developments, Gives Mayor/Council Political Cover To Do Nothing
Guest Commentary: My Grown-Up Votes On Ballot Measures
by Lisa Ramelow *
* Ms. Ramelow is a Long Beach writer.
"I’ve been working on staying out of politics. But I do slip every now and then..."MORE
Editorial: Eleven Years Gone, Remembering Melody Ross, Regretting Current LB School Board Election That Failed To Prioritize Ridding Campuses of Gangs
Editorial: No Longer About Explosives/Fireworks; Now It's About Lies
Might August Allegations, Downplayed By Allen During Campaign, Cost Her Newly Elected Office? Taxpayers Deserve Enforcement Agencies' Decision On The Merits
Opinion Counterpoint Councilwoman Price Says She Did -- And Does -- Support Prop 20, Cites Her Record Urging Fix For Props 47/57/AB 109 And Collecting Thousands Of Signatures to Put Prop 20 On Ballot
Opinion: Long Beach Mayor/City Councilmember(s) Could Have -- But Didn't - Agendize Item To Support Prop 20 (Reforms Parts Of Current CA Laws That Invite Business Thefts and Neighborhood Impacting Crimes)
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Measures A & B: LBREPORT.com Seeks District Attorney Review Of Long Beach Mayor/City Council Feb. 18 Actions re Measure B
Publisher raises issue of using public resources at that meeting to promote ballot measure
Measures A & B: Garcia-Run Campaign Has Spent Over $380,000 Since Jan 1 For Gen'l Fund ("Blank Check") Tax Measures A & B...And Some LB Arts-Related Entities (That Could Receive Ongoing Sums If Voters Approve Measure B) Recently Contributed Nearly $20,000
8th Dist: Dollar Donnybrook: Organized Labor Spends Large Sum For Thrash-Ntuk; Business Interests Spend Big to Re-Elect Austin; Reform Ticket Challenger Ovalle Uses Contribs Mainly From Grassroots Residents
2nd Dist Deluge: Over $120,000 Spent Since Jan. 1 To Put Cindy Allen On City Council ($70k+ From These Contribs + $50k+ From Two Indie Committees); Reform Ticket Candidate Robert Fox (Using Mainly His Own Money) Has Spent $60k+; Pearce Endorsee Lara About $10k, Barrera About $5.5k
8th Dist + 6th Dist. These Five Entities + One Individual Just Added $42,500 To Indie Campaign Seeking To Re-Elect Council Incumbents Andrews And Austin
8th Dist: In 8th Dist., UniteHere! Union Adds $50,000 (Producing $125,000) For Organized-Labor Indie Campaign Seeking To Elect Thrash-Ntuk
Follow the Money: Carpenters Union PAC Adds $10k To Garcia-Run Pro-Measure A Sales Tax Campaign; It's Collected Over Half A Million To Date From These Entities To Spend Against Grassroots Taxpayers Relying On Bare-Bones Individual Efforts
2nd Dist: These Persons / Entities Gave These Sums To Elect Cindy Allen To LB City Council (2nd Dist.)
