🌱 Distillery Opposite Edison Elementary? + CSULB Alumni Center Opens

Good morning, friends, and happy National Love People Day! Sylvia here with your fresh copy of the Long Beach Daily. Keep reading to find out everything that's fit to print about what's happening in town these days, including updates on...

• 🏗️ Apartments may come to 615 East Ocean Boulevard
• 🎃 A scary story contest
• 🎈 A neighborhood block party at Lincoln Elementary

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📰 Here are the top stories in Long Beach today:

1) El Segundo-based R6 Distillery intends to build a distilling facility at 601 Golden Avenue. However, the distillery would be right across the street from Edison Elementary School. At Tuesday’s press conference, community members objected, “saying they are worried about alcohol sales in a community that’s already been burdened by too many liquor stores and the pollution that the distillery could bring.” (Long Beach Post)

2) We learned on Thursday that the Anna W. Ngai Alumni Center at CSULB is now open! The ceremonial ribbon cutting opened the 7,000-square-foot Alumni Center, “which now serves as a welcoming campus portal aimed to inspire, facilitate and sustain alumni interaction by providing event space for the campus and wider community.” (LB Local News)

3) The Long Beach Cafe at 615 East Ocean Boulevard didn’t survive the pandemic. The property has been fenced off. However, there was Wednesday scuttlebutt that Burnham Development “has proposed a 21-story project consisting of 203 residential units” for the site. If approved, it would place the venue in between the Current and Artaban. (LB Business Journal)

4) Mark your calendars! The Long Beach Press-Telegram’s Scary Story Contest has opened to children from local elementary, middle, and high schools. Youngsters have until October 10 at 5 p.m. to submit “the most nightmarish narratives and disturbing drawings.” Bragging rights, publication in the October 30 paper, and $20 In-N-Out gift cards are on the table. (LB Schools)

5) Mark your calendars some more! On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be a neighborhood block party at Lincoln Elementary. Located at 1175 East 11th Street, the event offers family fun and doubles as a resource fair with COVID vaccinations and plenty of games. (AOC7)

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📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Latina Empowerment Day at the Hotel Maya (8:30 AM)
• Downtown Long Beach Farmers Market at The Streets (10 AM)
• Lumpia With A Vengeance plays at the Regal Edwards on Carson (1 PM)
• Oktoberfest at 855 Elm Avenue (5 PM)
• Shaqtoberfest Halloween Festival at 1126 Queens Hwy (all day)

📓 From my notebook:

• "Festival of Flight is back on October 29, 2022! The free event will feature aircraft on static display, live music, food & beer trucks, activities for kids & helicopter rides for purchase." ✈️🛩️🚁 (Long Beach Airport via Instagram)
• "Do you know a 14-19 year-old looking to make a difference in our Long Beach community⁉️ The LBPD's looking for candidates for its LBPD Explorers program❗⁠⁠ 📅 Applications due October 12 🗓️ Open House on October 19 at 5:30 p.m." (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• Long Beach Public Works and Long Beach Recycles are soliciting proposals from qualified proposers to serve as the Litter-free Long Beach Program Coordinator. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "While the BJK Main Library is offering To-Go Service, it is still hosting all scheduled events, including storytimes and Vida Latina events!" (Long Beach Public Library via Facebook)
• The first World Mental Health Day Resource Fair is happening Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Admiral Kidd Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine. This is a FREE event. (Long Beach City 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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