Follow-Up / VIDEO / Photos: See / Hear Dia de los Muertos Event, Funded In Part By Shifting $70,000 From 1st Dist. Infrastructure Funds (Request By Councilwoman Gonzalez, Approved By City Council)
Four Shot/Wounded (One Adult, Three Juveniles) In NLB Shooting (9th Dist, NE of Orange/South), LBPD Investigating As Gang-Related
LBPD Arrests Two Suspects (Both Adults) In Murder Of Grandfather Jose Corrales, Fatally Shot While Watering His Lawn In WLB Neighborhood
LBPD Detectives Believe Murder Was Gang Motivated And May Be Correlated To An Altercation Earlier That Day At Nearby Cabrillo High
Residents March Along Belmont Shore's 2nd St. And Beach In Response To Neighborhood Crime They Link To Scofflaw Vagrants; Organizer Says Neighborhood Needs More Police And Enforcement And Homeless Need Help
Counter-demonstrators march across street, call event participants vigilantes, say housing is a human right
Another Report Of A Man Driving Up, Exposing Himself To A Walking 13 Yr Old Girl, This Time In NLB (68th St./Orange Ave.)
Garcia-Doud "Good Gov't" Committee Paid To Send "Republican Voter Guide" Recommending "Yes" On BBB...Although LB Area Republicans Leadership Recommended "No Position" On BBB
Members of LB's Cambodian-American Community Sign "Open Letter" Blasting Mayor Garcia And Attempts To Use DDD (Redistricting Comm'n) To Get Votes For BBB (Would Let Mayor/Council Avoid Write-Ins In Seeking Third Terms)
See parts of this election-related story that LBREPORT.com reported that you may not have seen elsewhere
Follow the Money: With Vote By Mail Ballots Flying And Nearing Election Day, As of Oct. 25 Final (Or Near Final) Campaign Finance Reports (Named Contributors, Resulting Cash On Hand & Debts) Show Garcia-Doud Pro-AAA/DDD Had This; Economic & Policy Impact Pro-BBB-DDD Had This; And Reform Coalition Anti-BBB Had This
In Depth / Perspective: Troubling Timeline On Term Limit Changing BBB: Here's What Mayor/Auditor/City Att'y Did And How They Did It In Putting BBB On The Ballot And What's Happened Now
Second CA Att'y -- (Yale Undergrad, Georgetown Law School Grad) Whose Law Firm Handles Election Law Matters -- Says Measure BBB Would Allow Mayor & Council Three More Terms (12 More Years), Not One More Term As Mayor/City Att'y Contend
Reform Coalition opposed to BBB sought law firm opinion after retired Councilwoman Schipske reached same conclusion counter to City Att'y's view
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Hear It / Podcast: Q & A With Att'y Whose Firm Handles Election Law Explains Why He Believes Measure BBB Would Allow Mayor & Council Three More Terms (12 More Years), Not One More Term As Mayor/City Att'y Contend, Describes Possible Legal Scenario If Voters Approve It
This Suspect Exposed Himself & Made Sexual Comments To Teenage Girl Walking In Lakewood Village
VIDEO: Long Beach Jewish Community Gathers To Remember Victims Of Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre; Mayor Garcia Speaks, Rabbis Convey Powerful Messages
Perspective: Walmart Corp Wants To Put A New Building In Northern Vacant Area At ELB's Towne Center For "Re-Imagined" Experience; Does It Need City Hall Approvals? Any Public Input? Do Walmart's Corporate Plans Matter To You In Terms Of Your Everyday Life?
A Former Slave/Union Soldier Later Lived, Worked & Died In Long Beach; Former Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske Learned His Grave Headstone Was Stolen; Now It Will Be Restored
NLB Gunfire Damages Vehicles, No Person Hit, 67th St. (south of 91 Fwy) b/w Paramount/Downey Aves.
