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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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| 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 Sat Night LB Downpour Triggers Flash Flood Warning; A Few Hours Earlier A Funnel Cloud Developed Off The Coast  Source: NWSLosAngeles Twitter feed Uranga Drops Out Of State Senate Race, Endorses Gonzalez...Leaving Austin (With $14k Collected Since 2017) Only Other LB Incumbent In Race Besides Gonzalez Four other SE L.A. County electeds have also filed candidate fundraising paperwork Your LB Utility Bill For Gas Use Likely Spiked Up In December But Will Decline For January, Because... Fri. Noon-Hour Gunfire In Downtown Long Beach -- 600 block E. Ocean -- Strikes/Damages Two Parked Vehicles, No Persons Hit LBREPORT.com Follows-Up On Council-Approved Destruction Of Decades Of LBPD Records Days Before New State Law Would Have Made Them Publicly Accessible Story was first independently reported Flores & Brizzolara on forthe.org LB Commercial Real Estate Council Skeds "New Year Mixer" With State Senate Candidate/LB Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez, Online Invite Says She "Supported Over $4 Billion Comm'l Real Estate Investment & Development Downtown" Her husband is group's prez |
Long Beach's 1st + 6th Council Districts Combined End 2018 With Homicide Rate Approaching City Of Compton
NLB Afternoon Gunfire, Parked Vehicle Struck, Locust Ave. Just North Of South St. Central Valley Sheriff Says Police Officer's Murder Could Have Been Prevented If Sac'to Hadn't Enacted SB 54/"Sanctuary State" Law; LB Councilwoman Gonzalez Now Seeking State Senate Seat Led Effort To Put City of Long Beach On Record Supporting SB 54; Roughly Half Of LB Will Now Vote On Her; Will This Affect Your Vote And If So How And Why? Perspective: Latest Long Beach "Ghost" Shootings (See Casings Found In Wrigley), Like Countless Uncounted Others, Won't Appear In City's Official Crime Stats, Because...  Recycle Your Xmas Tree For Free By Doing This UPDATE: Following-up on a Christmas Eve report, LBPD confirms that a deceased man (adult) was found floating in waters just off Long Beach (500 block Queens Way). LBPD PIO Shauna Dandoy says detectives indicate there were no obvious signs of trauma. City Moves To Delay For Up To Two Months Decision On Releasing Public Records Sought By LBREPORT.com Re $1 Mil Price Cut For Developer/Buyer Of Atlantic/Artesia Properties Publisher's Podcast: Hear Mayor/Councilmembers Justify, And LBREPORT.com Publisher Comment On, $4.3 Mil More For New Civic Center "Critical Technology Needs Infrastructure" Incl. $1 Million "Media Wall"...And Then Voice Your Comments For Follow-Up Podcast Council Votes  "KLBP/Long Beach Public Radio" Is UP + ON, Meets And Beats FCC Deadline, Pilot Pgms Running Now, LBREPORT.com Will Be Part Of Coming Content; 100 Watt Air Signal At 99.1 FM Hits Downtown/Nearby Areas PLUS Stereo Internet Simulcast Makes Station Accessible Worldwide
Via SignalTribune.com: MWN LLC Reps Update Status Of Their Proposal To Open/Operate Smaller Version Of Community Hospital On City-Owned Seismically-Challenged Site Reporter who attended community meeting says no mention by Councilmembers Supernaw or Price, or audience inquiries, re spending taxpayer funds, if any, to facilitate deal City Staff Acknowledges Possible $17.1 Mil FY20 Deficit UNLESS Council Raises Parking Fines/Ambulance Fees "To Maximum Extent Feasible" AND Other Projected Revenue Materializes AND Assumes NO Add'l Restored Police Officers Or Fire Services AND Doesn't Include Upcoming New Contracts For City Employee Unions Projection not visible online until less than an hour before "study session," no narrative memo provided, just Power Point |
Sen. Wiener (D, SF) Reintroduces His 4 a.m. Bar Closing Bill, Would Let LB Council Majority Decide Here; Outgoing Gov Brown Vetoed It, Incoming Gov. Newsom Might Allow It
 LBPD Find/Arrests, D.A. Charges This Long Beach Man In String of Armed Robberies Alleged At LB Businesses From NLB to Bixby Knolls To ELB To Central LB to Downtown...And Signal Hill PD And Las Vegas PD Indicate They Had Similar RobberiesWoman Wounded By Gunfire, Atlantic Ave. South of South St. It's second shooting along Atlantic Ave. within two weeks not far from Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library LB City Prosecutor Prosecutes Man For Allegedly Video Recording His Co-Workers (Men and Women) Using Bathroom; Defense Cites New Sac'to Law Letting Judges Divert Mentally Ill Defendants Out of Criminal Trials; If Judge Doesn't Divert And If Defendant is Convicted/Sentenced In Certain Ways, Feds Could Deport Him. You Be The Judge...And Explain Your Ruling Special Event Coverage: Sights / Sounds Of 65th Annual Daisy Ave. Christmas Tree Lane Parade Long Beach (Northern Downtown/Adjacent Central/WLB) Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez Announces She's Running For Vacated State Senate Seat With Endorsement Of Immediate Past Incumbent Ricardo Lara Two other LB Council incumbents -- Austin and Uranga -- have also filed campaign paperwork positioning themselves for the state Senate seat Subsequent development aboveCity Mgm't Seeks Council Approval To Spend $4.3 Mil More -- On Top Of $7.05 Mil It Authorized In March -- For New Civic Center Technology Upgrades Eyesore Oil Rigs/Pipes Will Disappear Over One To Two Decades, Wetlands North of 2nd St. (b/w PCH/Studebaker) Will Be Restored To Its Natural Beauty And Conveyed Public Ownership, As Coastal Comm'n Votes Issue splits usually allied enviro/wildlife/wetlands advocates Downtown LB Councilmembers Pearce & Gonzalez Hear But Don't Pursue Omissions/Flaws In City-Hired Consultant's "Parking Study" Cited By Parking-Impacted Alamitos Beach-DTLB Residents (TAPS); Council Votes To "Receive And File" Study While Warm To Creating City "Parking Manager" And Pursuing Use Of Nearby Business' Parking Lots For Overnight Residents' Parking |
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