🌱 City Place On 4th Now Mosaic + Federal Bar At 102 Pine Burgled

Happy Saturday, people of Long Beach; today is International Read to Me Day! Here's everything you need to know going on locally today.

A shopping center keeps rebranding. Also, a closed bar was visited by burglars. Finally, a shooting at 67th Street and Atlantic Avenue might have been solved.

First, today's weather:

Cooler with clearing. High: 64 Low: 54.

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Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1. There is a shopping center on 4th Street between The Promenade and Long Beach Boulevard. Do you know what it is called? It used to be City Place; then it rebranded to become The Streets; it rebranded once more to return to City Place. On Thursday, it underwent its latest change; it is now Mosaic. “The rebrand comes as the property owners move to implement plans to demolish part of the shopping center for a mixed-use development.” We discussed this recently with the loss of the Found Theater. (LB Business Journal)
2. The Federal Bar used to do business at 102 Pine Avenue. It closed in March 2020. On Thursday morning, right around 10:45 a.m., the LBPD responded to reports of a commercial burglary at this location. A witness “said he watched as two individuals walked away with multiple items after breaking into the building, including several metal pipes.” No arrests were made. (LB Post)
3. On Wednesday morning, there was a shooting in the area of 67th Street and Atlantic Avenue. Police investigated and located a 42-year-old suspect. “He was booked into Long Beach City Jail for attempted murder, prohibited possessor in possession of a firearm, prohibited possessor in possession of ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm – not registered owner, and obstructing/resisting.” (LBPD)
4. The Long Beach Unified School District announced “that when the 2022-23 school year begins on Aug. 31, LBUSD high schools will start at 8:45 a.m. and middle schools will start earlier.” Taking this step puts the district in compliance with a 2019 law. This change will “impact sports schedules, extracurricular activities and extra periods” for which a workaround is not yet available. (LB Post)
5. CSULB has a shark lab that tracks white sharks. The lab has a total of six solar-powered buoys with cell receivers that send text alerts to scientists whenever a tagged fish swims within 300 yards of it. “The Shark Lab installed six buoys across Southern California, including Carpinteria, Coronado, Del Mar, Huntington Beach, and Long Beach.” (Spectrum News 1)

Today in Long Beach:

• International Children’s Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific (9 AM to 5 PM)
• Literary Women Long Beach Festival of Authors at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center (9 AM to 3 PM)
• Craft Beer LB Homebrew Invitational at the Rancho Los Cerritos (1 PM to 5 PM)
• The Beverly O'Neill Theater presents Vivaldi Meets Bach (7:30 PM)
• Abbey Road and FABBA: A Pop Spectacular at The Gaslamp (8 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Long Beach Police launched an official blotter!
• A Carson Park neighbor had an exciting few days, being able to watch the filming of 911 Lonestar and seeing Rob Lowe. They used several of our driveways, yards on Monlaco for trailers, etc. (Nextdoor)
• Our Los Altos-Britton Drive neighbor is hosting a voter registration party Saturday, March 19 12 - 4pm. Music and food! (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow morning for your next 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.