6th Dist: Three Unions Just Gave Nearly A Quarter Million Dollars To L.A. County Labor Fed'n Which Is Allocating Estimated $40,000 In Indie Effort To Elect Suely Saro In 6th District (South Wrigley/Central LB/Cambodia Town)
Mayor Garcia: See Who Gave Maximum Sums To Mayor Garcia's 2026 Lt. Governor Committee (That He's Used Thus Far As A Slush Fund To Support Other Campaigns)
Subsequent coverage above: These Five Entities Just Gave $170,000 More -- Producing Total Now Nearly Half A Million -- For Garcia-Run Campaign To Continue Imposing Measure A Gen'l Fund (Blank Check) Sales Tax
Subsequent cverage above: 8th Dist: $75,000 Labor-Backed Indie Campaign Surfaces In 8th District Backing Thrash-Ntuk
Subsequent coverage above 6th + 8th Dists: These Entities Funded Indie Campaign Supporting Re-Election Of Andrews in 6th, Austin In 8th
Subsequent coverage above Measure A Sales Tax: LB Firefighters Union Adds $125,000 to $200,000 From Police Officers Union To Fund Garcia-Run Campaign To Permanently Impose "Measure A" (Blank Check) Sales Tax
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LBREPORT.com Vows Aggressive Use Of State and Federal Freedom of Information Laws To Disclose What Really Happened -- Including White House (Not Just FEMA and HHS) Involvement -- Re Housing For Migrant Minors At Convention Ctr
CA Dept. of Corrections Conducted Thurs a.m. Operation In Long Beach As Part of Statewide Taskforce Investigating Fraud On State's Unemployment Insurance Program
Two More Shootings Within Past Two Days in Zendejas' CD1: 900 block Olive, 1700 block Chestnut (Drive-By Shoots-At And Misses Multiple Adults And Juveniles)
On Convention Ctr Migrant Minor Council Item, Civic Savvy Mayoral Appointees + Allies Swiftly Filled Public Speaker Slots, Created Echo Chamber Of Support, Effectively Blocked Opposition Speakers
Long Beach Council Votes 9-0 To Let City Mgm't Negotiate -- Without Publicly Disclosed Terms, Responsibilities, Costs, Payments. -- Use of Convention Ctr To Temporarily House Roughly 1,000 Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
Council Votes 9-0 To Seek Details To Spare Itself Future Public Accountability On Decisions Re Queen Mary And Surrounding Developable Property, Would Turn Decisions Over To NON-Elected Harbor Comm'n
Pacific Merchant Shipping Ass'n Opposes Agendized Attempt By Long Beach Councilmembers Allen, Price and Zendejas To Transfer Decisionaking Control Of Queen Mary/Pier H To Harbor Dept
PMSA Cites Ship's Structural, Environmental And Financial Risks, Calls For "Honest, Overdue Discussion" With Structural and Environmental Survey Before Discusing Transfer
Council Refuses To Publicly Disclose City-Alleged Threats To Security Of Public Bldgs Or Public’s Right of Access to Public Services or Public Facilities In Connection With Using LB Convention Center To House Migrant Minors
Re Housing Migrant Children @ Convention Center, April 6 Council Agenda Item Fogs Who Contacted City, What They Sought, Whom They Contacted, And What Still Unnamed City Officials Offered In Pursuing Tentative Deal
Mayor And City Manager Fail To Respond To LBREPORT.com Inquiry Seeking Specifics On Their Roles
City Cites Threats To Security Of Public Bldgs Or Public’s Right of Access to Public Services or Public Facilities.To Hold Council "Closed Session" (Public/Press Barred) Prior To Public Vote On Using LB Convention Center To House Migrant Minors
Gov. Newsom Announces Ending COVID-19 Tiers Statewide On June 15, Will Lift Most -- But Not All -- COVID-19 Restrictions; See Details Here
Officer-Involved Shooting 2800 block Golden Ave, After PD De-Escalation Efforts Officers Shoot/Kill An Alleged Gun-Wielding Woman; Afterward A Man Is Found Dead In Residence They Shared
LBPD says officers' body cams captured what took place
Double Shooting Includes Homicide In CD1 (Zendejas) Summit/Canal Neighborhood
Gunfire In Willmore City (CD 1/Zendejas), Area 8th/Maine
Long Beach COVID-19 Seven Day Case Rate Rises While LB Health Dept. Moves City Into Less Restrictive Orange Tier
OC Moved on March 31; LA County And Pasadena Hold Back Until April 5 To Review Full Week Of Data
As Newsom Admin Lets Long Beach And LA County Move Into Second Least Restrictive "Orange Tier," LB's COVID-19 Case Rate Increases
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After Secretive Mayor/Council Inquiry Begats City Att'y Enabling Memo, Three Councilmembers Propose Ridding Elected Mayor/Council Of Accountability For Future Of Queen Mary, Adjacent Developable Land, Carnival Cruise Terminal And All of Pier H By Giving Operation/Control Back To NON-Elected Harbor Comm'n
Proposed action comes after two Council closed sessions and complete omission of the Queen Mary from Mayor Garcia's Jan. 2021 "State of the City" address...after Garcia made the ship the climactic item in his 2020 "State of the City: message
Long Beach Has Had FOUR MORE Shootings In Less Than 48 Hours: Two in Supernaw's CD 4, Two In Zendejas' CD 1
MAJOR PD UPDATE To Double Homicide In Daryl Supernaw's 4th Dist, Two Men Fatally Shot Area Esther St. b/w Loma/Grand (south of PCH b/w Traffic Circle and Redondo Ave.)
