🌱 Possible Oil Spill At Alamitos Beach + New Bus Shelters On Broadway

Hey, everybody, and happy Global Cat Day! I'm back with your new copy of the Long Beach Daily, fresh off the presses. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town, including:

• 🚒 A building fire on 4th Street and Atlantic Avenue
• ⭐️ Good COVID news
• 💃🏽 A date for the City’s Día de Los Muertos Celebration

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Will you celebrate Halloween this year? Tell us your plans! So far, 50% are turning off their porch lights, 36.5% will hand out candy, 3.8% are attending a party, and another 9.6% will accompany children to go trick-or-treating.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1) There’s a scuttlebutt of a possible oil spill near Alamitos Beach. Witnesses reported Friday afternoon that they saw tar balls on the beach around the 400 block of East Shoreline Drive. The Coast Guard responded but found “no oil or any tar balls along the shoreline, and any oil that was in the water had dissipated.” (Press-Telegram)

2) The LBFD battled a fire Friday in a seven-story building at 4th Street and Atlantic Avenue. They arrived around 11:30 a.m. and saw “thick smoke billowing from the sixth story.” Someone had pulled the fire alarm, which allowed most residents to evacuate. Some were stranded on the seventh floor and needed assistance. Three people had "non-life threatening injuries." (Long Beach Post)

3) If you’re taking the bus, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that between October 19 and November 3, the City will install eight new bus shelters. The bad news is that there will be temporary bus stop closures for routes 51, 111, 112, 151, 181, 191, and the 192. They are mostly located on Broadway. (Ride LBT)

4) We have some good COVID-19 news! The City only had 248 new cases as of Thursday, which put the daily case rate at 4.7 patients per 100,000 residents. Most importantly, there were no COVID deaths this week! (Press-Telegram)

5) Mark your calendars! The City is planning for its FREE Día de Los Muertos Celebration! It is scheduled for November 5th at the Rainbow Lagoon in DTLB. Festivities run from noon to 10 p.m. Come to Shoreline Drive and enjoy “breathtaking arts and crafts, dance, world-class music and entertainment, and food and beverage offerings.” (City of LB)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Long Beach Marina Farmers Market at 6602 East Marina Drive (9 AM)
• Free Drop-In Pregnancy Support Group at the Long Beach Birth Center (11 AM)
• OC3 performs at The Gaslamp during brunch (12 PM)
• Taste Of Bixby Knolls on Atlantic Avenue (12 PM)
• Long Beach Open Studio Tour in Belmont Shore (1 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• Cross Country is back in action as the team from Long Beach State Athletics heads up "to Santa Clara this weekend for the Bronco Invitational! Races start at 8:30am at Baylands Regional Park." (Long Beach State Athletics via Instagram)
• The Long Beach Police Department hosted "the Long Beach Ministers Alliance, the Long Beach Police Officers Association, and our LBPD Volunteers" for a Faith & Blue Weekend. (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• Save the date! The 2022 Veterans Day Celebration is on November 12. "This year’s event will feature live musical performances by Knight Ryder and local Long Beach DJ Dennis Owens." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach City Clerk: "Democracy depends on getting Every Vote In 🗳 The registration deadline is coming up fast. Register to vote before October 24th. Do your part and become a voter in just three minutes. Visit LAVOTE.GOV and register to vote today." (Long Beach City Clerk via Facebook)
• Our Ridgewood Triangle neighbor saw a huge hawk/falcon on San Antonio between Orange and Cherry. "Please keep an eye on your smaller pets. It has nailed a few doves in the neighborhood already." (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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