Sunday Safety Update: 03/20/2016 - 03/27/2016

Disclaimer: So, first I apologize for how long it's taken to get this up, The Crime Reports Website was down for much of January. I did talk to the director of Media Relations at a public safety meeting and tell our neighborhood resource officer, they weren't aware it wasn't updating. Just a reminder these are trends, and the presence of crime in one area in the past doesn't guarantee it will reappear in that area in the future.

Here are this week's trends in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. 
 
The biggest story is the one the map doesn't tell.

There is a marked increase in thefts and auto thefts within the neighborhood. Just South of MacArthur Park there is a cluster that induces drugs, assault, breaking and entering and kidnapping. This would be east of Orange and West of Alamitos, south of Anaheim. If you are close to that area keep am eye out. There is no neighborhood association in the area. The closest is AOC7 and Craftsman Historic District which operates east of Orange. The kidnapping was on Thursday at about 3pm.

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We support the LBPD but are very concerned how much violence is not making the news

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Within our neighborhood auto thefts begin around MacArthur Park and trend North East towards 15th Street. There are also thefts that begin at Cherry and 17th and then trend South West to 15th and Rose. You'll want to keep eyes on Gardenia, Rose, Gaviota and 15th, which is where both trends converge.

The big story the map doesn't tell is actually three stories combined

This closure was the day after the shooting, no word on why it happens

There are three major things that are not making this map. 

#1: Last Monday there was a shooting at Walnut and 15th. Here is the article confirming it. 

Police are investigating a non-injury drive-by shooting that happened near Long Beach's Lincoln neighborhood Monday afternoon, authorities said. Officers responded to a shooting call at 2:40PM on Monday, March 21 on the 1400 block of East 14th Street,

Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) spokesman Brad Johnson said."Officers arrived on scene and found that 2 male adults in a vehicle drove up to a parked car with 3 to 4 subjects inside," said Johnson. "The parties exchanged words, and then there was an exchange of gunfire and both parties fled the scene."

 A few notes, this article incorrectly identifies the neighborhood. The 14 block of East 14th Street is actually the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. But that's just the beginning of some sloppy journalism all around. 

#2: The second example comes the next day when several streets in the same area were shut down as another shooting had occurred around  10 in the morning the next day. Alleys, streets and major arteries were shut down. It was almost impossible to get from 17th Street to Anahiem if you were between Cherry and Orange. Somehow, what caused the shut down never made the news. The only way you know about this was if you saw it.  If it was connected to the earlier shooting, it's really odd this closure would have occurred an entire day later.

#3: Wednesday it gets worse, a lot worse: Thursday, 03/25/16, this story broke: 

Long Beach police are investigating a possible gang-related shooting near the Signal Hill border Wednesday night that involved at least two suspects exchanging gunfire, according to authorities. Officers were dispatched to Walnut Avenue and East Pacific Coast Highway at 8:06pm on Wednesday, March 23 regarding a shots heard call, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) spokesman Brad Johnson said. 

What was left out of this story:

• There were at least thirty shots fired. It could have been as many as fifty.
• There were a lot of calls on this shooting so information wasn't sketchy.
• There were also shots fired around Falcon and 11th.
• This was at least the second shooting in the area that week.
• There were likely crime scenes at MLK Park and the LBCC West Campus
• MLK Park has a reputation as a very dangerous gang hang out
• We did three community walks that week, so we were keeping an eye on things

The fact that nearly thirty shots may have been fired should have been the lead. There were enough details, I am sure the police knew this. There was also no warning for residents even though the two suspects continued to drive through the neighborhood after the shooting took place. What's even odder is the article on this shooting is almost entirely impossible to find when searching recent news on Long Beach area shootings. Usually, when you do a keyword search cross referencing Long Beach with shooting, the most recent appears.. When I do the same here, this shooting isn't on the first few pages of the search. If I add the date or location, I still have trouble finding it. 

We're about to do a Go Long Beach Run and get the dumping and tagging for this week taken care of. I can tell you it's down. But based on that information please keep all eyes open. Keep an eye on your neighborhood and watch out for your neighbors.

Grand Opening MacArthur Park Playground

From NextDoor: There will be a grand opening ceremony at MacArthur Park this Saturday, March 26, at 10 am to celebrate our new playground equipment and our newly renovated facility. The morning's activities will include entertainment by the Afrikan dancers and Street Dance Crew from Homeland Cultural Center, and the reading of a poem especially written for the occasion. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, and to tour the facilities afterwards.