Detectives believe there is gang involvement.
Long Beach's Future in Space (a continuing series): Long Beach-HQ'd Rocket Lab Orbits Six Spacecrafts AND Announces Deal To Launch Multiple Low Earth Orbit Missions For BlackSky
Follows early March merger annuncement with Vector Acquisition Corp.
Long Beach Convention Ctr Vax Site Doesn't Give CDC Card Written Confirmation Of Date/Time For Second Dose, Tells Residents They'll Receive Email
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Austin (Saying He Wants Evidence Of Public Support) Steers Council Committee Members Supernaw + Allen To Decline -- For Now -- To Recommend Richardson-Sought Naming Of NLB South St/Jaymills Green Space "Pressburg Parkway"
Kerrie Aley's Husband, Alan Songer, Was On 710 Driving Home To Long Beach. Near Florence Ave, Someone Shot At Him. Gunman Missed And Laughed
Residents Riled Over City Removing/Trimming Wrigley Greenbelt Trees During Bird Nesting Months; Public Works Dept. Says It'll Replace/Add Trees And Can Do What It's Doing; Wildlife Advocate Cantrell Cites Parks Tree Trimming Policy That Says Otherwise
March 22: Vehicles Struck/Damaged By Gunfire, Orange Ave./17th St. (Just South of PCH, CD 6)
Another NLB Shooting: Gunfire In 4900 block Daisy Ave (CD 8/Austin) Strikes Occupied Multi-Unit Residence
LBPD Chief Luna Blames Pandemic, Not Thin Police Levels, For Increased Shootings; He Sends Mayor/Council Memo That May Or May Not Come To Public Council Policy Discussion
It Doesn't Mention Word "Gangs," Or Acknowledge Recent Mayor/Council Police Defunding; Or Prior Mayor/Council Actions That Erased 20% Of City's Police Level Incl. Field Anti-Gang Unit Not Restored By Current Council
Long Beach Has Had FIVE SIX Shootings This Weekend (Between Sat. March 20 And Sun. March 21)
Man Is Shot/Wounded 10th St/Myrtle Ave...Less Than A Week After Drive-By Shooting At Same Location Misses Hitting Man And Woman
This Sac'to Bill Would Restrict Judges Statewide In Applying Sentencing Enhancements; It Goes Beyond LA DA Gascón's Charging Policies; It's Advancing Now
Man Is Wounded In 14th/Temple Drive-Up Shooting In Supernaw's CD 4
Long Beach's Future In Space / A Continuing Series: Long Beach Firm "Relativity" -- That Aims To Create World's First Printed Launch Vehicle -- Awarded Defense Dept. Contract
LB Had THREE Shootings On March 16: Man Is Shot/Wounded In Aquarium Area Parking Structure Less Than An Hour After Shooting (Rounds Miss Two Victims) 1000 block Myrtle Ave.
