🌱 Crow’s Nest Bar Shooting + Alamitos Bay Marina Parking Dispute

Hey, Long Beach, and happy National Winnie the Pooh Day! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

A bar employee was shot and killed. Also, there’s a parking lot dispute brewing at the marina. Finally, LBFD assisted with the recovery of a missing diver.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 64 Low: 54.

Here are the five top stories in Long Beach today:

1. There was a fatal shooting “at the Crow’s Nest bar” on the 1900 block of West Willow Street Sunday night. The victim was an employee “involved in a verbal dispute with a customer, a male adult suspect.” The suspect fled on foot. If you have any information, please contact Homicide Detectives Don Collier or Leticia Gamboa at (562) 570-7244. (My News LA, LBPD)
2. The Alamitos Bay Marina parking lots might switch to a pay-to-park business model in the future. Boat owners claim it would “hurt their ability to use the marina and potentially injure adjacent yacht clubs.” Nearby parking at the 2nd and PCH structure offers “free parking for the first 90 minutes without validation but charges $2 every 20 minutes after that, with a daily maximum of $30.” Officials intend to discuss the issue further on Thursday. (LB Post)
3. On Sunday, the LBFD assisted the Coast Guard and other agencies in a search for a missing diver off the oil platform Elly. It is located near Huntington Beach. After using sonar, the rescue mission became a recovery effort. (Long Beach Fire)
4. Mayor Robert Garcia spent Sunday with a group of freshly minted Eagle Scouts. They are from LB and Lakewood. The Mayor offers a “huge congrats to them and their families!” (@LongBeachMayor)
5. Indira Jimenez is a special education teacher at Long Beach Poly High School. She and her students were determined to raise funds for a mural called “The Tree of Life.” Local artist Enrique Brito intends to fulfill her vision for the 54-by-14-foot space. So far, Jimenez has raised about $1,000 of the $6,825 she needs. She accepts donations from the Poly community and anyone else who would like to contribute. (LB News)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Food Bag Pick-Up at the Long Beach Salvation Army (9 AM to 12 PM)
• Red Cross Blood Drive at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) (10 AM)
• What Is Branding & How It Works For Your Business (online) (10 AM)
• FREE Speed Reading Course (online) (11 AM)
• Kingdom Life Christian Fellowship gives out Free Grab N' Go Lunches for K-12 Students (2:15 PM to 5 pm)

From my notebook:

• An eagle-eyed Bixby Knolls-N of Cal Heights neighbor found an iPhone in front of 4410 Cerritos. - Call if it’s yours. 4152655858." (Nextdoor)
• A compassionate Willmore City-North neighbor is looking for some help for a woman who is being physically abused. Is there somewhere that she can get help? Any advice? (Nextdoor)
• Our Artcraft Manor neighbor is seeking a venue where the customers are over 50 and know how to dance the swing, the 2 step etc. They're not interested in loud meat market establishments. (Nextdoor)
• Maria Rodriguez needs to find homes for three baby kittens, 3 bigger kittens, and 3 adult cats. They're moving and can't keep them. They don't want to take them to the shelter. (Patch)

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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.