Jim Ruggirello
Supervisor, Homeland Cultural Center at MacArthur Park

Community Walk Results: 03/21/2016: 11:00pm - 12:00am

Sunday Safety Watch: 03/13/2016 - 03/19/2016

Disclaimer: So, first I apologize for how long it's taken to get this up, The Crime Reports Website was down for much of January. I did talk to the director of Media Relations at a public safety meeting and tell our neighborhood resource officer, they weren't aware it wasn't updating. Just a reminder these are trends, and the presence of crime in one area in the past doesn't guarantee it will reappear in that area in the future.

Here are this week's trends in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. 


Keep an eye along PCH. There were auto thefts that trended west and breaking and enterings that trended East. Also keep your eyes open on Alamitos. Though Alamitos may quiet down when the bike lanes are done. There is increased property damage on Peterson. And there was property damage at Gaviota and Anaheim. The encampment that used to be at Walnut and Anaheim is now there in the alley north of Anaheim. Also notice a trend of thefts at Redondo and PCH. Note virtually everything in that circle took place on Friday.

There was a very suspicious van at Cherry Donuts. Read the details here.

There were three recent shootings outside our neighborhood. Two were officer involved shootings.

The first incident began about 6:30 p.m last Thursday., when officers spotted a vehicle that was "acting in a suspicious and evasive manner" near 68th Street and Long Beach Boulevard, said Marlene Arrona, a spokeswoman for the police department. The car stopped in the middle of Long Beach Boulevard, and a man inside left the car and fled on foot away from police, Arrona said. Officers chased the man about two blocks to an alley near 68th Street and Orcutt Avenue. In the alley, the man allegedly brandished a firearm and did not drop it, Arrona said. After the man was shot, officers provided medical aid and he was later taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. His identity was not released.

A man was killed during a shooting in the city’s West Side early Saturday morning, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officials said. Officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of Cameron Street at 2:25AM on Saturday, March 19 regarding a shots heard call, LBPD spokesman Brad Johnson said.  “While responding to the scene they were advised that there was a subject down in the street,” he added. Arriving officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the upper torso, according to officials.

The final shooting was not officer involved: Police are investigating a shooting in North Long Beach that left a woman injured just after midnight Friday, authorities said. An officer was dispatched to a Downey hospital at 1:13AM on Friday, March 18 regarding a gunshot victim who was shot on the 6800 block of Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) spokesman Brad Johnson said.

Community Walk: 03/19/2016: 11pm to 1am

There was a community walk/ patrol through the MacArthur Park Neighborhood on Friday. Here's what we noticed. There was some suspicious activity. The most was a van with plates from Toyota of Huntington Beach hanging out in the lot of Cherry Donuts for over two hours. They appeared to be handing things off in small plastic bags to other cars. There were two passengers. A hale Hispanic driver and a female Hispanic passenger wearing a white hood. The van had a tan stripe along the center and Toyota of Huntington Beach Plates. There was a stocky male Hispanic in orange who seemed to be keeping watch. This is an issue because the van was seen at LB Ice a day later. If you see this van in the neighborhood, keep a close eye on it. The rest of the results are on the graphic above. Everything that Go Long Beach could handle was reported. There aren't enough details for the other suspicious activity to do anything other than keep an eye on those areas.

Sunday Safety Update: 03/06/16 - 03/13/16

Here are the crime trends for this week in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood. The map is almost empty this week. There was property crime that trends towards some auto thefts, that trend North East towards 17th and Orange. Be careful at the south end of Orange and Anaheim, the property crime is in the same place as an encampment that was just removed. In Cambodia Town East, there were also some property crime along St Louis and 11th that trend up towards St Louis and Anaheim where some assaults took place. The car thefts around Rotary Centennial Park appear to be heading away from the neighborhood this week.

There is a ton of tagging and dumping in an alley that spans Gaviota to Rose. The alley is just behind Anaheim. As part of our Neighborhood Expansion program this week we clean half of that alley and reported all the tagging for clean up. We also did a Go Long Beach Run through our own neighborhood and the AOC7. The AOC7 has a clean up next week. 

The map now shows where the dumped items are, so if the city doesn't pick it up before the clean up, AOC7 can just hand that map to Public Works. 

