Hey, everyone; right this moment is National Detroit-Style Pizza Day, which was based in 2021 by Buddy’s Pizza to have a good time the dish’s seventy fifth anniversary. Sylvia right here along with your contemporary copy of the Long Beach Daily, full of all of the native news that you must know proper now. Here’s the lowdown.
The first day of summer time got here with a thunderstorm and energy outages. Also, votes are nonetheless being counted, and CD1 and CD9 are shut! Finally, do you’ve gotten a nomination for the Equality Plaza honors this 12 months?
First, right this moment’s climate:
Fog, then solar. High: 82 Low: 64.
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? Fireworks Poll!
Fireworks are unlawful in Long Beach. If the police are referred to as, you could have to pay as a lot as $20,000 in response prices plus quotation fines of $1,000. How do you are feeling about that? Please let me know your thoughts! (As of right this moment, 13.2% don’t desire fireworks, 75.9% need “safe and sane fireworks,” and 0.5% do not care by some means whereas one other 10.3% wish to purchase what they select.)
Here are the highest tales right this moment in Long Beach:
- If you reside in Naples or Belmont Shore, you could have been among the many 3,000 residents who misplaced energy on Wednesday morning at round 3:52 a.m. “Long Beach fire reported three calls of wires arcing just after 4 a.m., and a few calls of minor fires,” which got here on the heels of the in a single day thunder and lightning storm the world had. (LB Post)
- Would you consider that there are nonetheless ballots being counted? The run for council district one (CD1) is attending to be a nail biter. It appeared like incumbent Mary Zendejas had it within the bag, however now, she “is about 14 votes over the 50% mark” to keep away from a runoff in opposition to Mariela Salgado. In CD9, Joni Ricks-Oddie is 29 votes in need of the 50% mark, which might forestall the runoff in opposition to Ginny Gonzales. The subsequent vote replace ought to come out on Friday. (LB Post)
- It is time for the annual Equality Plaza Nomination. Do somebody whose life exemplifies what Harvey Milk stood for? You can make your nomination by July 15. “Potential nominees may be living or deceased and must have or had identified as LGBTQ.” (Harvey Milk Promenade Committee)
- The Long Beach Municipal Band is opening its 113th season on Tuesday at Whaley Park with “a salute to American freedom through music.” You can catch the band’s “United We Stand” concert events on Wednesday at Los Cerritos Park, Thursday at Marine Stadium, and Friday at El Dorado Park West. Its subsequent assortment of favorites begins on July 5 with Broadway music. (City of LB)
- Mark your calendars! This Sunday is the Puerto Rican Festival, celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the Dia de San Juan Festival, on the Rainbow Lagoon Park. It runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and there are tickets to purchase. Bring your ice chest, chairs, and small seaside umbrellas! (Fiestalegre)
Today in Long Beach:
- XP Gathering “Unity in Diversity” on the Antioch Church of Long Beach (9 AM)
- Online Long Beach Caregiver Support Group (10 AM)
- Josephine Molina Gallery on the LBMA Downtown (11 AM)
- Retiro de Hombres 2022 at St. Athanasius Catholic Church (2 PM)
- Go On Girl! Book Club thirtieth Author Awards Weekend on the Hyatt Regency Long Beach (5 PM)
From my pocket book:
- Beginning Friday, June 24, the Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services (LBDHHS) will now have the flexibility to start vaccinating anybody 6 months of age and older. The City will develop COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
- The LBFD was lately awarded the Outstanding Community Partner Award from the College Internship Program ? This is an interactive and academic coaching about hearth security and the significance of preparedness. (Long Beach Fire Department via Facebook)
- This is only a pleasant reminder that all fireworks are unlawful in Long Beach.??? “If you see something, say something!” (Long Beach Fire Department via Facebook)
- Applications are being accepted beginning right this moment for the City of Long Beach’s lately introduced ActivateLB grants, offering Long Beach Recovery Act funding to assist neighborhood cultural occasions and activate small companies. (Long Beach City via Facebook)
- Applications for the subsequent Leadership Long Beach Institute class are open! Applications will stay open till July 1st, 2022. (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
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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 canines, cats, books, performs Best Fiends (do not decide), embraces social justice, and tries to stay out Micah 6:8.
