🌱 Kudos To Dr. Vanessa Gavin-Headen + LBPD Activity On Ocean, Myrtle

Good morning, friends, and happy National Guacamole Day! Let's all pile in the car today and head to the ocean to beat the summer temps. What else is going on?

• 🥇 Dr. Vanessa Gavin-Headen is a Kaiser 2022 Family Physician of the Year
• 🚓 Someone fired shots on Myrtle Avenue
• 🛏️ The Luxury Inn will transform from nuisance motel to temporary housing facility

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Mostly sunny. High: 81 Low: 68.

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Beginning October 6, and continuing through October 10, every registered voter is mailed a ‘Vote By Mail’ ballot. How are you planning to vote this November? Please let us know! So far, 20.6% plan to vote in person on election day, 65.4% will be voting by mail, 11.2% intend to vote early in person, and 2.8% plan to sit this one out.

📰 Here are the top five stories in Long Beach today:

1) A shoutout to Dr. Vanessa Gavin-Headen! Practicing medicine at 3900 East PCH, we learned on Thursday that she was honored by Kaiser Permanente with one of two “2022 Family Physician of the Year” awards. “Gavin-Headen has been with Kaiser Permanente at the Long Beach Medical Office for the past 24 years. Her commitment to service always extended beyond the walls of her medical practice.” Congratulations! (L.A. Sentinel)

2) There were a couple of reported crimes in the last couple of days. On Wednesday, the LBPD responded to the report of a “deceased male adult inside” a car at Ocean Boulevard and Corona Avenue. On Thursday, just after midnight, there was a shooting in the 6300 block of Myrtle Avenue, which left an adult male wounded. (LBPD)

3) The Luxury Inn at 5950 Long Beach Boulevard is described as “one of the largest nuisance motels.” On Tuesday, the City Council voted to buy the property for $16.6 million, renovate it, and turn the 78-room site into a temporary housing facility. “The city currently expects renovations to last until July, with the site being ready for occupancy by October 2023.” Proponents support the decision that expands the city’s “capacity to house people experiencing chronic homelessness.” Critics ask why “North Long Beach was absorbing so many of the city’s facilities that are intended to house the homeless.” (Long Beach Post)

4) If you take the C Line, aka the Green Line, listen up! “Beginning Friday, September 16 after 9 p.m. through Sunday, September 18 close of service, the last stop for all eastbound trains will be Long Beach Blvd Station.” There will be free Metro Green Line Shuttles if you need to continue to Lakewood or Norwalk. Metro will be upgrading the signaling system, which calls for the “full track closure and bus shuttles between Long Beach Boulevard and Norwalk Station.” (Metro)

5) Mark your calendars! The Daybreak Food & Music Festival runs this Saturday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 555 Pico Avenue, in the Berth 55 parking lot. “Enjoy the scenic view of Long Beach Harbor and wide selection of food, merchandise, clothing, arts & crafts vendors and live DJs.” It’s free, but you need to register. (LB Night Market)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Webinar: It's Not Your Kid, It's YOU! (8:30 a.m.)
• DTLB Farmers Market on The Streets North Promenade (10 a.m.)
• Rancho Los Cerritos hosts Public Hours (1 p.m.)
• Glass Bottom Boat EcoTour takes off from Shoreline Village (1:30 p.m.)
• Muevelo Friday at Sevilla Nightclub (10 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• In the United States, more than 390,000 student-athletes compete in Olympic and Paralympic sports on campus. Over 400 of those student-athletes compete at Long Beach State. (Long Beach State Athletics via Instagram)
• Who's ready for Beach Streets this weekend? 🚲 Tune up your bike and we'll see you out there, September 17th! For updates and info ➕ follow Beach Streets! #beachstreetslb (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• ♻️ 🚮 Need to schedule a special collection pick up? Did you know, Long Beach Recycles provides each City-serviced refuse account 4 Special Collections per year at no additional cost? 🚚 (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Check out some of the conservation efforts the Long Beach Water Department is embarking on. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• A North Alamitos Beach-NABA neighbor reported their cat got out! He was last seen in the apartment building's hallway. Did anyone pick him up? (Nextdoor)
• Our Cambodia Town West neighbor issued a 🚨New Store Hours Alert 🚨 Starting Monday, September 19th, Fluffy’s Sno-Balls will be closing at 7:00PM due to Fall/Winter seasons. (Nextdoor)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update!

— 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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