There have not been shootings since the last round. However, the one that took place in North Long Beach at Artesia and Butler, now has identified the victim. Authorities Tuesday identified a man killed in a possible gang-related shooting in Long Beach that also left another man wounded. The shooting occurred about 3 p.m. Thursday near Butler Avenue and Artesia Boulevard, said Long Beach police Sgt. Brad Johnson. Tyrone Douglas, 19, of Long Beach died at a hospital, said coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. We are trying to identify victims, to prevent any shootings in Central Long Beach from being statistics as opposed to names/ real people.

Improvements to the MacArthur Park Play Ground

There have been some major alterations to the MacArthur Park Neighborhood Playground. The three new blue and purple structures are larger than the old ones and made of sturdier metal. The old ones were a weak type of plastic. 

There is a newer, larger slide. Much nicer swings. And the "monkey bars," have a little less of a kindergarten feel to them. I was able to check the restrooms, and I did notice they were significantly cleaner, with no tagging. There are also concrete islands within the new play ground to help keep it clean.

The following comes from sources inside the park that any reasonable person would expect to be accurate. Because the office of Dee Andrews is disputing it, I am asking for all official documents to show exactly where all the funding from the park renovation came from. Send that info to shaynem@hotmail.com: From a critical stand point, we were told by sources close to the park this renovation came from a $500,000 grant from the state. The community was also told the City and District Six pledged no money, so please hold off on giving credit to our City Council with accomplishing this, it happened in spite of a lack of City support, and was used as an excuse for the cancellation of the Cambodia Town Night Market.

MacArthur Park: Go Long Beach Tracker 02/21/2016

There was a Go Long Beach Run through all of the MacArthur Park Neighborhood this morning.It found ten incidence of tagging/ nine were gang related. It found 14 incidents of of illegal dumping.There was also one street sign that should be replaced as well as a recommendation for an additional stop sign at Gardenia and 15th Street.

Two businesses were coded for failure to remove gang tagging.

The most important clear trend is that gang tagging is way up. Report it as soon as you see it.

This included the east end of the neighborhood. Dumping still clusters on Gaviota north of 17th. There is also a trend of dumping along Stanton north of 15th. Tagging trends up Walnut/ and Gaviota. There is also a newer trend of tagging and dumping along 17th Street between Walnut and Rose.

Eyes should be kept on Walnut/ Gaviota/ Stanton/ 17th Street and Alamitos based on what is seen here.

Neighborhood Expansion Run: Through Wrigley/ Washington

Here's what we found: Heavy gang tagging between 14th and 15th on Cedar/ other side of Washington Middle. All reported for removal. Not much dumping in central Wrigley, but there was an alarming number of what looked like Blue Crosses or Cross Hairs at Chestnut and Hill. They were on a mailbox/ street sweeping sign and a tree. All reported for removal, as was a dumped fridge in Cedar Heights/ Wrigley.

Human Trafficking Volunteer Task Force Comes To Long Beach

Today I participated in the Human Trafficking Volunteer Task Force. We went to three bars in District Two to see if they were in compliance with State Law that requires a poster with the trafficking hotline was prominently displayed by the front door where customers could see it. 

One out of three bars, Ferns on 4th Street, was already in compliance. The other two were willing to put up the posters pretty much on the spot.

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to control victims for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or labor services against his/her will.

Since the posters began going up, there have been a significant increase in calls to the Human Trafficking Hotline. The law requiring bars to display the poster was actually passed several years back. Fines for failing to display the poster are $500 for the first 30 days, and $1000 for each additional 30 days there after. 

The hotline which is: 1 (888) 373-7888 is staffed seven days a week. It is manned by volunteers who can field several different languages. The National Human Trafficking Resource Center coordinates the outreach efforts. Basically, outreach sends volunteers out to venues that are expected to comply with the law, speaks with the managers and owners of the venue about the law, provides the materials to be in compliance if needed and tracks their efforts for the District Attorney in case the venue refuses to comply.

