Millikan Shot Update + 16,000 Renters Need Help + Goodbye SnugTop

Good day, people of Long Beach! Sylvia here with the Thursday issue of the Long Beach Daily.

It isn’t good news. Also, the City Council needs to streamline the disbursement process, or it’ll drag on for another year. Finally, SnugTop is moving to Mexicali.

First, today's weather:

Patchy morning fog. High: 71 Low: 63.

Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1. Update: The 18-year-old mother who was shot by a Millikan HS resources officer has died, and her organs were donated. Her brother states he was told by her surgeons that “the bullet used was a hollow-type point bullet.” The PD and D.A. are still investigating. However, it has come to the surface that the shooter “served short stints as a police officer for at least two different agencies.” (ABC 7, LB Post)
2. The statewide eviction moratorium ended Sept. 30. If you are a renter who applied for relief under the program, you are protected from eviction through March 2022. However, the disbursement process is slow. Council member Rex Richardson wants to streamline the process. “There are nearly 16,000 renters behind on rent, and at the city’s current pace it wouldn’t use all of its rent relief funding until August 2022.” (LB Post)
3. SnugTop has been the go-to shop for all types of aftermarket fiberglass truck caps. These camper shells are popular in the Southland. However, SnugTop is shutting down its LB operation and relocate it to Mexicali, which affects 123 employees. The doors close on October 15. (LB Business Journal)
4. Did you know that LB has signed a lease with Amplify Energy (yes, that one) that “could extend the pipeline’s life through 2040?” Offshore drillers have been leasing the Beta Pump Station area since 1979. “The pipeline will be 60 years old by the end of the lease in 2040.” (Capital and Main)
5. Remember the $3.7 million infrastructure improvement project along Santa Fe Avenue in West Long Beach? You can weigh in virtually tonight, at 6 p.m. This is an excellent opportunity to take about bike routes, traffic cameras, and the pedestrians' needs. (LB Post)

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Today in Long Beach:

• EVEN - Millikan High School (12:00 AM)
• 2021 Insurance Diversity Summit - Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (12:00 AM)
• Small Business Q&A and other funding updates (1:00 PM)
• Mah Jongg for Beginners Series - Alpert Jewish Community Center (6:00 PM)

Long Beach Patch Notebook

• Long Beach City: Check out these amazing photos captured of our thunderstorms! (Facebook)
• Long Beach State Athletics: Good luck to former players as post-season baseball starts today. (Instagram)
• Long Beach City: Help reduce air pollution by ditching your car! Take the Clean Air Day pledge and commit to common things you can do to clear the air. (Facebook)
• Long Beach Police Department (CA): The L.B.P.D. promotes new leaders and announces changes in command staff assignments. (Facebook)
• Leadership Long Beach: The LLBI Class of 2022 had a great Government Day! (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. Her SEO-optimized internet copy includes social media marketing projects and German to English business translations. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Fishdom (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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