🌱 Shots On Euclid + La Esquinita Mexican Grill Hit + Tree Limb Breaks

Good morning, Long Beach, and happy Pepperoni Pizza Day! I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Let's have it.

• 🚓 Casings on Euclid prove that someone fired off some shots
• 👀 It’s hard to operate a restaurant when you have four break-ins in less than a year
• 🌳 A homeowner at Conant and Palo Verde is glad nobody got hurt when a tree limb broke

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📰 Here are the top five stories today in Long Beach:

1) Someone fired off some shots on Sunday around 12:48 a.m. PD officers found casings in the 1100 block of Euclid. However, there were no victims or suspects on the scene. (LBPD)

2) Who’s targeting La Esquinita Mexican Grill at 755 West Willow Street? The Wrigley neighborhood eatery reported its fourth break-in in “less than a year” on Friday. Security footage shows that at 4:37 a.m., a masked person broke the glass, kicked in the front door, and then ran away empty-handed. Police responded almost an hour later to “an audible burglar alarm.” (Long Beach Post)

3) A Carson Park neighbor just about had it with the city’s failure to maintain its trees. A large branch broke in front of a home at Conant and Palo Verde. The homeowner had called the city repeatedly. Moreover, this is the third tree limb that has come down this year. (Nextdoor)

4) Good news! You can resume watering outside. We learned on Monday that “repairs to a water pipeline connecting the Colorado River to customers in Los Angeles County have been completed two days ahead of schedule!” That said, remember that Long Beach residents are still restricted to watering on Tuesdays and Saturdays only. (Long Beach Post)

5) Mark your calendars! There will be a kick-off event for the Latino Cultural Center and El Mercado de Long Beach at the Cesar Chavez amphitheater on October 1 at 3 p.m. The City Council approved $4 million to develop the property “at the Jenny Oropeza Community Center at Cesar Chavez Park, north of downtown.” Come, see the plans, enjoy The Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles and hear from elected officials. Be sure to register by email to Francisco@Centrocha.org. (Press-Telegram)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Taco Tuesday at Joliza’s Tacos (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
• Live Q&A Webinar: All About Social Media For Your Business with the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (2 p.m.)
• Bixby Park Farmers Market on Junipero between 1st and 2nd streets (3 p.m.)
• Medicare & Dinner at the Naples Rib Company (6 p.m.)
• Kay D'arcy perform at DiPiazza's (9 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• Congratulations to the LBPD West Division team on taking the big win this weekend at the annual Daryle Black Memorial Softball Tournament 🥎! All proceeds go towards supporting the LBPD Explorer Program 💙. (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• Our Belmont Heights Central neighbor is looking to buy Halloween décor vintage or not gently used to decorate or sell in their vintage booth. (Nextdoor)
• A Willmore City-Central neighbor is a newbie to Downtown LBC and was wondering if anyone had advice on parking. (Nextdoor)
• A Belmont Heights South neighbor is organizing a Corgi Parade in memory of the Queen and what she has done for these amazing dogs! Meet on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. We will parade down the beach path towards Rosie’s. (Nextdoor)
• Our neighbor in the Central Wrigley area is looking for a house cleaner to come once a month to clean a one bedroom/one bathroom apartment. They prefer to set a recurring schedule to have the place cleaned on a Saturday. (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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