Wrigley Clean Up Chestnut 23rd to Burrnett: Neighborhood Expansion

Post Shared from Josephine A Villaseñor's:  Wrigley Community Watch Page: We did a small cleaned on Chestnut Ave between 23rd Street and Burnett. Picked up 32 gallons of Trash most of it was Cigarette ends, Business Cards, Broken Glass and some odd ends of Trash, even an used Condom! Eww, lol  Lots of people attended, go Thankful, people passing by gave us thumbs up, said Thank you, good job but all in all it was a good day. Cleaned up the broken glass so no one gets a flat tire. We will pick another part of the Community to Clean up. Wrigley Community Watch Leader Josie MacArthur Park Community Watch and Association Leader Shayne Michael — feeling cleaned up part of Wrigley Community at 6th District Vote for Josephine, Long Beach, CA.

 #SupportJosephine

Neighborhood Expansion: Watching Over Wrigley

Neighborhood Expansion is when this site/ MacArthur Park will be doing three things to look out for neighboring communities including: mapping crime trends, aiding in clean ups and doing Go Long Beach Runs for that neighborhood. As of today it moves from being a response This week MacArthur Park is keeping an eye on Wrigley in support of Josephine A Villaseñor and her Wrigley Community Watch Page.

This map shows some crime trends in the Wrigley area last week. We are focusing on South Wrigley, Central Wrigley and Wrigley Heights. We also included the other side of Pacific all the way to Atlantic, because that's where some of the trends begin.

Clearly there are a lot of thefts and robberies trending towards Veteran's Memorial Park. They seem to converge around 27th Street and Pine. Please keep an eye around the Park, Pine and on 27th Street. There were several incidents where the arrow converges on Sunday, so be extra vigilant over the weekend.

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#SupportJosephine

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It appears a trend of breaking and enterings is moving up Oregon Avenue towards Wrigley Heights. There is also a trend of thefts from cars and burglaries along Hill Street and Magnolia that moves East. A similar trend starts at Oregon and PCH and moves North East. So far, this week the map [from Sunday to Wednesday] looks good. But based on what I am seeing here the four places to keep your eyes on are Oregon Avenue, just south of Veteran's Memorial Park, Hill Street and PCH. 

There will be two more phases for this week's Neighborhood Expansion. Tomorrow, Josie and I will do a Go Long Beach Run and a Patrol through Wrigley. We will be cataloging all the tagging and dumped items for future reference. The tagging is a good clue of where things are about to go bad. This coming Sunday we will host a small clean up from 23rd Street and Chestnut, which will move up towards PCH. That clean up will begin at 8am. Everyone is welcome to join in. 

Next week, on Wednesday we start the same three steps that we did this week for Wrigley for another neighborhood, within District Six. #SupportJosephine

First Clean Up of 2015: Gundry and PCH to Gundry and Anaheim: 10/23/2016: 8am

Sunday Safety Update: 12/06/2015 to 12/12/2015

Disclaimer: Please note these maps are meant to show which direction crime is trending, areas to keep an extra eye on and places to remain vigilant in order for Central Long Beach residents to remain safe. That said, previous trends don't guarantee future trends will repeat in the same direction and patterns. Also, an absence of crime in one area, does not guarantee an absence in the future.
The darker the arrow, the stronger the trend.

Trends within the MacArthur Park Neighborhood are scattered and week. There is a weak trend of breaking and enterings beginning at 15th and Lemon and trending north east towards 16th an Alamitos. Times vary from noon to 9pm. Just below that, in Cambodia Town West and Cerritos Village, there is a stronger trend of thefts from cars trending north west. At the same time a tend of assaults is trending east along 11th Street. 

Be reminded there was a homicide in this area a few months ago; no neighborhood association exists there yet, and a spike like this proceeded that shooting.

On the other side of Junipero you will see a huge spike in Car Thefts and thefts from cars. These all seem to start from an unreasonable noise complaint that happened around midnight at the 1100 block of Ohio and then radiate out NW, NE, and SE. Keep your cars locked and safe. There is a clue in the patterns here: all the thefts from cars seem to be happening during the day, all the car thefts seem to be occurring at night.

Within the circle, on the south side of our neighborhood, there are some petty thefts along Anaheim. They all occurred on Wednesday and they all occurred during the day. In other words, everything happening in Central Long Beach, at least all the clear pattens are just to the South East or South West of our neighborhood. 

The patterns inside, are pretty weak and scattered.

