🌱 Boy Stabbed On Spaulding St + 14 LB Pedestrians Died So Far In '22

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A 15-year-old child got into an argument with someone, who stabbed him. Also, so far, LB traffic has been deadly for 14 pedestrians in 2022. Finally, visit and name a new otter pup!

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Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1. The LBPD investigated a non-fatal stabbing that was reported on Tuesday. Taking place at around 7:30 p.m., it sent officers “to the area of Anaheim Street and Cherry Avenue.” There, they met a 15-year-old boy who said “he was stabbed in the upper body earlier in the week on Aug. 1 at approximately noon near the 2600 block of East Spaulding Street.” A verbal altercation had turned violent. (LBPD)
2. We learned on Thursday that, so far this year, the LBPD has “reported 27 traffic collision deaths,” of whom 14 were pedestrians. The latest victim is a woman who died after being struck after 10 p.m. by a 2005 Dodge Durango on Saturday while crossing PCH “outside a crosswalk.” The driver remained on the scene, and “investigators do not believe speeding, alcohol, drugs or distracted driving were factors in the crash.” (LB Post)
3. The Aquarium of the Pacific is home to a new sea otter pup! We learned on Wednesday that staff took in a “sea otter pup that was abandoned by his mother in the Carmel-by-the-Sea area.” When the look for a surrogate mom at the Monterey Bay Aquarium failed, the four-month-old pup was taken to Long Beach, “where he was paired with an adult sea otter named Chloe, so he could acclimate to his new home.” You can visit the new pup and, if you donate $100, suggest a name. (Spectrum News 1)
4. The former Liberation Brewing Company location at 3630 Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls did not remain shuttered for long. Beachwood Brewing & Distilling is throwing open the doors today. It will start out as a “24-tap tasting room for its beers.” The long-term plan, going into next year, is the acquisition of a distilling license that would allow the business to make “vodkas, gins and rums.” (LB Business Journal)
5. Mark your calendars! From today through December, you have the opportunity to visit a 14-piece art exhibit at the Long Beach Airport! Put up by Able ARTS Works, the exhibit “is a collection made by local artists of all abilities, as well as resident artists.” “This exhibit is a great addition to our airport and an amazing way to showcase the incredible work of Long Beach artists — especially artists with disabilities, said Mayor Robert Garcia.” (LB Local News)

Today in Long Beach:

• Online Conscious Life Design & Stress Release Program (9 a.m.)
• Downtown Long Beach Farmers Market at The Streets - North Promenade (10 a.m.)
• Film Screening: My Garden Of A Thousand Bees at the Bay Shore Neighborhood Library (2 p.m.)
• The Long Beach Animal Care Services Adoption Waggin’ is in front of the Bixby Animal Clinic (6:30 p.m.)
• DJs JCU3 + JOHNY QUEST spin Latin Trap and Hip Hop at Sevilla Nightclub (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Officials celebrated the launch of the Market Street Corridor Improvements with a groundbreaking ceremony held at Burton W. Chace Park, the approximate location of phase one of the project. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• The Long Beach Golf Hall of Fame will induct three new members – Torey Edwards, Jim Gonzales and Travis Johnson – on Sunday, August 7. The Long Beach Golf Hall of Fame was created by Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine in 1996. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• A Belmont Heights Central neighbor is looking for anyone who has an old VCR they want to get rid of. (Nextdoor)
• Our Grant neighbor has a question about trash in 90805. Anyone else’s trash not being picked up on normal trash days? Trash pick up is normally Monday for here, but then a few weeks ago it was Tuesday and this week it has not been picked up at all. (Nextdoor)
• Long Beach Fire hosts its annual female firefighter career workshop on August 21 at 9 a.m. (Twitter)

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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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