🌱 Shoutout to Cal State LB’s Nevi Gruskin + Mineshaft Stabbing Arrest

Happy National Double Cheeseburger Day, LB! If you made the news into a dessert, what would be the taste? We've got a CSU Trustees’ Award winner, stabbing suspect arrest, and free shuttle program - for starters.

• 🥇 Nevroz “Nevi” Keser Gruskin received the CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement
• 🚓 A 56-year-old man is under arrest as a suspect in the Mineshaft stabbing
• 🚗 DTLB and Belmont Shore are getting a free shuttle program

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

1) Shoutout to Nevroz “Nevi” Keser Gruskin! The 27-year-old is a “fourth-year interior design student at Cal State Long Beach's College of the Arts.” We learned on Tuesday that she received “the top CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU’s highest recognition of student achievement.” Congratulations! (California State University, Long Beach)

2) Mineshaft bar stabbing update: There is an arrest in the murder of a 28-year-old patron of the Mineshaft at 1720 East Broadway. The LBPD announced that they arrested a 56-year-old man on Monday. Detectives said there were two altercations involving the victim. “During the first altercation, the victim(s) were involved in a fight with a man who was armed with a “taser” in front of a business. Moments later, a second altercation occurred in which (the suspect) got into a physical fight with the two victims, which escalated to (the suspect’s) stabbing (of) both victims. He then took off on a bicycle. The man with the “taser” was detained at the scene and arrested on an unrelated charge.” The suspect is now at the LB City Jail on $2,000,000 bail. “Currently, there is no evidence this is a hate or bias motivated incident.” (LBPD)

3) Long Beach is testing a free micro-shuttle program “around downtown and its southeastern waterfront.” On Tuesday, the City Council awarded a two-year contract to Circuit Transit Inc., which provided DTLB transportation as The Free Ride in 2018. The service will begin toward the end of October and operate around DTLB (Magnolia Avenue to Cherry Avenue) and Belmont Shore (Livingston Avenue to the border with Seal Beach). (Long Beach Post)

4) Every Long Beach Unified School District middle and high school now has a wellness center. Jill Baker, ED. D. made the announcement on Tuesday. “Wellness Centers provide free, confidential services while connecting students, families and staff to vital community resources.” They are not crisis centers, however. (Jill Baker, ED. D.)

5) Mark your calendars! There is a free citizenship workshop Saturday at the Jenny Oropeza Community Center at 401 Golden Avenue. Attendees can receive assistance with filling out citizenship applications. You can also find out if you qualify for the USCIS filing fee assistance. If you plan to attend, please registration. (Patrick O’Donnell)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• 8th Annual Long Beach CANstruction Competition & Exhibition 4 Food Finders at the Cove Hotel (8 a.m.)
• Graduate & Professional Schools Fair at the CSULB Speaker's Platform (11 a.m.)
• Defense International INC hosts a Hiring Event For Security Officers at 3292 East Spring Street (11 a.m.)
• Friends of Bixby Park present KIDS' DISCO at the bandshell (5 p.m.)
• Comedy at Clancy's (8:30 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• In response to recent coyote activity in and around Long Beach, the City of Long Beach Animal Care Services is reminding residents to please follow important tips to protect yourself and pets against them. 🐱(Long Beach City via Facebook)
• This National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, the City wants to thank and acknowledge the impact truck drivers have on the community by helping deliver crucial goods and resources. Thank you! 🚚 💙 (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Celebrate Vida Latina by exploring the Long Beach Public Library's brand new "Reflections" page, highlighting Spanish books, movies, resources and local community organizations and businesses! (Long Beach Public Library via Facebook)
• A Central Wrigley neighbor is looking for a used but fully functional Roland V-Accordion after their old one broke. They're mostly interested in the old discontinued models, such as the FR-1. (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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