Arrests Made in the Shooting on Gundry

After making one arrest last month, Long Beach police arrested three more in connection with a fatal gang shooting November, police announced Tuesday. Jeffrey Keo, a 26-year-old Long Beach resident was gunned down around 9 p.m. Nov. 10 in the area of 14th Street and Gundry Avenue. The killing prompted an hours-long search that included SWAT officers.- Full Story

Suspects arrested:

1. Unnamed 17-Year Old
2. Angel Campo - 18
3. Esteban Panchi - 19

Shootings Outside Our Neighborhood:

Fortunately, the one shooting that has occurred is way outside of our borders. 

Police are investigating what they believe could be a gang-related shooting in North Long Beach Thursday afternoon.

Officers were dispatched around 12:20 p.m. to an assault with a deadly weapon call in the area of Orange Avenue and East Washington Street, said Nancy Pratt, a police spokeswoman, in an email. They found a man who had been struck in the upper body at the scene. - Full Story

While I did miss the Wed update this week, the map at the time showed very little happening in the neighborhood. Though it doesn't show up on the Crime Reports Map there is also a lot of activity on Orange and 17th Street. There was a Go Long Beach Run this morning which showed a significant decrease in both dumped items and tagging, however some of those dumped items may have been picked up in yesterday's clean up.

Community Safety Meeting
Today 12/13/2015: Fox Coffee House
Willow & Eucalypts 
From 4pm to 5pm
RSVP Through Face Book

Our goals include a better coalition of neighborhoods, a more educated community watch and bringing safe passage to more Long Beach Neighborhoods.

Sunday Safety Update 11/28/2015 to 12/05/2015

Disclaimer: Please note these maps are meant to show which direction crime is trending, areas to keep an extra eye on and places to remain vigilant in order for Central Long Beach residents to remain safe. That said, previous trends don't guarantee future trends will repeat in the same direction and patterns. Also, an absence of crime in one area, does not guarantee an absence in the future.

The darker the arrow, the stronger the trend.

There is increased gang tagging in the neighborhood, it will be reported the day it appears. There are also increased dumped items along 17th Street and 15th. On the bright side, the trees have all been trimmed on 17th, 15th and 14th leading to a much brighter neighborhood. We'll be pressuring the city to do the vertical streets next.

So this week, in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood, there was a continued drop off in crime.The pattern hasn;t changed much from the midweek report. There were a trend of breaking and entering around Walnut and PCH trending south west. These have stopped. Most of the crimes we are seeing are car thefts or thefts from cars. 

So now is a real good time to keep your cars locked and safe.

The patterns to be concerned about are right outside the neighborhood. There is a trend of car thefts that move south east towards Alamitos and 15th. Keep cars locked on Alamitos Avenue between PCH and Anaheim. Also, just below us to the south east there is a lot of car thefts in Cerritos Village around Lincoln Elementary. The trend is week but appears to start out at Alamitos and branch out both north east and north west. That same pattern repeats around a block up. 

Right outside Orizaba park there is also a trend of car thefts that is working its way down to the corner of our neighborhood at Anaheim and Junipero. These thefts are definitely moving towards Cambodia Town East, as defined by Next Door.

The Neighborhood Coalition & Community Watch Program
This Sunday: 12/13/2015 @ Fox Coffee House
437 W Willow St, Long Beach, California 90806

Josie and I We're are bringing together as many Central Long Beach neighborhoods together as possible to discuss bringing Safe Passage to more of LBUSD, a better & more structured format for community watches and some basic safety tips. Community Watch Start up packets will be available for all who attend. We will also be talking about Holiday safety, gang related issues, events going on in Wrigley and to get to know each other. Everyone is Welcome here  

We'll be giving away starter kits, flash lights, pocket guides for homeless services in Long Beach as well as a lot of valuable information. When you arrive tell Josie, "MacArthur Park Rules."

Events Page

https://www.facebook.com/events/1517150488582460/

Clean Up This Saturday 12/12/2015: 8am. 1744 Gaviota

There will be a clean up this Saturday at 1744 Gaviota. A LARGE DUMPSTER will be available, so you can get rid of items too large for regular pick up. The street tackled will be Gaviota from PCH to 15th. Clean up starts at 8am. Food and water will be provided.

MacArthur Park Neighborhood Clean Up 11/21/2015: 10am

MacArthur Park Neighborhood clean up this Saturday 10am: Starting at 14th & Cherry heading down 14th towards Orange.

District One Meeting: El Niño Preparedness

There was a meeting tonight at Drake Park sponsored by Councilwoman Lena Gonzalez. While the meeting focused on Community Watches, there was also time spent on the Go Long Beach App, Homeless Services and El Niño. 

