🌱 Wardlow & Bellflower Car Crash + Rescue Mission Thrift Store Closes

Good morning, friends! Today, we participate in International Check Your Wipers Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Long Beach Daily — here to tell you all the most important things happening in our community. Including news on...

• 🚓 A white sedan sought in a deadly hit-and-run
• 🌳 Updates on the Wrigley Greenbelt project
• 👟 YMCA staffers walking to the Mexican border

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🌞 But first, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 76 Low: 46.

⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations in Long Beach

• Sinclair at 5588 Long Beach Blvd., $4.75
• United Oil at 2995 N Long Beach Blvd., $4.87
• G&M at 805 E Ocean Blvd., $4.89

🦃 Thanksgiving Poll!
Thanksgiving is on November 24th. How do you celebrate? So far, 43.8% celebrate a big meal as a family tradition, while 28.8% don’t celebrate and treat it like any other day. In a smaller group, 1.4% don’t celebrate because they feel it glorifies the conquest of Native Americans; however, 26% choose to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving out of gratitude.

📰 Here are the top stories in Long Beach today:

1) On Monday, there was a car crash at Wardlow Road and Bellflower Boulevard. The Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) was on the scene just after 12:32 p.m., found the wreck, saw two women trapped, and used the Jaws of Life to cut them out of the car. Everyone made it out alive. (Long Beach Post)

2) A 71-year-old man died on Sunday after being the victim of a hit-and-run at Walnut Avenue and Anaheim Street on November 4. A white sedan struck him in a crosswalk at around 6:20 a.m. Police are searching for the driver, and if you have any information, please drop a dime to Long Beach Police Detective Joseph Johnson at 562-570-7355. (Biking LA)

3) How is the Wrigley Greenbelt project coming along? The city said on Monday that it “will soon have a decomposed granite pedestrian path, dry stream beds, & more.” Besides that, this month, workers will prepare the location with “a weed abatement program” to begin planting. The project is on track to finish early in 2023. (Long Beach Public Works)

4) The Long Beach Rescue Mission will close its thrift store at 702 West Anaheim Street on December 1. The organization sold the building “to raise money to increase the agency’s shelter space.” Sometime next year, the “Hosanna House shelter for men with disabilities” will open; also, there is a plan to expand the Lydia House by 50 beds. (Press-Telegram)

5) On Monday, two staff members of the YMCA of San Diego County started to walk to the Mexican border. They started in Long Beach at the YMCA Fairfield Family Branch at 9 a.m. On their five-day trek, they are taking opportunities to talk at community gatherings about runaways and homeless youths. (Times of San Diego)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Coffee with a Cop at the G&M Food Mart (10 AM)
• WRD Eco Gardener Class on Drought Tolerant Plants (FREE) at the Rancho Los Cerritos (2 PM)
• Silver Hour/Hora de Plata at the fountain area in Bixby Park (3 PM)
• Marina Stadium Farmers Market at Appian Way and Nieto Avenue (3 PM)
• America's Pub Quiz at the Long Beach Brewing Lab (7 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "Long Beach State Athletics has announced that Rob Murray has been hired as the 12th head coach of the Long Beach State Men’s Golf program. Murray has an extensive background of over 15 years of playing and coaching championship caliber golf." (Long Beach State Athletics via Instagram)
• "Sophomore Allie Scimia is our Player of the Week, presented by Port of Long Beach! Scimia ran a 6K time of 20:02 at the NCAA Regionals, the fastest NCAA time in LBSUTrackXC program history. Congratulations!" (Long Beach State Athletics via Instagram)
• "Thank you to everyone who attended and adopted a new furry friend 🐰 🐶 🐱 at this weekend’s adoption event!" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "Our Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services (LBDHHS) is partnering with Long Beach USD to launch the first ever Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, which will gather information from parents of current kindergarten students." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "🗣 Participate in our 'Sidewalk Vending Survey!' We need your input on the future of sidewalk vending in Long Beach. Survey results will support the development of sidewalk vending regulations consistent with state regulations." (Long Beach City via Facebook)

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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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