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Council Votes 9-0 To Approve City Mgm't/Mayor Favored Framework For Spending $208 Mil COVID-19 Relief Windfall (Nearly Half of Gen'l Fund Budget). Mgm't Held Invitation-Only Closed-Door Meetings With Various Constituencies, Then Announced Plan, Councilmembers Praise Procedure; Plan Includes:
$5 Mil For Restaurants, Breweries and Bars
$5 Mil For Fitness, Babershops And Salons
$4 Mil For Public Safety Items That Don't Restore Defunded Police Officers
$12 Mil For Homeless Related Spending
Man Is Found Shot To Death, 1700 block Alamitos
ELB Amazon Fresh (Spring St. just west of Palo Verde) Skeds March 18 Opening
Subsequent development above With Nearly No Prior Public Discussion, City Mgm't Will Seek Council Input/Approval To Spend $208 Mil COVID-19 Relief Windfall (Nearly Half of Gen'l Fund Budget) On Items Including:
$5 Mil For Restaurants, Breweries and Bars
$5 Mil For Fitness, Babershops And Salons
$4 Mil For Public Safety Items That Don't Restore Defunded Police Officers
$12 Mil For Homeless Related Spending
Two Days, Four Long Beach Shootings, Nine Since Mar. 1
Gunfire Just Blocks South of LBCC's Central LB Campus (1500 block Gaviota), Long Beach's Sixth Shooting Since March 1
Newsom Admin Says Latest Numbers + Increased Vaxs Justify Easing LA County Restrictions, Long Beach Moves To Allow These Reopenings On These Terms (Details Here)
Three Council Incumbents (Zendejas, Price, Richardson) Form 2022 Re-Election Committees, Richardson Begins Raising Money
Long Beach's Future in Space / A Continuing Series: Famed ZERO G (Weightless) Jet Begins Its 2021 Nat'l Tour in Long Beach; Mar 13 Flight Is Fully Booked So Company Adds A Second LB Flight Two Weeks Later And It's Fully Booked; Company Announces Nat'l Expansion Plans
Long Beach's Third Shooting In Five Days Is A Homicide: 1600 block Stanton Pl (CD 4/Supernaw)
Council Votes 9-0 To Give Aquarium Operator Tidelands-Backed $5 Mil Loan, Action Cites Pandemic But Allows 13 Yr Repayment Term, No Transparency/Openness Req't For Public/Press Access To Aquarium Board Meetings, No Council Mention Of Six Figure Sums (Pay + Benefits) OK'd by Board For Aquarium Operator's Top Execs
As streamed LIVE: On Tuesday night (March 9), the City Council voted 9-0 to to direct city management to pursue a $ 4.8 mil FEMA grant (that city management memo had opposed prior to meeting citing budget grounds) to (if approved by FEMA) fund half of maintaining Fire Engine 17 at Fire Stn 17 into FY25.
By THEIR Numbers: LA County & Long Beach Vax Rates Compared
CDC Study Shows Counties Allowing In-Restaurant Dining Associated With Increased Daily COVID-19 Case Growth Rates, Cites These Data, Offers These Caveats And Recommendations
Grassroots CARP Offers To Drop Legal Challenge If City (Council Majority Vote) Commits To Build At Least Two Pools In Historically Disadvantaged LB Neighborhoods
Newsom Admin Will Shift 40% Of Vaccines to Disproportionately Impacted Communities AND Rewrite/Loosen Standards/Protections To Enable More Biz Reopenings
Coverage in Detail / Perspective: Long Beach's Privately Run "Non Profit" Aquarium Operator -- Which Paid Its Recently Retired President/CEO $540,000+ (Salary + Benefits) In 2019 And Its Major Execs Sums Between $100k-$200k -- Wants $5 Million Loan (Backed By Tidelands) To Help Meet Aquarium's Operating Expenses
City Mgm't Proposes No Council/Public Oversight On Loan And No Public/Press Access To Aquarium Board Meetings That Council Could Require As Condition Of Loan
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