🌱 Market St. Traffic Delays + 65-Year-Old Reportedly Ran Drug House

Hello, everybody; today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, which pays homage to Ruth Graves Wakefield’s 1937 invention! It's Sylvia, your host of the Long Beach Daily. Here are all the things you need to know about what's happening locally...

New curbs and sidewalks come with traffic delays on Market Street. Also, a 65-year-old was arrested for running a drug house. Finally, we have a monkeypox update!

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Here are the top five stories today in Long Beach:

1. The Market Street project is going forward, and the Public Works Department warns of traffic delays between Cherry Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard. “New updates include landscaping, sidewalk repairs, new curb ramps, bulb-outs and more!” Construction begins this month! (Public Works)
2. The LBPD East Division Directed Enforcement Team announced on Tuesday that it served search warrants on homes “in the 3300 block of San Anseline Avenue and the 3100 block of Bellflower Boulevard.” There, they “recovered narcotics, paraphernalia and nine firearms ... (and) several ounces of narcotics, including fentanyl.” A 65-year-old man was arrested. (LBPD)
3. Monkeypox Update: As of Wednesday, Long Beach reported 22 cases of probable and confirmed cases of monkeypox, which led to the declaration of a local emergency. We learned on Tuesday that the city “announced its first case of monkeypox in a child.” The youngster “was symptomatic but has already recovered.” (City of LB, Fox, ABC)
4. Health Care Minimum Wage Update: The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday unanimously to approve the ordinance. “Thank you to SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West for initiating and submitting the petition,” said Council Member Suely Saro. This means that there is one less measure on November’s ballot. (Suely Saro)
5. Mark your calendars! Belmont Shore’s McCarty’s Fine Jewelry is hosting a fundraiser for the WomenShelter on August 7. It will take the form of a free concert at Marine Stadium Park that will feature The Fabba Show, an Abba tribute band. Running from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., you can buy raffle tickets that support the charity. (McCarty’s Fine Jewelry)

Today in Long Beach:

• Long Beach Open at El Dorado Park, Skylinks (7 a.m.)
• International Quilt Festival at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center (10 a.m.)
• A Campy Family Storytime with Long Beach children's author Alexandra Adlawan at the Los Altos Neighborhood Library (1 p.m.)
• Uptown Farmers Market on the east side of Atlantic Avenue at 46th Street (3 p.m.)
• Summer Of Fun Event at the Alpert Jewish Community Center (5 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A Wrigley-Memorial Park neighbor is wondering if anybody is missing a pet turkey! He is hanging out in the yards around here and seems super friendly. Feels like it is someone’s pet. (Nextdoor)
• Our Artcraft Manor neighbor offers a friendly reminder while walking your dogs that if the street, sand, pavement or sidewalk you are walking on is too hot for your bare feet - it is also too hot for your dog's paws. Just something to be mindful of ❤️❤️ (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor in the Carson Park LB area is reacting to the loss of Vin Scully: RIP - Sad night losing 94-year-young Vin Scully. (Nextdoor)
• Our The Plaza-Emerson neighbor is wondering if anyone is missing a brown and white cat with dark brown tip tail? (Nextdoor)
• An Alamitos Beach cat lover shares a success story! Per the advice of one of the commenters, they put out a missing cat's litter box and food bowl. (Nextdoor)

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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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