🌱 Long Beach Patch: What You Need To Know Today (Wed, Jan 25)

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But first, today's weather:

Plenty of sun. High: 70 Low: 46.

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Here are the top stories in Long Beach today:

1. Historic and renovated Breakers Hotel and Ocean Center Building set opening dates • Long Beach Business Journal (Long Beach Business Journal - Long Beach News)
2. Long Beach neighbors partner to save hooked black swan (Long Beach Press Telegram)
3. Man arrested, accused of pointing 'high-powered' laser at aircraft flying over Long Beach (KABC-TV)
4. Alpine Village swap meet to close permanently in February • Long Beach Post News (Long Beach Post)
5. For A Good Cause: Scouts complete service project supporting Ukraine (Long Beach Press Telegram)
6. RLn Briefs: Baragan Office in SP Muni Building; Medical Clinicians Embed with Police; Street Improvements Coming to Wilmington (Random Lengths)
7. AAUW Long Beach to hear from Reena Hajat Carroll on February 4, 2023 (Orange County Breeze)
8. 🌱 CLEAR Now At The LB Airport + Harbor Freight Comes To 530 E 33rd St (Patch)
9. SCHEDULE & STANDINGS: Long Beach Girls' Soccer, Week 9 (The562.org)
10. Long Beach: Vigil held for Khalil Saleem, former Lakewood High football player killed in drive-by shooting at Silverado Park (KABC-TV)
11. Harbor Freight Tools to open Long Beach location this spring • Long Beach Business Journal (Long Beach Business Journal - Long Beach News)
12. Long Beach loans developers $6.1M for affordable apartments (The Real Deal)
13. Little Owl School emphasizes the importance of collaboration - Studio LBP (Long Beach Post)
14. Southwest pilots could go on strike, potentially costing LGB millions • Long Beach Business Journal (Long Beach Business Journal - Long Beach News)
15. Roscoe’s Chicken 'n Waffles closes Pico location after more than 30 years (FOX 11 Los Angeles)

Today in Long Beach:

From my notebook:

