🌱 Price Opposes Belmont Shore Group + Hello Kitty Cafe Pop-Up Returns

Hey, neighbors! Today, we eat well on National Fritters Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Daily. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town, including:

• 👮 A stabbing on Long Beach Boulevard
• 🏥 Negotiations with Community Hospital to be a winter homeless shelter site
• 📕 The inaugural Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate program

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A touch of rain, mainly early. High: 63 Low: 50.

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📰 Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1) On Tuesday, the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) responded to the report of a non-fatal stabbing in the 500 block of Long Beach Boulevard. Officers interviewed a male adult victim at the hospital. They went to the “area described by the victim, but were unable to locate a crime scene.” (LBPD)

2) Outgoing Third District City Council member Suzie Price is taking on the Belmont Shore Residents Association and similar groups. Although leaving office on December 20, she is asking the City Council to make changes to the parklet permit process, and approve them at the Council’s December 13 meeting. She wants to reduce community groups’ influence from “unilaterally disallowing parklets within a geographic location” to “providing meaningful feedback” to staff members making the decision. (Press-Telegram)

3) The city is still looking for a site to open a winter homeless shelter. We learned on Wednesday that it's negotiating with the Community Hospital at 1720 Termino to make space for the homeless. This East Long Beach venue is currently not in use. Residents of the Bryant neighborhood had an opportunity to weigh in on Tuesday. You may remember that the city transferred ownership of the facility to MWN Community Hospital in October, and it's unknown if the new owner is on board. Even so, Council member Suzie Price’s office said the proposal was “fairly final,” but there is no official statement. (Long Beach Post)

4) Long Beach opens its inaugural Youth Poet Laureate application process on January 10. If you know a youth between the ages of 13 and 18 who writes poetry, is active in the community, and looks for ways to make a positive impact, encourage them to attend the workshops currently offered at various neighborhood libraries. These are designed to assist any aspiring Youth Poet Laureate with preparing their application and finding their place in the community. Good luck! (Long Beach Public Library)

5) The Hello Kitty Cafe pop-up is returning to Long Beach! You can find it on Saturday, when it will park near Sephora at 2ND & PCH on Seaport Way. It will be there from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and it’s an “all-pink café on wheels carrying exclusive treats and collectibles celebrating all things Hello Kitty.” If you’re looking for totes, T-shirts, lunchboxes, mugs, coin banks and plush toys, this is the place to be! (2ND & PCH)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Friday Fellowship For Moms And Caretakers at 1000 N. Studebaker Road (9:30 AM)
• Farmers Market at 4th and North Promenade (10 AM)
• Scott Furrow broadcasts live from the Samaritan House Learning Center (3 PM)
• Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Musical Theatre West (8 PM)
• The Jump Off Dance Party at The Grasshopper (9 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "Exciting News! Over the last month, our department has raised over $2,500 towards cancer research and treatment through our participation in No-Shave November. Beards and facial hair have received overwhelming support from our community." (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• "Feeling sick and want to get tested for COVID-19? Our Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services (LBDHHS) continues to offer FREE COVID-19 test. 👇" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "Calling all community members! We are looking for community members to submit service projects for our annual MLK Day of Service on January 16th! Click here to submit a project: https://forms.gle/KpiP9pT4YSsQK5dA7" (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• A Lakewood Village resident warns that "the coyotes are definitely on the prowl!! - Everyday anytime. We're taking our heavy-duty flashlight and large stick, and it isn't fazing them at all. They are just staring us down. Anytime between 3:00am and 8:00pm." (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday off right! See you tomorrow for your next update.

— 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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