Because we covered Community Watches in a previous meeting, we'll be focusing tonight on being prepared for El Niño in this write up.

El Niño is a change in weather patterns that stands to change temperatures and weather patterns in cities like Long Beach. Where our average downpour is around 12 inches, El Niño can double the down pour. This usually comes in the form of four storms. One major storm brings about an inch and a quarter of rain, the rest resemble your average winter shower. 

While an inch and a quarter of rain doesn't sound like a serious issue, in addition to flooding it can cause extensive erosion and rip tides. Tonight's meeting, as it relates to El Niño was all about knowing what to do before, during and after the storm.

BEFORE THE STORM

• Clear rain gutters
• Have lumber, tarps, duct tape to repair leaks as they occur
• Cover patio furniture
• Keep at least 1/4 of gas in your tank
• Have an emergency kit.
• Have important identification in plastic bags
• Have copies of phone books that are not in cell phones.
• Prepare for special needs: IE Autistic kids/ insulin etc
• Have sand bags in flood areas
• Use Nixle/ Social Networking and stay connected
• Find a weather service and pay attention.

DURING THE STORM

• Listen to news that can help
• Avoid water above ankles
• If water comes up to top of your tires it isn't safe to continue
• Stay on familiar train
• Avoid down power lines
• If you see downed lines call 911

AFTER THE STORM

• Pay attention to news about drinking water
• Sewer breaks may require you to boil the water
• Have water purification such as bleach tablets in emergency kits
• Avoid disaster site seeing.
• Don't handle downed power lines
• Replenish emergency kits

The City of Long Beach also has a plan for the coming storms. This plan will include the clearing of 5300 basins, testing 28 pump stations and having the Fire Department make sand and sand bags available to the public. Sand will be available at 1651 San Francisco. Sand bags are available at Fire Stations 7, 12, 13 and 14.  Additionally, Parks and Recreation will be creating berms and clearing rain gutters for all government facilities. Fire will identify places where the Swift Water Rescue Response team may be needed. Police may be called on to alter traffic control patterns and activate search and rescue teams when needed. 

Also, while El Niño will help the drought in California, it is unlikely to undo it.

Wedensday Safety Watch: Spike Around Raymond And Anaheim

The MacArthur Park Neighborhood: Notice there is a trend of burglaries around Anaheim and Raymond in the MacArthur Park Neighborhood heading South East out of the neighborhood. Thefts from cars seems to be trending south from Rotary Centenial Park towards Orizaba. Also keep an extra eye open around Anaheim and Obispo.

Neighborhood Expansion: 
Today We're Watching Out For Wrigley

Neighborhood Expansion is when this site/ MacArthur Park will be doing three things to look out for neighboring communities including: mapping crime trends, aiding in clean ups and doing Go Long Beach Runs for that neighborhood. As of today it moves from being a response to bad things happening, to something that will happen every week. This week MacArthur Park is keeping an eye on Wrigley in support of Wrigley.

Auto thefts begin around Hill and Earl then trend South East based on the time of day. They seem to begin at 8pm, then another one happens about an hour later. From 20th Street, the there are a few more incidents trending north east based on the day, that includes theft from a car on Sunday and property damage on Monday. 

Keep an eye on 22nd and Cedar where three things happened in one night, including a breaking and entering at 8pm, another one in the same area an hour later and a theft from a car later that night. Bare in mind these incidents are from about two weeks back.


Wrigley: For more community watch information go here to the Wrigley Neighborhood Community Watch: facebook.com/wrigleyneighborhoodwatch/  or join the Wrigley Group for a Better Wrigley.

Gardenia Street Is Clean from PCH to 14th Street

There was an announced cleaning of Gardenia Street starting at 1611 Gardenia. The clean up headed north and south down Gardnia. All dumped items, with the exception electronic devices such as TVs and an water heaters, were removed. In the end, the dumpster was filled in about one hour.

I have personally signed up for a large clean up on the 12th of December 2015. This will be a joint clean up with friends from the Wrigley Neighborhood. I intend to make this a slightly bigger clean up than we've don in the past. There will likely be food, prizes and other reasons for our neighbors to get involved. Stay tuned for details. #SupportJosephine

Happy Veteran's Day to our all Long Beach Neighborhoods