🌱 Arrests On Via Carmelitos, Obispo, Pacific + Decompression Festival

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• 👮 Stabbings around the Alamitos Beach bike path
• 🚘 A driver who flattened the Red Car Greenbelt sign
• ⚽ The winning Long Beach State women’s soccer team

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📰 Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1) Once again, the PD had a busy weekend. On Saturday morning, officers arrested a male juvenile in the 900 block of Via Carmelitos after locating a stolen vehicle and finding a firearm. After lunch, they went to 10th Street and Obispo Avenue, conducted a traffic stop, and arrested an 18 and a 19-year-old after finding “a ghost gun and high-capacity drum magazine.” Saturday evening, a man stabbed a woman in the 700 block of East Anaheim Street. On Sunday in the early morning hours, officers arrested a 34-year-old man who reportedly shot at people in another car right around 20th Street and Pacific Avenue. (LBPD)

2) A man was killed in a stabbing on Monday morning. Another man is under arrest. The suspect reportedly committed a “string of stabbings” that began around Anaheim Street and ended on the Alamitos Beach bike path. He targeted people out before dawn and was seen “running after a man and a dog near 5th Place.” The suspect reportedly said he was “going to kill everyone there.” (Long Beach Post)

3) The LBPD booked a 20-year-old man Sunday morning just before 7 a.m. on “one count of DUI, one count of driving without a license and one count of driving without registration.” He had crashed into the Red Car Greenbelt sign near 4th Street and Park Avenue. (Long Beach Post)

4) The Long Beach State women’s soccer team played an excellent game last Sunday. “The Beach scored three goals in the 10-minute span of the first half on its way to a 4-1 win over Cal State Northridge.” Not surprisingly, the team is the leader of the Big West Conference, but Cal Poly and Cal State Fullerton are nipping at their heels. (The562.org)

5) If you're a Burning Man Festival aficionado, or just someone curious to see what it’s all about, check out the Decompression Festival on Saturday. This one isn’t in the Black Rock Desert, but at the Scottish Rite Event Center. The event's hallmark is “experimental artwork” followed by “musical performances.” Come on over between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. and stay until 2 a.m. for the 21-and-over after-party. (Press-Telegram)

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• FREE Webinar on Using An Excel Document for Financial Modeling and Forecasting with the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce (9 AM)
• LBGLCC Luncheon "National Disability Employment Awareness Month" at Buono's Pizzeria (11:30 AM)
• Bixby Park Farmers Market on Junipero between 1st and 2nd (3 PM)
• Grief Share Group meets at Cornerstone Church (6:30 PM)
• Brushes & Brews at the LB Beer Lab (7 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• The 5th Sunday Special Sale at the Long Beach Antique Market is scheduled for Oct 30. (Long Beach Antique Market via Instagram)
• Long Beach City: "Volunteer for the 15th Annual Bike and Pedestrian Count by making observations on how people are using the public right-of-way. Those interested in volunteering can sign up online now through Oct. 26, 2022." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• A Rose Park neighbor says there's FREE STUFF in front of 821 St. Louis such as "cleaning supplies bowls/cups kitchen rug beauty products and more!" (Nextdoor)
• Our Historic Zaferia Village-Cir neighbor lost a dog 🐶 "Tan female spayed chihuahua mix. - Last seen 10/16/22 around 11:30am near Westminster Blvd and Goldenwest Blvd. If found or seen, please call/text WAGS at 714-887-6156." (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor in the El Dorado Lakes area is calling choir tenors and basses! "We need your voice for our Dec 10 Christmas concert at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Los Alamitos! Join us on Thursday, 7-8 pm for rehearsals. Come and sing with us! You don’t need to audition." (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— 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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