🌱 Colonoscopies At 45 + Belmont Shore Stabbing Update

Hey, Long Beach; today is National Plant a Flower Day! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today.

You might have to sign up even earlier for the test everyone dreads. Also, the PD arrested a 33-year-old suspect in the Belmont Shore stabbing. Finally, we know why Gerrie Schipske decided to run for City Attorney.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and nice. High: 75 Low: 50.

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Here are the top five stories today in Long Beach:

1. The colonoscopy is the test that everyone loves to hate. In the past, doctors would hand you a referral on your 50th birthday. However, we learned Friday that experts have been suggesting having this test done for the first time as early as age 45. “A colonoscopy is a procedure where a physician uses a long, thin, flexible, lighted tube to check for polyps or cancer inside the rectum and the entire colon.” (LB Post)
2. Belmont Shore Stabbing Update: On Sunday evening, there was a fatal stabbing on East Ocean Boulevard. At the time, a 33-year-old man died. On Monday, the LBPD located a 26-year-old suspect near East 10th Street and Gardenia Avenue. The suspect’s “bail was set at $2 million.” (CBS)
3. Update on Gerrie Schipske’s Run for City Attorney: We previously discussed the former councilwoman’s decision to shift the focus of her political office run from mayor to city attorney. Now we know why she made the decision. “Voters expressed concern that no one was challenging the hand-picked successor to the retiring city attorney.” “The retirement of the current City Attorney offers the opportunity for change. However, special interests and City Hall insiders are trying to engineer the selection of the next City Attorney so that nothing changes for them,” the experienced attorney explained. (Beachcomber)
4. On Thursday, the LBPD received "multiple reports of shootings, carjackings, and a kidnapping, which led to a hostage situation" in the 200 block of East 57th Street. The 29-year-old suspect hid at a church in the 21600 block of Alameda Street. SWAT rolled and officers attempted to negotiate a peaceful de-escalation. However, the suspect was found “with self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the upper and lower body.” (LBPD)
5. As of today, “masks will not be required indoors (but will still be strongly recommended) at LBUSD schools.” The District remembered that March 12 actually marks “exactly two years since the global pandemic forced us to close our schools.” (LB Schools)

Today in Long Beach:

• Rockin' Shamrock 5K, 10K, 15K & Half Marathon 2022 at 54th Place (7:30 AM)
• Early Childhood Assessment Clinic at CSULB Community Clinic (8:30 AM to 11:30 AM)
• Art Walk in the East Village Arts District, 1st and Linden Avenue (12 PM to 5 PM)
• St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl & Block Party at The Harbor (1 PM to 3 AM)
• Parent's Night Out at the Scholars Collective (3 PM or 5 PM to 10 PM)

From my notebook:

• A Belmont Heights Central neighbor saw a coyote visit their backyard! Keep your small animals indoors! (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.