🌱 Bluff Park House Fire + El Dorado Duck Pond Funds $2 Mil Short

Hey, neighbors, and happy National Pie Day! Sylvia here with the Sunday issue of the Long Beach Daily.

There was a house fire in a historic home at 2732 East 1st Street. Construction on the El Dorado duck pond is finally starting, but there’s not enough money to actually finish. Finally, a suspect has been arrested in the Crow’s Nest Bar shooting.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and pleasant. High: 73 Low: 46.

Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1. On Friday evening, there was a two-alarm fire at 2732 East 1st Street, which is in the Bluff Park neighborhood. The LBFD extinguished the fire in about half an hour. Nobody was hurt. Also, the FD was able to “preserve this historic house that was the first house built in the area in 1905.” (@lbfirefighters)
2. El Dorado duck pond construction is going to start Monday, even though the project budget is $2 million short. The $9-million project was approved in December by the City Council and includes “wetlands landscaping, plugging leaks and cracks in the pond’s structure and fixing a pedestrian walkway that poses accessibility issues.” If the City finds the needed funds, construction should be done by the summer of 2023. (LB Post)
3. Last Monday, we reported on the Crow’s Nest Bar shooting, where a customer was suspected of fatally shooting an employee. On Friday, the PD arrested a 33-year-old man from Wilmington. The suspect has been booked “on one count of murder and is currently being held in the Long Beach City Jail on $2,000,000 bail.” (Patch, LBPD)
4. There was a traffic fatality near Bellflower Boulevard and Beach Drive. On Friday afternoon, a pedestrian, possibly experiencing homelessness, “was attempting to cross Bellflower Boulevard outside a crosswalk.” He was struck by a 2002 Acura driven by an unlicensed 17-old-teen and then by a 2005 Honda Pilot operated by a 59-year-old man. Both drivers remained on the scene. “Distracted driving, speeding, and impairment do not appear to have been a factor in this collision.” (LBPD)
5. Mental Health America of Los Angeles wants to train you “to become a certified mental health recovery specialist.” Joining the Jump Start Fellowship Program takes a 12-week time commitment, is FREE, and pays you $40 a day. You have until February 4 to apply. When you’re done, you’ll “have completed 180 classroom hours and 240 internship hours.” Learn more by calling 562-285-1330, extension 1051. (Press Telegram)

Today in Long Beach:

• SoCal Cycle Swap Meet at Veterans Memorial Stadium (5 AM to 1 PM)
• Long Beach Sunday Farmers’ Market at East Marina Drive, South of 2nd Street (9 AM to 2 PM)
• “Debt Jubilee, It Takes You & It Takes Me!” the Rev. Tom Emanual preaches (online) (10 AM)
• LB Black Restaurant Week 2022 Begins (11 AM)
• BrunchDown in the Beach at JP23 (11 AM to 7 PM)

From my notebook:

• An Alamitos Beach neighbor is wondering if you smelled something funky near Ocean and Alamitos around 1:00 pm Friday. Natural gas or oil smell? (Nextdoor)
• A North Poly neighbor lost their dog on the corner of Linden and 21st St. He is a medium size grayish poodle mix. Did you see him? (Nextdoor)
• Our Historic Zaferia Village-SE neighbor is offering a reward for helping them find a missing cat. It was last seen near Ximeno & 11th. He has a bright green collar. (Nextdoor)
• A Bixby Knolls-N of Cal Heights neighbor alerts Bixby Knolls neighbors that some neighbors have come together and formed the Bixby Highlands Community Watch. They work with the LBPD's North Division on community concerns and are hosting virtual meetings. (Nextdoor)
• An eagle-eyed Los Altos-Britton Drive neighbor found a credit card in the B of A parking lot at the Los Altos Center. Is it yours? (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.