• Long Beach Airport: "Flying LGB just got even easier - welcome to Long Beach, @clear! Members use CLEAR’s dedicated lanes to verify their identity with their eyes or fingers, replacing the need to take out their wallet and driver’s license. Service begins to..." (Long Beach Airport via Instagram)
• Long Beach City: "CLEAR today launched its identity verification technology at our Long Beach Airport, its 9th airport in California and 49th airport nationally. #FlyLGB" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach Police Department (CA): "Over the past several weeks, LBPD officers and detectives have been investigating multiple incidents of a high-powered laser being used to interfere various aircrafts near the Long Beach Airport. Pointing lasers at any aircraft is a seri..." (Long Beach Police Department (CA) via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "We are LIVE with Mayor Rex Richardson and Long Beach Development Services Director, Christopher Koontz, who will provide updates on the City's continuous homelessness efforts as well as information on affordable housing. Long Beach Mayor..." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach Public Library: "Want to work at LBPL? We're currently hiring for Senior Librarians and Library Aides! The SL filing closes on February 10, but Aide applications close on Jan. 26, so be sure to get your applications in ASAP. For more details on both posi..." (Long Beach Public Library via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "Tune-in to our live-stream today at 11 a.m. with Mayor Rex Richardson and Long Beach Development Services Director, Christopher Koontz, who will provide updates on the City's continuous homelessness efforts as well as affordable housing." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "🗓️Save the date! We are hosting 2️⃣ Sidewalk Vending Community Feedback Meetings to get your feedback on the development of sidewalk vending regulations for Long Beach. Click here more information. ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3QRXcnS" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "🗣We launched the 2023 #SmartCityLB Challenge! The Challenge seeks to create collaboration between City Departments and the private sector to improve City service delivery through piloting creative solutions addressing key civic issues &..." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "Attend one of our community budget meetings 💬 or take the online survey 📲 to share your service priorities. Your input is crucial in shaping the future of our city. Survey ➡️ longbeach.gov/fy24" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "The holiday season may be over, but the spirit of giving doesn't have to end. 💙 Help individuals and families experiencing homelessness by volunteering, donating needed items, or sharing this post. Let's continue to make a difference in..." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Long Beach City: "🗓️ ¡Marquen sus calendarios! Estamos organizando 2️⃣ reuniones para obtener sus comentarios sobre el desarrollo de las regulaciones de venta ambulante para Long Beach. Haga clic aquí para más información. ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3QRXcnS" (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• Leadership Long Beach: "The Long Beach Branch NAACP needs your help with their Environmental Justice Survey! Please share this widely with our networks! Click here to fill out survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VTLCZB8" (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Belmont Heights Central: "1 yr old Chocolate Lab, Needs HELP!. - He is in an orange/white Ford 574RZX LIC . van 24/7. (2021 TAGS) Parked at the OuterTraffic Circle, small street between Los Coyotes Diag. And Lakewood. In front of Ralphs. Sometimes in the next blo..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cal Heights: "On my dog walk just now, I encountered a gentleman driving around cal Hts looking for his lost black terrier puppy. - The puppy doesn’t have any identification on it. If anyone sees a lost black terrier puppy running around, please messa..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Park Estates: "After losing my Macie to kidney disease back in November, I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do it again (that pain is so debilitating) but it turns out I can. - Thanks to Frenely I met this little guy whose helped me grieve and I’ve helped..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, South of Conant: "Gas, Water Bill at 575. - 46 for one month for a home where I seldom use gas for heating: I read the news on the gas bills, but I live alone and wear a sweater all day to keep warm. Whom did I offend at the City Utility Services?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Artcraft Manor: "Urgent - Need advice!!! One of the parrots that fly all over along Beach just fell into my backyard! It’s breathing a little heavy and sneezing. It’s on the ledge of my back door slider. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats that are all locked up in..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Atherton South: "My male neutered cat is lost. - His name is Munchkin. He is an indoor only cat and ran out the front door this afternoon. He is a very timid cat and frightened of people. I rescued him over 5 years ago. If seen, please let me know. ..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Artcraft Manor: "The past few days we had been in Northern CA Fr my mother-in-law’s birthday. - Yesterday at approximately 10:30 am on our way to Oakland airport, we stopped to get a quick breakfast. We parked on a busy street in broad daylight. The car ..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cliff May Ranchos: "Hi everyone. - quick heads up. Just came home from the airport. Had a brief encounter with one of our residents from the river. stepped out of an Uber and went across the street to get a key from my neighbor. I had left my luggage in m..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Naples: "Wondering if anyone in Seal Beach or Naples/Belmont Shore area that has an office & wants to share the space and the rent? - I've been working more at home & don't need to spend the $$ on the office I currently have in Naples, but still ..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Cal Heights: "My dog Scooter has been having coughing and a painful sounding ganging reflex going on since yesterday. - I spoke to a few people and looked up his symptoms on line and it seems he has a collapsed trachea. I was able to get an appointme..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Bixby Knolls-N of Cal Heights: "Dead cat at the corner of Cerritos and Claiborne. - It is a Striped Tabby" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Bluff Heights: "Looking for some volunteer opportunities… I would love to volunteer with foster children or have also read about holding infants at hospitals who have been abandoned or have been born from drug abusing mothers. - Have been trying to find..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hamilton: "Hi again, my sweet boy Simba has been missing for about 8 days now.. - he’s very friendly and if anyone has any information or has spotted him in NORTH LONG BEACH around Hamilton middle school or Jordan high area please contact me at (81..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rose Park South: "Stealing from hospital employees cars parked in the designated hospital parking places, EVIL f'n people. - Don't these places have security?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rose Park South: "Everyday heroes end of shift Memorial. - Blood, guts, life & death. The story's they can tell you." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Rose Park South: "Who wants to sing with me .. - ready .. we're not going to take it no we ain't going to take it we're not going to take it anymore" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Belmont Shore: "This guy just set off the alarm opening our front gate and then sat on the steps going through my neighbor's mail. - I got to the camera mic as soon as I could to tell him he was on camera and that the police have been called. He immedia..." (Nextdoor)

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— Celeste "Pirate Queen" Wetzel

About me: The original Pirate Queen and QA engineer for Patch. Did you know that this week I have worked at least two fourteen hour days? This sprint has been nuts and the engineering team has been keeping me hopping non-stop. I'm exhausted and very close to needing a vacation.

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