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Continually updated Confirmed LB shootings (fatal + non-fatal + no-hit) On July 31, 2018 Mayor Garcia recommended a FY19 budget that restored 5 add'l net citywide deployable officers, leaving 186 such officers unrestored. On Sept. 4, 2018 Council approved this
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| In Depth / First (Again) on LBREPORT.com: Long Beach City Hall "Justice Lab" Data Indicated By Early Last Year That At Least 47% (And Perhaps More) Of LBPD Arrests/Citations 2012-2016 Of "High Frequency Offenders" Involved Transients
Fatal Collision b/w Bicycle Rider And Vehicle, Palo Verde @ Los Coyotes Diagonal  Photo credit: Charlie McGrail Man Is Stabbed, Midnight Hour Area Orange/San Antonio, NOT Believed Gang-Related, LBPD Says Suspect/Victim Known To Each Other VIDEO Coverage: City Plans Year-Round 125-Bed Homeless Facility On Atlantic Ave. North of 91 Fwy, Will Seek Council OK For Property Purchase  Someone ensured supporters would be present at the press event (although city mgm't asked media outlets not to report its location prior to the event.) Supporters, lined up to be visible in video shots and available to speak with reporters, carried signs saying "Everyone In" and had Councilman Richardson's name on them. In coming to the microphone, Councilman Richardson quipped: "looks like someone let the cat out of the bag." LBREPORT.com photo New / In Depth / Perspective: Huntington Beach Sues Sac'to Seeking To Overturn LBPD Says "Two Groups" Walking In South Wrigley (Hill/Earl, 6th dist.) Have "Altercation," Shots Fired, Vehicles Damaged, No Persons Hit Man Is Shot/Wounded Fri Night (Dispatch Location: Anaheim St./Pacific Ave.); It's SEVENTH Shooting In Councilwoman Gonzalez's 1st Dist. Since Jan. 1, Two Days After Man Murdered/Woman Wounded Blocks Away (Anaheim St./Locust Ave.) State of CA Sues City of Huntington Beach Alleging Failure To Allow Sac'to-Approved Levels Of Affordable (Low Income/Subsidized) Housing; Gov. Newsom Says State Will Take Action Against Other Cities If They Refuse Governor cites 2017 law enacted with approval by LB-area Sac'to lawmakers without City of LB opposition; City of LB says it's in compliance with Sac'to Housing Element laws See VIDEO From LBFD Drone Over ELB Towne Center "Islands" Fire Detailed Coverage: Metro Board Delays Discussion To February Of "Congestion Pricing," Could Impose Tolls/Charges On Drivers Using Certain Congested Freeway Routes To Deter Prime-Time Use, Go Beyond Eight Metro-Desired Olympics Projects And Bring Metro Millions Beyond For Future Transit Projects Feb. Board action -- with Mayor Garcia possibly voting -- could enable 1-2 yr "feasibility study" for "pilot projects" in currently unidentified locations, Shooting Leaves Man Dead Following Physical Altercation, Anaheim/Locust; It's FIFTH Shooting In 1st Council District (Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez) Since Jan. 1/19 And There Was A Second Victim, A Woman (Bystander) Struck/Wounded By The Gunfire. Map below shows cumulated shootings/homicides since Jan. 1/18.  Jan 1, 2018 to date: Red Xs=homicides; Blue Xs= shootings, person wounded; Brown Xs=shots fired at victim(s), not hit; Purple Xs=shots at occupied residence/vehicle; Green Xs= shots at unoccupied vehicle/residence; Grey Xs=shots fired (no hit, no target identified); Orange X's=non-fatal stabbings; Blue * asterisk=victim hit, police unable to locate crime scene. Map is unofficial. A separate map (not shown here) shows shootings in NLB. |
