🌱Apartment Building Fire On E Artesia + 2-Day Watering Schedule Again

Happy Friday, people of Long Beach; today is International Hummus Day, which was invented by Ben Lang and his friend, Miriam Young, in 2012! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

The smoke you saw off the 91 came from an apartment building fire. Also, we’re going back to watering only two days a week as of June. Finally, the Gerald Desmond Bridge has been officially retired.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 84 Low: 58.

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Who should be the next Long Beach Mayor? Please let me know your thoughts! (As of today, Suzie Price leads the pack with 45.4% of your votes, but Rex Richardson is second with 25.5%. Franklin Sims has 14.9%, and Joshua Rodriguez comes in with 9.9%!)

Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1. A fire broke out at a North LB 65-unit apartment building on Thursday around 1:30 p.m. It turned into a three-alarm fire on the 2800 block of East Artesia Boulevard, off the 91 Freeway. There were “multiple partial roof collapses” and “all black smoke.” Scuttlebutt suggests that the fire started in a car and jumped to the structure, but there’s no confirmation. (LB Post)
2. The City is reviving Stage 2 of the Water Department’s water shortage plan. You may remember it from May 2015. On Thursday, commissioners voted to return to the two-day-per-week watering restriction. “Starting June 1, residents in Long Beach will be restricted to outdoor irrigation on Tuesdays and Saturdays through Sept. 30.” Besides that, there are “bans on outdoor watering within 48 hours of rain, washing down sidewalks or other hard surfaces without a pressurized cleaning device, or washing vehicles with a hose that doesn’t have a shutoff switch.” (LB Post)
3. On May 7, the Gerald Desmond Bridge “was officially retired in a special ceremony with Desmond family members in attendance.” The bridge originally opened in 1968 and connected the city and Terminal Island. It was decommissioned in October 2020. (Random Lengths News)
4. There’s another reason to visit the Bixby Village Golf Course. Crack Burgers by Dave Trepanier is an attraction that’s bringing hungry golfers and others to the “small building just off the parking lot.” As of Thursday, $12 buys you a “thick and hefty” patty that’s been attracting five-star Yelp ratings. He’s open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the Dirty is a must-try. (L.A. Eater)
5. Do you love penguins? Have you already watched all the documentaries that your streaming service offers? The Aquarium of the Pacific has a solution! As of Thursday, there’s now an around-the-clock live cam in the June Keyes Penguin Habitat that houses the Magellanic penguins. And, if you watch now, you can see Dee and Admiral Fancy Pants taking care of four eggs! (NBC)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Downtown Long Beach Farmers Market at The Streets (10 a.m.)
• RuPaul's DragCon at the Los Angeles Convention Center (10 a.m.)
• BeachLife Festival at Redondo Beach (1 p.m.)
• Beer Side Talk on Spirit Barrel-Aged Beer at Beachwood Brewing (5:30 p.m.)
• Friday Night LOL at Stand-Up Comedy Club (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Our Artcraft Manor neighbor lost their newly-adopted dog on Stearns and Grand Avenue. It's a male, 2-year-old German shepherd mix with one blue eye and one brown, not yet neutered. (Nextdoor)
• Another Artcraft Manor neighbor needs to re-home a 1-year-old female Wheaten Terrier. She has all her shots, but is not fixed. (Nextdoor)
• A Cal Heights business neighbor, Dream Come True Tea & Party Room, has to do an emergency relocation. The new landlord terminated their lease along with Mari Pats and Nature’s Sunshine. (Nextdoor)
• An Oakbrook neighbor found a dog around El Dorado Estates. Does it belong to anyone, or does anyone know whose this dog is? (Nextdoor)
• An Arbor Village neighbor wants you to check out this video they captured on a Ring device. Does anyone know these people or have any idea why they would leave a pair of shoes on the poster's property at 1 a.m.?(Nextdoor)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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