🌱 CLEAR Now At The LB Airport + Harbor Freight Comes To 530 E 33rd St

Good morning, neighbors! Today, we hum "Auld Lang Syne" on Robert Burns Day. Sylvia here with your Wednesday edition of the Long Beach Daily. Keep reading to find out all the most important things happening in the community, including news on...

• ✈️ A laser-wielding man on Silva Street
• 👮 A knife-wielding man on Magnolia Avenue
• 💃🏽 The Festival of Human Abilities at the Aquarium

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Plenty of sun. High: 69 Low: 48.

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💐 Valentine’s Day Poll! 🥂
Pink hearts, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards – reminders that Valentine’s Day is coming are everywhere. But responses to the holiday are mixed. What are your feelings about the occasion? Do you celebrate? So far, 48.3% take a bah-humbug approach, while 42.7% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 2.2% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 6.7% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1. A 46-year-old man thought it would be a great idea to point a high-powered laser at aircraft. According to the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD), this has been ongoing for about a year. Last week, after narrowing down his location, officers collaborated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to catch him in the act, in the 1600 block of Silva Street. The agencies arrested him and took him to the City Jail “on one count of felony discharge of a laser at an occupied aircraft and violation of parole.” There’s no bail. (Patch)
2. What was SWAT doing in the 1100 block of Magnolia Avenue on Wednesday? A little after 11 a.m., the LBPD responded to a call about an assault with a deadly weapon. An adult male victim told officers that a relative, another adult male, had threatened him with a knife and was in the two-story home they shared. That man didn’t want to come out, and officers closed roads “from Magnolia Avenue and Tenth Street to North Loma Vista Drive.” SWAT rolled, and the knife-wielding man was put in handcuffs at 6:27 p.m. (LBPD, Long Beach Post)
3. On Tuesday, Long Beach Airport customers noticed signs for CLEAR, the verification technology that’s already in some other California airports. Mayor Rex Richardson was present for the big unveiling and welcomed CLEAR because it gives “travelers another convenient option for a streamlined security screening process.” If you sign up with the service, you won’t have to scrounge for your ID any longer, just verify your identity with your eyes or fingers. (City of Long Beach)
4. If you love the friendly staff at Harbor Freight but haven’t been too keen on driving to Carson, Downey, Lomita or Lakewood, take heart! We’re getting a Long Beach Harbor Freight location at 530 East 33rd Street. Best of all, the grand opening is expected to take place in March! (Harbor Freight)
5. The Aquarium of the Pacific will celebrate its 20th annual Festival of Human Abilities on January 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. If you’ve never been to the event, you’re in for a treat, with “wheelchair dance, live music, and art demonstrations.” One of the classes taught is adaptive SCUBA diving. (Aquarium of the Pacific)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Parent Education Workshop at the El Dorado Neighborhood Library (3 PM)
• Turning Your Dream Into A Business Webinar from the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (3 PM)
• Taxes in Retirement Seminar at the Angelo M. Iacoboni Library (6 PM)
• Long Beach Jewish Film Festival at the Alpert Jewish Community Center (6 PM)
• Trivia Night at Trademark Brewing (7 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "Check out the recent job openings at the City of Long Beach. ↓" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "🗓️ Save the date! Our Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine will host two job fairs, Saturday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 25, where our park staff will share information on current and upcoming job openings for Recreation Program Leaders." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "Start off the year the right way and join the Leadership Long Beach Alumni Committee as they offer their 2nd annual Vision Board workshop!" (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• Our Hamilton neighbor says, "Hello everyone, my cat Simba has been missing for about 7 days already. - If anyone has seen him in NORTH LONG BEACH, please contact me at (818)-297-8202 🙏" (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.

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