Follow the Money: Oct 29: LB Firefighters Ass'n Adds $2,000 To "Garcia/Doud Pro-AAA-DDD "Good Gov't" Committee
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Follow the Money: Garcia/Doud Pro-AAA-DDD "Good Gov't" Committee Contributors Now Include Edison Int'l, PG&E And Panattoni Development Corp. (Total = $22,500)
Committee Reports As Of Oct. 20 It Had Nearly $42,000 Cash On Hand But With Roughly $79,000 In Outstanding Debts
AND Follow the Money: In Final Push, Grassroots LB Reform Coalition PAC Receives $3,200 In Contribs From Three Individuals, Incl. Retired Councilwoman Gabelich
Man Says He Was Stabbed/Wounded, 5200 block Atlantic (8th dist.), Same Area As Fatal Shooting One Month Ago
Long Beach Rabbi Perelmuter's Message Following Pittsburgh Synogogue Massacre
Follow-Up: Supernaw Balks At Conducting Public Outreach Meeting On His Request For Report On Options To "Streamline" (Shorten) Council Meetings, Agrees To Mungo Substitute To Invite Public To Submit Emailed/Digital Comments; Mungo. Uranga And Supernaw Also Signal Resistance To Returning To Four Council Meetings Per Month; Council Seeks Report On Options Within 90 Days
Woman (Adult Pedestrian) Is Killed In Alleged Hit/Run, 2nd St. @ Tivoli Drive (Naples)
Mayor Garcia Launches Video Ad Seeking Cambodian Community Votes For His Desired Measures AAA-CCC In Addition To DDD
VIDEO: Memorial Bench Unveiled Atop Willow Springs Park Honoring Neighborhood Advocate, Community Volunteer Jerry Caligiuri
First (Again) on LBREPORT,com: New Political Committee Surfaces, Attempts To Link BBB (Lets Incumbents Avoid Write-In Reqt For Third Terms) To DDD (Redistricting Reform/Cambodian Equity) By Portraying Both As Civil Rights/Voting Rights Matters, Receives $10,000 Initial Funding From So Cal Pipe Trades Union
NLB Gunfire Flies, No One Hit, 6100 block Linden Ave.
Follow-Up / AUDIO: Council Hears Councilwoman Gonzalez Explain Her ($70,000 City Taxpayer-Funded) Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Event, Assisted By Two Event Supporters
Follow-Up: Heartfelt Sidewalk Memorial -- Candles, Flowers And Eloquent Written Messages -- To Isaac Jetmore, 17, From McBride Classmates, Friends And LB Residents Expressing Condolences
Another Central LB Homicide: Man Is Shot/Killed, Just North of LBCC PCH Campus
Perspective: Point Of Disorder: When These Four Councilmembers Walked Out, They (Again) Scoffed This LB Muni Code / Council Rule...And The Chair And Council Colleagues (Again) Didn't Call Them On It
Follow the Money: Garcia/Doud Pro-AAA-DDD "Good Gov't" Committee Contributors Now Include Synergy Oil ($10,000), Beach Oil Mineral Partners ($10,000), California Resources Corp ($25,000) And...
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Follow the Money: From Oct 1-20, Grassroots LB Reform Coalition PAC Received $6,800+ In Contribs, Brings Two Month Total To $27,000, Has $10,000 Left In Effort To Defeat Measure BBB (Mayor/Council-Sought 3 Terms Instead of Current 2 Terms + Write-Ins)
Perspective: Politics For Grown-Ups: Mayor Garcia's Attempt To Use Cambodian Community's Rightful Desire For Redistricting To Boost Garcia/Council-Sought Other Charter Amendments
LBREPORT.com was the only LB news outlet to report what we heard, saw and documented weeks ago
Perspective: Tale of Two Cities: See These Two Maps, That City Mgm't Quietly Showed To Mayor/Council, Showing Locations Of Graffiti And Illegal Trash Dumping. What Do These Maps Tell You?
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LBPD Adds This Information Re Motorcycle Driver, A Male Teen (Juvenile), Killed In Collision With Another Vehicle, Wardlow @ Gondar (ELB)
Candles in the Wind: 9:00 p.m. Oct. 23: LB residents bring memorial candles, leave flowers, at site where teen perished
Motorcycle Driver, A Male Teen (Juvenile), Dies In Collision With Another Vehicle, Wardlow @ Gondar (ELB)
If You Haven't Attended Before, Here Are Tips On Saturday's Historical Cemetery Tour
Man Is Shot/Wounded W. 48th St. (West of LB Blvd., North of RR Tracks)
UPDATE: This item was announced as withdrawn at the start of the Council meeting. Parking-Impacted Alamitos Beach Residents Voice Dismay, Say City-Hired "Parking Study" Omits Data And Solutions, Fails To Consider Impacts Of Newly-Allowed Residential Units; TAPS Att'y Seeks Postponement Of Oct. 23 Council Discussion, Says City Failed To Provide Sufficient Notice Under Litigation Settlement
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Amnesia File: Tale of Two City Auditors: One (Retired) Opposed 2007 City Hall Attempt To Change LB's Two Terms+Write-In To Three Terms; The Incumbent Supports It Now
Lengthy Council Meetings Stem From Causes That Include Not Starting Meetings On Time, Lengthy Honorific "Presentations" Combined With Long Agendas Resulting From Holding Only Three (Instead of Four) Meetings Per Month
Oct. 23 Council Closed Session Item Scheduled After $700,000+ Jury Verdict In Favor Of Thomas Gonzales, Former Civilian Investigator For City Hall's "Citizens Police Complaint Comm'n" Who Alleged Retaliatory Termination After He Criticized Handling Of Police Misconduct Cases
Oct. 9 Council agenda item sought approval to pay lawfirm $200k more on appeal but was withdrawn; on Oct 8, Beachcomber columnist Steve Downing sharply criticized the agenda item, and at Oct 9 Council meeting, one of the jurors on the case she found evidence in favor of Gonzales "overwhelming."
