🌱 90808 Priciest Rents ZIP Code + Free Trees In Los Cerritos

Welcome back, Long Beach! Let's get this Tuesday started off right. Here are the most important things going on around town today.

Rents are going up; how does your ZIP code factor into the equation? Also, there’s a new coffee house coming to town, and it’ll make you feel good about drinking that cup. Finally, there’s an agreement to begin discussions to bring full-day kindergarten to LBUSD permanently.

First, today's weather:

Rain, heavy at times. High: 58 Low: 40.

Here are the top stories in Long Beach today:

1. Sixty percent of LB residents are renters. As noted by a report Monday, over the last 365 days, rents increased by 5% in most ZIP codes. Rent in 90808 is the highest with an average of $3,092. It is the lowest in 90813 at a cost of $1,531. Tracking the rent increases for five years, figures show that they went up 46% in 90806 and 40% in 90813. In contrast, rents only went up 21% in 90803 and 24% in 90807. (LB Business Journal)
2. Wrigley Coffee will take over the former Fox Coffee House at 437 West Willow Street in January, we learned Monday. However, this isn’t your average java spot. The owner intends to create “a trauma-informed workplace,” which provides “job training, mentorship and case management” for residents in transitional housing. Customers won’t be able to discern who is a full-time staff member and a temporary worker going through the program. (The HiLo)
3. The LBUSD and TALB have agreed to discuss the addition of full-day kindergarten for good. As of Monday, kindergarten in the district is full-day as a pilot program at 11 sites. Moreover, the programs are run by volunteering schools and teachers who agreed to take on this project. (LB Post)
4. On Tuesday, water polo coach Jeff Nesmith announced that he intends to step down. He is the boys’ coach at Wilson. Nesmith plans to “remain involved with the program and keep teaching Introduction to Law at his alma mater.” The move from head coach to lower-level coach comes after a successful year and in the wake of “graduating a big group of decorated seniors.” (The 562)
5. Carnival Miracle UPDATE: Yesterday, we reported on the young woman who went overboard the Carnival Miracle cruise ship. On Sunday, after searching for 31 hours, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it was standing down. Industry insiders revealed to the New York Times that passengers falling from the ships is “becoming much more uncommon than it was 20 years ago,” giving rise to speculation that “when it happens, typically there are other factors involved.” A passenger reported he saw members of the crew throw life preservers into the water. Moreover, the spot where the passenger fell overboard “had been cordoned off with blue tape.” (ABC, NY Times/paywall)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Online FREE Stroke Survivors And Caregivers Support Group (10:50 AM)
• Visit Long Beach BIGGEST Gingerbread Village Display at Modica's Deli (12 PM to 9 PM)
• Heritage Holiday Tours at the Bembridge House (1 PM to 3:30 PM)
• Farmers’ Market at Bixby Park (3 PM to 7 PM)
• P3 Theatre Company’s Cozy Cabaret Series at the Aurora Theatre (7 PM)

From my notebook:

• Long Beach State Athletics named Aboubacar Traore its player of the week! Traore became the sixth player in the school's history to grab 20 rebounds in one game, and the first in nearly 40 years. Congratulations! (Instagram)
• There are three huskies running around the Grant neighborhood. They were last seen heading south on Raymond Street! (Nextdoor)
• In the same area, a neighbor is giving away an indoor wood burning stove. You just need to come and pick it up. (Nextdoor)
• Our MacArthur Park neighbor is missing their dogs! Two dogs just ran away from their home in Long Beach. Sage - 2 yo Boxer Mix Hussle - 2 yo Sharpei Mix. Please be on the lookout!! Contact: 310-912-0351; 310-782-5096" (Nextdoor)
• A new Los Cerritos neighbor offers FREE PLANTS AND TREES! They just bought a house and the yard is filled with plants and trees in the front yard. They have a giant agave, some cactus, guava tree that produces fruit, palms and many succulents. (Nextdoor)
• The neighbor at Bret Harte-NLB found a really well-kept bunny in their front yard. They don’t know if someone dropped the bunny in the yard, or it came through the fence. Anyone lost a pet bunny? (Nextdoor)
• Our neighbor in the Historic Zaferia Village-SW found a dog on 10th and Temple! It crawled under the car, and they picked it up. People who were outside did not recognize it. (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.