Armed Suspect Shoots At Two Women, Wounds One, 1400 block Cedar (Just North of 14th St. Park, Steps From Washington Middle School); It's Fourth Shooting Since Someone Fired Shots At A Person's Residence in Carmelitos Housing Project LBPD Arrests Two Men Allegedly Carrying Guns In Two Separate Incidents Within An Hour At/Near MLK Festival At King Park Extended On-Demand VIDEO Coverage of LB's 2019 MLK Parade LBFD Battles Stubborn Attic Blaze -- Goes To 4th Alarm -- at ELB's Towne Center No injuries reported; LBFD uses drone to assist  Man Is Shot/Wounded Fri Night, 2200 block E. 15th St. (east of Cherry, 4th Dist.) Long Beach Councilman Rex Richardson Seeks Council Voted Approval On Man Is Shot/Wounded In Midnight Hour 900 block Cedar, It's Second Shooting Within Two Days In 1st Council dist. (Gonzalez) Retired LBPD Sergeant Takes His Own Life With Perspective: In "State of the City," Mayor Garcia Says City of LB Has "Fiscally Responsible Government" And... Advocates Urging No Kill Animal Shelter Policies Hold Well-Organized Visible/Audible And Digitally Distributed Demonstration -- In The Rain -- Outside Mayor Garcia's "State of the City" Speech LBPD Detectives Now Believe Woman Was Fatally Shot In 5400 Block of Paramount Blvd. (8th dist.) Man Is Shot/Wounded In Midnight Hour, 900 block MLK (1st dist.) With Perspective: July 2018: Mayor/City Mgr. Seek Tighter Control Over Discussion/Votes On "Unapproved" Topics By City Hall "Advisory Comm'ns" And Council Defers Public Action; Jan. 2019: Mayor/City Mgr Quietly Create "Working Group" Of Mayor-Picked Comm'nrs (Who?) To Review (When? Where?) Possible Changes (What?) To Advisory Bodies, Plus Possible Increased Compensation For Some Advisory Body Appointees Point/Counterpoint: City of Long Beach Cites These Figures On Its Animal Shelter Euthanasias/Adoptions; No Kill LB Cites These Figures Obtained Under Public Records Act To Challenge City Narrative LBPD Update On Traffic Accident That Took Life Of 36 Yr Old Long Beach Journalist Large Turnout, Close Votes Net "Blue Revolution"/Progressive Dems (Favoring Leftish Policy Shifts) At Least 10 Of 14 Delegate Slots To CA Dem Party Convention; One Tie-Vote Prompts Coin Toss, Reversed Result On Recount And Decision To Send All Ballots To Sac'to CA Dem HQ For Final Recount LB Cambodian-American Community Flexes Its Political Muscle Electing Dem Party Establishment-Backed Delegate  |
Statement by the Publisher: How LBREPORT.com Used CA Public Records Act To Prevent Immediate Destruction Up To Three Decades Of Long Beach History In These City Records Crime Stats: Councilwoman Mungo Just Told 5th Dist. Residents East Division Crime Is Down 8%; Is That True And What Does That Mean And Not Mean? Council Votes Salient Transcript And AUDIO: Council Votes Subsequent development above City Moves To Destroy Years Of Records (2012 and Older) From Financial Mgm't, Economic Dev'ment (Incl. Former Redevelopment Agency) And Council Offices For Districts 2, 4 & 5 Item is scheduled for "consent calendar" approval at shortened, low visibility Council meeting AND Subsequent development above Former Councilwoman Schipske Asks City Attorney To Stop Destruction Of Her Former Council Office Records, Withdraw Item And Provide Index Of Items In Boxes AND Subsequent development above Perspective: Decades Of City Records Proposed For Destruction Are Priceless Treasure Trove Of Long Beach History Councilwoman/State Senate Candidate Lena Gonzalez Won't Be In Long Beach For LBPD Says Driver Hit/Ran After Striking/Dragging 79-Yr Old Man Crossing South Street @ Paramount Blvd. Motorcylist Perishes After Colliding With SUV, Lakewood Blvd. north of Willow St. L.A. County bomb squad rendered safe suspected old explosive device; LBPD PIO says it was the reason for LBPD/LBFD presence on Carita St. just east of Clark Ave.  LBREPORT.com photo Long Beach Councilman Austin Is IN State Senate Race, Enters With Endorsements Of LB Council Incumbents Andrews, Price And Supernaw; Voters In Roughly Half Of LB (And Beyond) Will Decide Between Austin, Fellow Dem Council Incumbent Gonzalez (Backed By Mayor Garcia, Councilman Richardson And Exited Incumbent Lara) Or Four S.E. L.A. County Electeds Sunday Afternoon South Wrigley Shooting, 2100 block Oregon Ave., Rounds Miss Hitting Victim Man Shoots At Group, Area 5th/Pine (Sun 1:50 a.m.) In Second DTLB "No Person Hit" Shooting Within Two Days |
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