🌱 Vehicle Day At Garfield School + FD Saves Cat At 2nd St House Fire

Happy Monday, Long Beach; today is National Vitamin C Day! Here's everything you need to know today in town.

Elementary school students were able to get up close and personal with a patrol car. Also, firefighters rescued a cat from a residential structure fire. Finally, breaking LB’s traffic laws is rarely a good idea.

First, today's weather:

Low clouds, then sunshine. High: 70 Low: 55.

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Here are the top five stories today in Long Beach:

1. On Friday, Garfield Elementary students had a Vehicle Day, “where students were able to see different types of work vehicles and learn more about how they are used.” The LBPD sent Officers Green and White, who had a great time showing students a patrol vehicle. (@LBPD)
2. On Saturday evening, at around 6 p.m., the LBFD responded to a “residential fire in the 1700 block of East 2nd Street.” Firefighters were able to contain the blaze to the first floor. “A cat was rescued.” (@LBFD)
3. There was an arrest Friday night in the South Wrigley neighborhood. A 27-year-old man was booked “on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon inside a vehicle, possession of a controlled substance while armed, possession of methamphetamine, possession of unlawful paraphernalia, and willful cruelty to a child.” He was initially stopped for “driving without a license plate and impeding traffic.” (LB Post)
4. On Friday, we learned about the Long Beach Unified High School Healthcare Pathway Simulation Program at Memorial Care LB Medical Center. It is considered a one-of-a-kind program in the country, which allows high school students to work side-by-side with real doctors and nurses in a simulation lab. Started in 2014, it gives students hands-on training and for about 97% of them, it confirms that they want to enter college for health field careers. (LB Local News)
5. Is Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 1950 Lemon Avenue getting some upgrades? At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, officials “will consider ways it can upgrade the park and whether it can develop a vision plan for MLK Jr. Park, similar to what the panel has done for other parks.” A good example is the MacArthur Park vision plan. Councilwoman Suely Saro likes the idea because “this park offers green space in a dense area.” (Press-Telegram)

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Today in Long Beach:

• After School Program at Ramona Park (3 PM)
• Pub Quiz at the Auld Dubliner (5 PM)
• Parenting In Today's Society at Oak Middle School (6 PM)
• Coffee Break All Women's Gathering at Cornerstone Church (6:30 PM)
• Salsa Bachata at the PCH Club (10 PM)

From my notebook:

• Our kind neighbor South of Conant found a stray small female dog. She is brown and tan with a gray sweater and pink collar. No tags or chip. (Nextdoor)
• An eagle-eyed Rose Park South neighbor found a black bag on 6th Street. Is it yours? (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.