🌱 Car Struck Cyclist On Wardlow Road + LBUSD’s Summer Food Service

Hey, friends; today is National Egg Roll Day, which was founded by Van’s Kitchen in 2019! Sylvia here with your fresh copy of the Long Beach Daily, filled with all the things you need to know about what's going on in town. Here's the lowdown...

A hit-and-run left a cyclist hurt. Also, the school district offers summer lunches to children in LB. Finally, no local government agency will ask you to pay a utility bill with cryptocurrency or gift cards.

First, today's weather:

Clouds giving way to sun. High: 78 Low: 64.

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📢 Fireworks Poll!
Fireworks are illegal in Long Beach. If the police are called, you may have to pay as much as $20,000 in response costs plus citation fines of $1,000. How do you feel about that? Please let me know your thoughts! (As of today, 8.6% don’t want fireworks, 81.2% want “safe and sane fireworks,” and 0.4% don’t care one way or the other while another 9.7% want to buy what they choose.)

Here are the top five stories today in Long Beach:

1. A car struck a bicyclist in the 1100 block of East Wardlow Road on Wednesday. The collision happened right around 2:30 p.m. The cyclist survived. However, the driver fled the scene. (LB Post)
2. With school summer break right around the corner, the Long Beach Unified School District announced its Summer Food Service Program on Tuesday. Beginning June 27 and running to July 29, seven schools offer free lunches to “all children who are one to 18 years old, without eligibility documentation.” The schools are Browning, Cabrillo, Jordan, Lakewood, Poly, Renaissance and Wilson. Lunchtime runs from 10:35 to 10:55 a.m. However, if the child is enrolled in the Child Development Centers, SEAL, School Age Care or WRAP, the youngster is eligible to receive breakfast, lunch and snacks at a larger number of school sites. (LBUSD1, LBUSD2)
3. Also on Tuesday, the City released a list of safety tips to protect residents from phone and online scam artists. Having begun to copy utility centers’ numbers, the scammers try to get money from residents worried about having their utilities turned off. The city reminds you that “City Utility Services will never initiate a phone call or text requesting immediate payment.” If anyone does need to get a hold of you, “an automated voice message is sent asking for you to call Utility Services, so the matter can be resolved.” Also, the police won’t call anyone to let them know they have a warrant out; similarly, the IRS will not call you to collect taxes. Most importantly, if you do owe money, government officials don’t accept “Bitcoin, other cryptocurrency or gift cards as payment.” (LB Local News)
4. If you love Sriracha, it’s time to explore alternatives. We learned on Thursday that a shortage looms. Pointing to “unexpected crop failure from the spring chili harvest,” Huy Fong Inc. warned in April that production problems are on the horizon. “The company said it would not accept any new orders placed before September. Any orders made before Labor Day would be fulfilled in the fall, because it lacks the inventory to meet that demand.” (Press-Telegram)
5. Mark your calendars! Sunday is a Makers’ Market at 2nd & PCH. Running from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., there will be kids’ activities, live music and more than 35 local artisans selling anything from leather goods to jewelry. There’s going to be food and pets are welcome! (Creative Communal)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Farmers' Market at The Streets (DTLB)
• The Home Entertainment Show at the Hilton LB (noon)
• Jazz, Wine, And Bites at the COLLAB Dance Studio and Creative (7 PM)
• Kontrapunktus presents THE ITALIANS at Grace First Presbyterian Church (7:30 p.m.)
• Outsourced Comedy Live at The Stand Up Comedy Club (9:15 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• City Manager Tom Modica announced the appointment of Katy Nomura to deputy city manager. Nomura will work alongside the city manager and assistant city manager as part of the city’s executive management team. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Congratulations to the Long Beach Airport for being recently recognized as the Organization of the Year by the California Transportation Foundation. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• There is a Long Beach Police Department Recruitment Workshop June 15. Interested in becoming a Long Beach Police Officer? The next recruitment workshop will be held next Wednesday, June 15 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Long Beach Police Academy. (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• The city launched Long Beach Buys! This is a new purchasing platform and marketplace that is free for all businesses and organizations seeking to do business with the city. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Thanks to generous support from Farmers & Merchants Bank, the Library Foundation purchased a new dictionary/thesaurus for every Long Beach USD third-grade student as part of its 19th annual Dictionary Days program! (Long Beach Public Library Foundation via Facebook)

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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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