Be part of the next round of outreach and help plan of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council Communications Committee, starting at 6 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Marine Exchange Conference of Angels Gate Park.
Details: cspnc.org
Venue: Marine Exchange Conference Room, Angels Gate Park
Spend Christmas at The Center Long Beach, from 5 to 9 p.m.
The Center is committed to ensuring everyone has a place to spend the holidays
Details: (562) 434-4455
Venue: The Center
Location: 2017 E. 4th St., Long Beach
Participate in the first Santa Speedo Run to Benefit The Center and AIDS Food Store, at 12 p.m. Dec. 14, starting at Hamburger Mary’s in Long Beach.
’Tis the season you don your red swimwear. The Santa Speedo Run is a short 1.5 run through Long Beach.
Registration is $25.
Details: CLICK HERE
Venue: Hamburger Mary’s
Location: 330 Pine Ave., Long Beach
Participate in an in-depth panel with policy experts from across Los AngelesCounty to discuss housing and jobs, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Long Beach City College of Liberal Arts campus, Room T-1200.
Long Beach has some of the highest poverty rates in the state, and we need progressive policy solutions to meet the diverse and growing population of our city.
Details: CLICK HERE
Venue: LBCC Room T-1200
Location: 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach
Torrance Transit again is offering its annual “Shoppers’ Special Bus” service.
Continuing free bus service every Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 22, transit service will operate from about11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Hawthorne corridor. The bus will stop at the intersections of Carson Street at Del Amo Circle Boulevard; Hawthorne Boulevard at Carson Street (northbound only); Hawthorne Boulevard Torrance Boulevard.; Hawthorne Boulevard at Del Amo Boulevard.; Hawthorne Boulevard at Talisman Street; 182ndStreet at Hawthorne Boulevard (southbound only).; South Bay Galleria Transit Center; and Hawthorne Boulevard at Artesia Boulevard (southbound only). Transferswill notbe sold.
Details: (310) 781-6266; www.TorranceCA.Gov.
Long Beach — Twenty-four-year-old Nicholas Andrade was killed Nov. 30, after shooting reported to the Long Beach Police Department at about 9:20 p.m. near Harbor Avenue and 19th Street, officials said.
Andrade, a San Diego resident, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso. The Long Beach fire department took him to a local hospital where he later was pronounced dead.
No suspect information is available. The incident is being investigated as possibly gang-related.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call (562) 570-7244 or anonymously at www.lacrimestoppers.org.
San Pedro — On Nov. 17, San Pedro restaurants, politicians and members of the art community came together to raise funds for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which ravaged the Philippines.
Participants raised about $7,200.
The following businesses participated in the fundraiser:
Further donations can be made at:https://donate.unicef.ph/campaign/24/typhoon-yolanda-emergency-appeal
Annie Appel Photography
Tango San Pedro
Ingrid Dietrich Photography
Big Nick’s Pizza
Buono’s Authentic Pizzeria
Chowder Barge
Godmother’s Saloon
Goodfellas
Happy Diner
J. Trani’s Ristorante
Mishi’s Strudel Bakery & Cafe
Niko’s Pizzeria
Omelette and Waffle Shop
Philie B’s, 6th Street
Rafaelo Ristorante
San Pedro Brewing Co
The Whale & Ale
Trusela’s Restaurant
San Pedro Convention & Visitors Bureau
Back in 1989, when a TV camera crew filmed Long Beach police officers smashing a compliant suspect—allegedly guilty of no more than a traffic infraction—into a plate-glass window, the Long Beach Police Department had a reputation in some circles for excessive force.
Several events in recent years have reopened a raging debate about whether there is excessive force department-wide. In April, for example, a jury awarded $6.5 million to the family of Doug Zerby, who in 2010 was gunned down by police while sitting on a stoop holding only a water nozzle. Over the last few years LBPD officers have frequently employed battering rams and wielded assault rifles while conducting raids of medpot dispensaries. During one such raid an LBPD officer was caught on camera stepping on the neck of a compliant, face-down suspect—video that surfaced despite officers’ smashing security cameras and attempting to confiscate the dispensary’s recording devices.
LONG BEACH — On Nov. 25, Mayor Bob foster announced Lori Ann Farrell as his pick for the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.
Farrell is the city’s former finance director. Her appointment is for a six-year term.
She will be replacing Nick Sramek, who resigned Nov. 21.
Board President Thomas Fields, who was fired by a Long Beach City Council vote of 6-3 Nov. 19, has not been filled.
The Long Beach Personnel and Civil Service Committee will meet Dec. 3 to consider the appointment. The city council must confirm the appointment.
Farrell was a city controller in 2006. In 2007 she was appointed to be the finance director. In 2010, she move on to become the finance director for Huntington Beach. She concurrently is the secretary and treasurer of the Long Beach Transit Board since 2011.
KELP! Andy Hill, Renee Safier
Andy Hill and Renee Safier, along with co-conspirator producer Marty Rifken released a new album, KELP! this year. The cover art is a send up to the Beatles iconic album, HELP!
The title song, “KELP,” starts with Marty Rifken’s bodacious slide on pedal guitar, followed by some beautiful boogie that has you up and jumping. Musically, this song is absolutely wicked. When the lyrics kick in, I’m on the floor rolling with laughter when Hill sings:
I wouldn’t say you’re a bad lover at all. I wouldn’t say you used me as a means to an end. I just want to know why when you made love to me. You were calling the names of my friends….You left me wiggling like a big green glob of Kelp on the beach…
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