🌱 Human Smuggling At Alamitos Beach? + Viking Way ATM Robbery Attempt

Hello again, everybody; today is World Bicycle Day, which was declared in 2018 by the United Nations General Assembly! I'm back with your new copy of the Long Beach Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town today...

Who are the 15 people who came ashore Sunday morning and fled? Also, who took on an armed guard servicing an ATM? Finally, two suspects are under arrest for a February murder.

First, today's weather:

Low clouds, then some sun. High: 74 Low: 62.

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Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1. Who was in the panga boat that came ashore at 8th Place and Ocean Boulevard on Alamitos Beach? It happened Sunday morning at 12:25 a.m. According to a witness, 15 people fled. Officials connected the boat sighting “with signs of a successful human smuggling event from Mexico.” There have been multiple panga boat sightings over the last few weeks in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. (LB Post)
2. There was an attempted robbery on Tuesday on the 4100 block of Viking Way. The LBPD received calls around 3:19 p.m. that there were shots fired. When arriving, officers learned that an armed guard at an ATM shot his gun. “An unknown number of male suspects approached as he was servicing the ATM and attempted to rob him.” The suspects fled. (LBPD)
3. On February 2, a 31-year-old Signal Hill man was shot near Atlantic Avenue and Esther Street. On March 9, the PD identified a 20-year-old Anaheim man as a suspect. On Wednesday, officers arrested a second suspect, a 19-year-old Long Beach resident. He was booked on “one count of murder.” (City of LB)
4. Did you lose power on Wednesday? You weren’t alone. The outage affected “the area between 15th Street/southbound and PCH/northbound and Redondo/eastbound and Obispo/westbound.” At the time, officials estimated it would take about 10 hours to restore power. (LB Public Works)
5. Mark your calendars! The Naples Islands pancake breakfast is back! Scheduled for Saturday, the 73-year-old tradition features “a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and orange juice,” a fun run, craft fair, plant sale and more. Head to Colonnade Park at 7 a.m.! (Press-Telegram)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Electrify Expo at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center (9 a.m.)
• Downtown Long Beach Farmers' Market (10 a.m.)
• Fitness Friday at Work Evolution Laboratories (3 p.m.)
• All-Star Comedy at the Laugh Factory (7:30 p.m.)
• Ronstadt Tribute Revival at the Grand Annex (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• 🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month, Long Beach! Rainbow Piñata, LGBTQIA+ Lotería, Paint with PRIDE, and LGBTQIA+ Resource Picnic & PAW PRIDE Walk are just a few of the Pride activities taking place this month. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Save the date for October 29. The Long Beach Airport's annual Festival of Flight is a free community celebration featuring aircraft on static display, food trucks and live music. We hope to see you there! 🚁✈️🛩️ (Long Beach Airport via Instagram)
• The Center for Adaptive Technology (CAT) and The Studio @ BJK Main have teamed up to create an assistive tools kit! Patrons can visit the CAT to request their own assistive tools that will be created using our Studio’s 3D printers! (Long Beach Public Library via Facebook)
• The city is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Leadership Long Beach Institute Class of 2023! (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• June is Pet Preparedness Month, and the City of Long Beach Disaster Preparedness is reminding residents that natural disasters affect the whole family, including furry 🐶 friends. (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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