🌱 Fireworks Found At Structure Fire On Allin + Lime Adds Motorbikes

Hey, friends; today is National Wanna Get Away Day, founded last year by Southwest Airlines to celebrates its 50th anniversary. It's Saturday in Long Beach, and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in our community today. Follow along for the latest.

Firefighters were surprised when finding fireworks during a response in Belmont Shore. Also, Lime is adding electric motorbikes to its fleet of e-bikes and e-scooters. Finally, parking in Belmont Shore might be getting more expensive.

First, today's weather:

Low clouds, then sunshine. High: 72 Low: 59.

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📢 Fireworks Poll!
Fireworks are illegal in Long Beach. If the police are called, you may have to pay as much as $20,000 in response costs plus citation fines of $1,000. How do you feel about that? Please let me know your thoughts! (As of today, 11.7% don’t want fireworks, 77.6% want “safe and sane fireworks,” and 0.6% don’t care one way or the other while another 10.2% want to buy what they choose.)

Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1. There was a third-floor apartment fire Friday morning in the 3900 block of Allin Street. The building is located next to the Belmont Brewing Company. While busy putting out the blaze, firefighters “also had to contend with fireworks in an apartment on the second floor of the building.” (LB Post)
2. First, there were scooters. Now, there will be electric motorbikes. We learned on Wednesday that Lime has selected Long Beach for a pilot program that brings “electric motorbikes to its existing fleet of e-bikes and e-scooters.” The company considers its modes of transportation ideal for those getting sticker shock at the pump. (Engadget)
3. Speaking of sticker shock, parking in Belmont Shore might be getting more expensive. The City Council will vote on Tuesday on “a proposal to raise the hourly rates for metered spaces by 50 cents.” Beginning July, rates could increase from $1 per hour to $1.50 per hour. It’ll still be cheaper than parking along The Pike, where you have to pay $2 per hour. (LB Post)
4. Southwest Airlines announced on Thursday that it will offer “daily, nonstop flights from Long Beach Airport (LGB) to Nashville International Airport (BNA), with service set to start on Nov. 6.” Tickets are already on sale. (LB Local News)
5. Mark your calendars! The Day Trip Festival brings house music to the Queen Mary Waterfront. Scheduled for June 25 and 26, the event takes place rain or shine. (Day Trip Fest)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Juneteenth Celebration at Rainbow Lagoon Park (10:30 a.m.)
• Taste Of SteelCraft Bellflower Third Anniversary Celebration (11 a.m.)
• Long Beach Taco Fest at the Scottish Rite Event Center (noon)
• Festival Of The Sun at Sacred Roots Holistic Healing (6 p.m.)
• Alyssandra Nighswonger Album Release Show at the Rancho Los Cerritos (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• LBPD patrol officers recently received new bikes to continue delivering impeccable service to the community. They broke them in at Admiral Kidd Park and even threw the football around with some future All-Pros! Awesome work! (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• The LBFD is excited to announce the addition of a new 102-foot Pierce Arrow XT Ascendant Aerial to the Fire fleet. Built this year, this truck will proudly serve the community out of Fire Station 17.🚒 (Long Beach Fire Department via Facebook)
• Long Beach Leaders are Readers! In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Mayor Robert Garcia recommends Superman: Son of Kal-El (Volume 1) by Tom Taylor, art by John Timms. Visit https://bit.ly/3tFCBbE to learn why Mayor Garcia selected it. (Long Beach Public Library Foundation via Facebook)
• An El Dorado Park Estates neighbor has some friends coming to visit in July. Do you have suggestions for Orange County locations to visit? They're not interested in touristy places, or the beach. (Nextdoor)
• Our Plaza neighbor was thinking of trying George Oliveri Salon for color (mostly because it’s close). Does anyone have a recommendation? (Nextdoor)

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