City-Hired Consultant's "Parking Study" Offers These Conclusions About Downtown & Alamitos Beach Parking Issues
Follow-Up Above Councilman Supernaw Seeks Report On Ways To Shorten ("Streamline") Council Meetings, Inviting Some Options That Could Curtail Some Public Rights Without Mentioning Restoring A Previous Council Practice That Could Clearly Shorten Meetings
Assemblyman (Former Councilman) Patrick O'Donnell Blasts What He Calls Misleading Mailers, Will Vote "No" On Term Limits Change Measure BBB
The Parties' Lines: LB Dem Party Meeting Disallows Members' Vote, Cites Bylaws In Supporting AAA-DDD; LB Repubs Governing Board Split, Remains Neutral On BBB (Term Limits) But Yes On AAA, CCC, DDD
Details / Perspective: City Auditor Doud Already Has Authority To Conduct "Performance Audits." She Said So And Her Office Has Done So.
Man Is Shot/Wounded Overnight Near Poly High (area PCH/Lime)
Follow-Up: FPPC Staff Dismissed These Taxpayer Allegations Re City of Long Beach's Measure M "Informational" Materials With This Record
At Councilwoman Gonzalez's Request, Council Votes Without Dissent To Shift $70,000 In 1st Dist. Infrastructure Funds To "El Dia de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) North Pine Ave. Event
Two Men + One Woman Stabbed In Midnight Hour "Physical Altercation With Another Group," Area 10th/Alamitos
Details/Perspective: When LB Voters Get Their Ballots, They'll See This Text Asking For A "Yes" Or "No" Vote On Measure BBB; See What It Omits And Why
Update: Garcia/Doud Duck Our Offer To Debate Charter Amendments They Proposed; Here's What We Offered...And We Stand By Our Offer [UPDATE] Garcia Communicating With A Competitor
VIDEO Coverage: Family/Community Candlelight Vigil for Jose Raul Corrales
VIDEO: Thuderstorm Electrifies Long Beach, Lightning Visible Across Wide Areas
Photo captured and digitally enhanced by Max Pearl
Details / Opinion: Might Measure BBB (Term Limit Change) Allow LB's Current Mayor/Councilmembers 3 More Terms/12 More Years? City Att'y Says "No" But A Court May Ultimately Decide
Councilwoman Price Signals She'll Vote "No" On Measure BBB (3 Terms For Mayor/Council Instead of Current Two Plus Write-Ins)
Amnesia File: Amid Continuing "Possibly Gang Related" Shootings, LBPD No Longer Has Its Former Field Anti-Gang Unit. How'd That Happen And Who's Keeping It That Way?
Smash/Grab Jewelry Thieves Do This @ Sam's Club / ELB Towne Center
Photo via Lakewood Crime Awareness & Prevention Group
Midafternoon Drive-By Shooting, Person Not Hit, 500 block E. Pleasant (North of Del Amo, West of Atlantic)
Man Is Shot/Wounded, Downtown LB, Area 3rd. St/Pine Ave.. Attempted Robbery
A Message From The Young Man Whose Grandfather Was Murdered At Midafternoon While Watering His Lawn In WLB Neighborhood Near Cabrillo High
LBPD Confirms There Were TWO Shooting Victims In WLB Drive-By Crime: 69 Yr Old Grandfather Jose Corrales Fatally Shot AND A Man (Adult) Shot/Wounded While Sitting In A Nearby Vehicle
Councilwoman Price Says Public Safety Committee She Chairs Will Soon Begin Potentially Sweeping Review/Update To Public Safety Element To City's General Plan
Follow the Money: Grassroots LB Reform Coalition PAC Receives Over $20,000 In Contribs, Nearly All From LB Residents, In Effort To Defeat Measure BBB (Mayor/Council-Sought 3 Terms Instead of Current 2 Terms + Write-Ins)
Follow the Money: Garcia/Doud Pro-AAA-DDD Committee Shows Nearly $60k Cash On Hand With Approx. $20K Debts As Of Sept. 30
Council Public Safety Committee Treads Lightly On TigerText Issues, Mainly Avoids Confrontational Questions, Notes Ongoing City Att'y-Hired "Independent" Review As LBPD Reiterates Benign Explanation For Its 2014 Purchase/Use (Until mid-Sept. 2018 Media Reports) Of Self-Destructing Message App
Subsequent coverage above WLB Midafternoon Murder; Man Is Shot/Killed 1500 block W. Summit, Just Blocks From Cabrillo High and LBPD's West Division Station
VIDEO: As Previewed on LBREPORT.com, Long Beach Got Spectacular View Of Vandenberg SpaceX Rocket Launch
After LB High Tide Heightened By Baja Hurricane Overtops Peninsula Protective Sand Berm, Does That Change Your Views, And If So In What Ways And Why, Re Modifying LB Breakwater (Incl. Removing Eastern Third)?
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