🌱 Atlantic Ave Business SWAT Response + LB Hosts Animé Los Angeles 18

Hello, neighbors! Today, we participate in National Card Playing Day! I'm here right on time with your Wednesday edition of the Long Beach Daily, filled with all the things you need to know that are going on in town. Including news on...

• 🤔 The Lincoln Park controversy
• 💰 $5 million up for grabs
• ✈️ The Southwest Airlines debacle

🌧️ But first, today's weather:

A morning sprinkle. High: 65 Low: 51.

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⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations in the City of Long Beach

• Sam’s Club at 7480 Carson St., $3.75
• Noil USA, Inc. at 1234 W Cowles St., $3.84
• ARCO at 4235 E Anaheim St., $3.85

📰 2022 News Poll 📍
There was a lot of bad news in 2022. However, there was some great news, too. Which was your favorite good news story of 2022?

📰 Here are the top stories in Long Beach today:

1. Trespassing at a business in the 600 block of Atlantic Avenue turned into a SWAT call on Monday. Officers from the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) responded at 9:21 p.m. and evacuated patrons and employees. Meanwhile, the adult male, wielding what turned out to be an airsoft gun, refused to cooperate. SWAT rolled, and the suspect surrendered eventually. “The suspect was booked for trespassing and being under the influence of a controlled substance.” (LBPD)
2. The giant penny art installation at downtown Lincoln Park became the site of a protest on Monday. The "Change the Name Coalition" put up gallows to “honor the 38 Dakota men who were hanged by the United States government in 1862.” The group wants to see the park’s name changed because “of President Abraham Lincoln’s role in ordering or overseeing the deaths of Native Americans during his presidency.” It’s interesting to note that before 1915, the park was called Pacific Park. (Long Beach Post)
3. The City of Long Beach wants to award $5 million “to qualified housing developers for the production of affordable rental housing.” Besides that, the city made “200 project-based vouchers (PBVs) for rental assistance available to property owners and developers of affordable homes.” We learned on Thursday that you have until March 21 at 4 p.m. to submit your proposal. (City of Long Beach)
4. Tuesday saw more flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines at the Long Beach Airport. The airport warned customers that “Southwest is experiencing disruptions across their network, and flights have been impacted.” It's noteworthy that of the “nearly 3,000 (flights) canceled Monday,” about 2,900 were by Southwest. The airline advised that a broad range of flights would be “unavailable through Saturday.” The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it would investigate the airline’s quantity of cancellations. (Patch)
5. Animé Los Angeles 18 is coming to the Long Beach Convention Center from January 5 to 8. Insiders look forward to rubbing elbows with Kaho Shibuya, TemperMental, Kayleigh McKee, Signal Fires, and many more! (Animé Los Angeles 18)

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📆 Today in Long Beach:

• FREE Weekly Breathwork Class on Zoom (10 AM)
• Winter Camp at My Gym (11:30 AM)
• Free Trivia at Beachwood Brewing (7 PM)
• Jah Polo, Ladee Dread, And Ms. B Royal at Alex's Bar (9 PM)
• Karaoke at DiPiazza's (9 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "Santa wasn't the only one delivering gifts this recently 🎅 ! The North Division Quality of Life Team officers delivered bags of toys and gifts to several families to help make this a holiday worth remembering!" (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• "❤️💚 Happy Kwanzaa, Long Beach!" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "We are helping Long Beach Airport to preserve its collections. Here is HSLB Archivist, Alan Scardera, helping to move LGB materials. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0N49ZBKLA7ogdALvUsVPtSchtn7eVdttMWPmi6cHK3Xm7pXqE6o6FbR..." (Historical Society of Long Beach via Facebook)
• "♻️🎄 Recycle your tree this year! Our Long Beach Public Works Department will offer their annual Holiday Tree Recycling Program, known as Treecycling. This program provides Long Beach residents with the opportunity to dispose of their l..." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Our Elm Ave neighbor "lost a dog - Name: Brownie. He left the house on Christmas Day. We looked for him and couldn’t find him. Any info helps, please. Christmas wasn’t Christmas without him. Contact:(562) 682-7317" (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right! See you 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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