Given that a short while ago we notified our readers about the notable increase in strong-arm robberies that have been taking place in our area of Long Beach, as well as helped spread the word about the recent community meeting regarding the matter at which Captain LeBaron was in attendance, we also thought it important…
Paul LeBaron, East Division Commander of the Long Beach Police Department, will be hosting a community meeting at Portfolio Coffeehouse at 7:00p tonight in order to address the recent spate of strong-arm robberies that have been on the rise in our area (see our posting from a few days ago). Portfolio is located at 2300 E…
Leap back more than a century and experience a family-style celebration in Long Beach Heritage’s lovingly decorated Bembridge historic house, one of the last great Victorian-era homes in Long Beach. Each year as the holiday season approaches, Long Beach Heritage invites various community groups to decorate a rooms in a style befitting the home’s architecture…
Commander Rocchi of LBPD’s West Division would like to share with all of us in the Rose Park and surrounding areas that there have been several armed robberies in the city’s Beat 8 area mostly south of 5th Street and east of Alamitos for cell phones. Both males and females were victimized as they walked…
One of Long Beach’s favorite holiday time traditions, the Daisy Ave Christmas Parade, a.k.a. the Christmas Tree Lane Parade, is celebrating its 60th (yes, sixtieth) anniversary this year. What a remarkable achievement! According to Maria Norvell, longtime chair of the event, “This parade is unique in that it is the only holiday parade of its…
Each year at the start of the holiday season, RPNA and The Substance Abuse Foundation join together with neighbors all around to light a tree for peace, which is erected in the middle of our beloved park (8th St & Orizaba Ave). It’s one of favorite traditions, and one that we think matters—plus, it’s a…