🌱 Two Stabbing Suspects Booked + Gaylord St. Drug Lab Owners Arrested

Hi neighbors; today is World Mosquito Day! It’s Sylvia, your well-informed host of the Long Beach Daily. Here’s all the community news you need to know right now.

• 🚓 A couple of stabbing suspects are behind bars
• 🚓 A South L.A. gang takedown affects drug lab operations in West Long Beach
• 💡 The City is designing a Cambodian American Cultural Center

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

1) There was a fight Thursday morning around 7:15 a.m. at Broadway and Pine Avenue. By the time the LBPD arrived, the fight has escalated into a stabbing. The suspect, who was still on the scene, is a 29-year-old man who “was booked on one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was set at $30,000.” A similar incident occurred on Wednesday around 10:40 p.m. on the 1100 block of Via Wanda. In that case, the suspect is a 39-year-old man who was also booked. (LBPD)

2) The Eastside Playboys, a South L.A. street gang alleged to have “ties to the Mexican Mafia prison gang,” were the target of a takedown on Thursday. Officers arrested 28 suspects “on suspicion of federal racketeering, narcotics, extortion and firearms offenses.” Ten are still on the run. And while this gang is known for its Los Angeles presence, “prosecutors also allege the gang operated two unlicensed marijuana dispensaries and a drug lab in West Long Beach where they manufactured fentanyl and methamphetamine out of a warehouse at Gaylord Street and Caspian Avenue.” (Long Beach Post)

3) The City is in the process of designing a Cambodian American Cultural Center to serve “as a community hub for local and regional Cambodian and Khmer arts, culture and history.” Long Beach already has “the Museum of Latin American Art, the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, the Homeland Cultural Center, and the Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center” as well as the African American Cultural Center of Long Beach. Also in the works are a Latino cultural district and LGBTQ+ cultural center and museum. If you would like to give input on the Cambodian Center, please visit Douglas MacArthur Park today, Saturday, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Press-Telegram)

4) The AOC7 Neighborhood Association, which stands for Anaheim, Orange, Cherry & 7th St., is hosting a Neighborhood Gathering on September 7 at 6:30 p.m. The topic of discussion will be a “$1.3 million encampment resolution and how it will assist our unhoused neighbors on the Anaheim Corridor.” The meeting takes place at 1323 Gundry Avenue, and there will be refreshments. (AOC7)

5) Mark your calendars! The LBPD hosts “a gun-buyback event from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Ramona Park, 3301 E. 65th Street” on September 10. In exchange for non-functioning firearms, you can get $50 in gift cards. For functioning guns, rifles, and shotguns, you get $100. An assault rifle is worth $200. “3D and homemade guns will be evaluated for value on the day of the event.” As always, there will be no questions asked. (211 LA County)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Collect-A-Con at the LB Convention Center (10 a.m.)
• Shoreline Ukulele Orchestra Open Rehearsal at 423 Shoreline Village Drive (11:45 p.m.)
• DIGLIFE's 2nd Annual FREE Back 2 School Bike Meet Up at Cesar E. Chavez Park (noon)
• Freestyle Festival at the Harry Bridges Memorial Park (1 p.m.)
• "Music from the Movies" with the LB Community Band at the Billie Jean King Main Library (3 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• Soccer season is officially in full swing! Long Beach State Soccer ties Pacific in a 2-2 draw. Come show your support Sunday as LB takes on No.15 USC. Make sure to wear black⚫️. (Long Beach State Athletics via Instagram)
• The Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services (LBDHHS) transitioned the monkeypox vaccine pre-registration system to MyTurn, the State’s vaccination notification and appointment system. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• The Long Beach Development Services is hosting a 💻 virtual community meeting on 📆 Aug. 31 to solicit public input on a Zoning Code update that will address the regulation of e-commerce and delivery-only retailers throughout the city. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Beach Movie Nights at the Dockweiler Youth Center! Join Beaches and Harbors Los Angeles County for family-friendly movies at 8 p.m. on Friday nights at the Dockweiler Youth Center! There are five more showings left this summer. (Nextdoor)
• A Wrigley-Memorial Park parent is looking for sports for toddlers. Any t-ball, basketball or soccer? Really looking for t-ball locations. (Nextdoor)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you around!

— 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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