🌱 Bird Flu Around El Dorado Park + Avery Peck's Great Time

Morning, neighbors; today is National I Love Lucy Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Long Beach Daily. Here are all the things you need to know about what's happening these days in town, including...

• 🚓 A hit-and-run on PCH and Temple
• 🍜 The Taste of Bixby Knolls on Sunday
• 💃🏽 The 2023 Long Beach Opera season

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A shower and thunderstorm. High: 71 Low: 64.

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🎃 Halloween Poll!
Will you celebrate Halloween this year? Tell us your plans! So far, 46.8% are turning off their porch lights, 40.4% will hand out candy, 4.3% are attending a party, and another 8.5% will accompany children to go trick-or-treating.

📰 Here are the top stories in Long Beach today:

1) The LBPD is looking for a black Chevy sport utility vehicle. They believe it was involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Thursday at PCH and Temple Avenue. According to reports, the Chevrolet traveled west on PCH when it struck a pedestrian. (LBPD)

2) The avian flu is in Long Beach! The city announced on Thursday that it had confirmed three cases of avian flu “in two Canadian geese and one Black-crowned Night-Heron near El Dorado Park.” There were other sick and dead birds in the area that have not been tested. If you’re one of my neighbors with backyard chickens, “remove water and food sources that feed wild birds.” (City of LB)

3) A shoutout to Avery Peck, the Long Beach Poly freshman who finished the Moore League girls’ varsity race on Thursday in 18.59 minutes! She was 90 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor at Signal Hill’s Discovery Well Park meet. She won the league meet and a team title for the Jackrabbits girls. You know what she said? “I like hills, so I enjoyed that course . . . today was just getting some good hills in my legs, not going all out.” Wow! (The562.org)

4) Are you planning to head to Bixby Knolls on Sunday? If not, please reconsider! The Taste of Bixby Knolls will feature 29 participating restaurants in an event that organizers describe as “First Friday on steroids.” Bring the family to Atlantic Avenue and walk from Bixby Road to San Antonio Drive. As always, the Big Red Bus will shuttle visitors free of charge when walking isn’t your thing. Of course, if you’re like me, you’ll be at George’s 50s Diner for the vintage car show. (The HiLo)

5) Mark your calendars! (If you haven’t done so, you’ll have to buy a 2023 calendar.) The Long Beach Opera announced its 2023 season, which officially begins on February 18 featuring Kate Soper. A March 4 production will take place at the Rancho Los Cerritos, so get your tickets early. The other events also underscore the opera’s ability to transcend its historical importance by embracing new media. (Long Beach Opera)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Shoreline Ukulele Orchestra Open Rehearsal at 423 Shoreline Village Drive (11:45 AM)
• CoComelon Live JJ's Journey at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center (3 PM)
• Oktoberfest with CORDAY at the Long Beach Tap House (4 PM)
• Food for the Soul: Farm to Tableaux Event Benefiting Food Finders at the California State University, Long Beach (5 PM)
• The Devil's Den Live Dirty Jazz and Burlesque at Harvelle's Long Beach (8 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• Bret Anderson is a new Deputy Fire Marshal in the Fire Prevention Bureau. "Bret is one of two Deputy Fire Marshals serving our Bureau." (Long Beach Fire Department via Facebook)
• Leadership Long Beach's first project, “Reimaging our Mission, Vision, and Principles” starts soon, but you can still join! (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• "📢Volunteer for the City of Long Beach’s 15th Annual Bike and Pedestrian Count! This is one of the longest-running bike counts in the country. The count will take place on Thursday, October 27, and Saturday, October 29." (Long Beach City via Facebook)

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That's it for today. I'll see you soon!

— 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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