🌱 Shots Fired On Pine & PCH + Murky Rules For Concealed Gun Permits

Good morning, friends; today is National Sponge Cake Day! It's Tuesday in Long Beach, and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on the most important things happening locally. We’re looking at:

• 🚓 Shots were fired near Pine and PCH
• 🤔 The LA County Sheriff’s Department will no longer process LB concealed gun permits
• 🚓 A woman walking in lanes of traffic was struck and killed by a driver

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CNN reports that Los Angeles County has a homeless population of “more than 66,400 people.” The numbers are increasing. Do you think that city governments are doing enough? Are there better solutions? Please let me know your thoughts! So far, 28.6% favor more infrastructure investment, 15.9% want federal involvement, 2.2% say faith-based groups need to step up, 4.9% want the military to open its bases, and 46.7% ask for justice system involvement.

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

1) The LBPD was called to Pine Avenue and PCH on Sunday at 1:07 a.m. A security guard reported hearing gunshots. “He then saw a dark-colored vehicle driving in an unknown direction at a high-rate of speed. No injuries were reported.” (LBPD)

2) What’ll it take to get a concealed firearm permit in the city? In the past, you would hand your applications to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. However, we learned on Monday that as of August 1, it is no longer handling this process for Long Beach. The city is now scrambling “to develop its own screening process.” One sticky issue is the requirement of an applicant to “show good moral character.” How, exactly, should the LBPD interpret this? (LB Post)

3) There was a fatal traffic accident on Monday at 1:41 a.m. A 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander struck and killed a woman “walking in lanes of traffic at East 7th Street and Campus Drive.” The driver remained on the scene. The LBPD notes that “at this time neither alcohol, drugs, nor distracted driving is believed to be a factor in the collision.” (LBPD)

4) Utilities will resume charging late fees, turning off services to non-paying customers and referring delinquent accounts to collections. In a Friday memo, utilities explained it does so to “avoid recoupment from remaining customers through higher rates.” By October 1, commercial accounts will be turned off. This affects about 306 customers. Residential shut-offs begin March 1 and could affect 12,000 customers. (City of LB)

5) Mark your calendars! Long Beach Walls, the International Mural Festival, is returning! Scheduled to run from August 29 to September 4, there’ll be “24/7 viewing of mural art, food tasting, bike tours and a KCRW Summer Nights Closing Party complete with headlining DJs from the station's top female radio personalities.” (LB Local News)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• FREE In-Person Storytime at the Rancho Los Cerritos (10 a.m.)
• LBGLCC & Tmobile present the webinar "How to get certified as an LGBT Business Enterprise" (noon)
• Farmers Market at Bixby Park, Junipero between 1st and 2nd streets (3 p.m.)
• Afterschool Storytime at the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library (4 p.m.)
• EL Social Club at the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library (5:30 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• The city wants to hear your top priorities! Give additional feedback on the January community engagement results as well as the Proposed FY 23 Budget now that it has been developed. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• A Dominguez Park neighbor is wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for trustworthy/inexpensive vets for cats in the Long Beach, Carson, South Bay areas. (Nextdoor)
• Our neighbor in Belmont Heights South met a really nice lady who sells quality super cute sunglasses along the bike trail (bottom of steep hill below museum) every Saturday and Sunday. They are 20 bucks for two pairs! (Nextdoor)
• A South of Conant neighbor is wondering if anyone has been to O’Connors Irish Pub in Lakewood? How’s the food? (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor at The Circle Web saw two HUGE coyotes run into a neighborhood near Bellflower and Los Coyotes. 😬 They ran across the street coming out from the adjacent neighborhood. Keep your animals safe, neighbors! These two were the biggest coyotes they’ve seen. 😳 (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another 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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