🌱 PD Looks For Black Camry + 5-Hour PD Standoff At PCH Golden Sails

Welcome back, Long Beach; today is National May Ray Day, which is the brainchild of comedian Richard Ankli, who came up with it in 1977! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

The police have released information of the car driven by the men who allegedly assaulted a teen girl on LB Blvd. Also, he caused a five-hour police standoff because he wanted to shoot people, but he was released the next morning from jail. Finally, two teens are suspects in a possibly gang-related shooting.

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Low clouds, then sunshine. High: 69 Low: 60.

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Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1. Update: Yesterday, we learned of the teen who was assaulted and robbed on LB Blvd. On Tuesday afternoon, the LBPD released information on the vehicle the alleged assailants were driving. It is a 2005 black Toyota Camry with the CA plate 6 UIN 904. If you have any information, please drop a dime. (LBPD)
2. If you were driving past the Golden Sails Hotel on the 6200 block of East PCH Tuesday afternoon, you undoubtedly saw a large contingent of law enforcement in the parking lot. A 46-year-old Menifee resident “allegedly expressed a desire to shoot people,” which resulted in a welfare check and subsequent SWAT response. It took five hours of negotiations to coax the suspect out of his room and place him under arrest. “He was held on zero bail and released on his own recognizance today at around 7 a.m.” (LB Post)
3. On Tuesday evening at around 7 p.m., the LBPD dispatched officers to LB and Greenleaf boulevards “regarding a hit-shooting.” They found a woman with a gunshot wound. Witnesses described three suspects and the hunt was on. They found two suspects, one is a 15-year-old LB boy; the other one is a 17-year-old Paramount teen. “Officers transported the suspects to Juvenile Booking, where they were booked on firearm related charges. The incident is being investigated as gang-related.” (LBPD Blotter)
4. In early December, we talked about the revolutionary concept behind the incoming bulk and refill grocery store, Ethikli. We learned on Wednesday that the store is up and running, and a hit with shoppers. As the City’s “first package-free grocery store,” you are encouraged to bring your reusable containers or use theirs. And, shopping there means everything you buy has been researched and “there’s no child labor, there’s no forced labor, (and) everyone along the supply chain is paid fair, living wages.” (Spectrum News 1)
5. Are you looking for a dessert with a new mouthfeel to try? Wut-A-Pickle at 6727 Long Beach Blvd. could be precisely what you’re looking for! We learned Wednesday that the brainchild of Shontay Burks is one of the popular destinations in North LB. There are “over 20 different flavors of pickles.” “Spicy-food lovers gravitate towards the spicy mango and chili sucker flavors, which imitate popular Mexican candies.” (Signal Hill Tribune)

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Today in Long Beach:

• Annual Harvey Milk Day Celebration at the Harvey Milk Promenade Park, Downtown (1 PM)
• Furoshiki Cloth Painting Workshop with Stacy Wong at the El Dorado Library (4 PM)
• The Bamboo Club presents MAY’S Tiki Ha Ha Comedy Night! (7 PM)
• Bryan & Katie Torwalt at the Arbor Road Church (7 PM)
• DJ P3SO & WILLO are at the Sevilla Nightclub (10 PM)

From my notebook:

• Today, the Long Beach Fire Department's Engine 10 and Rescue 10 responded to a medical aid with the assistance of the Mobile Stroke Unit. The Mobile Stroke Unit treated and transported the patient to a local area hospital for further evaluation. (Facebook)
• In the Long Beach Public Library's second installation of "I'M FROM HERE", an AAPI Heritage Month collab with literary non-profit WWS, Derek N. Otsuji reads from his poetry compilation "The Kitchen of Small Hours." (Facebook)
• A neighbor in the Alamitos Beach area is glad that their exercise class will be opening again soon. This class is at Bixby Park and will begin again on Monday, June 6, at 9:00 in the morning. They meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. (Nextdoor)
• Our Historic Zaferia Village-NW neighbor wants to know what to do when police don’t respond? Every single day from 4-6PM, there’s about ten 15-18 year old kids propped up against the entrance of our small apartment building. They block all the tenants trying to enter. (Nextdoor)
• A MacArthur Park neighbor is wondering if anyone can recommend an affordable vet, please? (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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