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Authorities investigating recent ‘arson’ fires at unoccupied Hill Street homes

Sean Belk Staff Writer

Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) authorities this week continued to investigate “arson” fires at two long-unoccupied homes on Hill Street, according to city officials.

In the meantime, the homes’ property owners are still hanging on to hopes that the empty houses, which the City of Long Beach declared a public nuisance before one of the homes caught fire in 2012, won’t be demolished next year.

Since the two-story homes, located on the border of Long Beach and Signal Hill, were built more than 10 years ago, they have remained vacant, mainly because the original developer, Wayne Ballinger, was never legally permitted Sean Belk/Signal Tribune to construct the properties, according to Fires that broke out on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at two long-unoccupied homes, located on Hill Street on the border Long Beach city officials.

of Signal Hill and Long Beach, have been declared “arson,” according to Long Beach fire authorities.

Though the homes, located at 2910 Hill St. and 2914 Hill St., are technically located in Long Beach, the original developer never received easements for utilities. In addition, the City of Signal Hill has rejected building driveways on Hill Street, which is located in Signal Hill, determining that driveways on such a sloping street would be too dangerous and may cause a car accident.

Without utilities or driveways, the City of Long Beach has refused to grant occupancy permits, and the buildings have remained unoccupied.

Last week, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, both homes caught fire. According to a statement from the LBFD, the fires have been ruled an arson.

“We don’t know if it was an individual or individuals, but it was a criminal start,” said LBFD spokesperson Jake see ARSON page 18

Experts say ‘weak’ El Niño won’t bring much relief to drought-stricken California this winter

Sean Belk Staff Writer

Though warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year showed signs that an El Niño may bring wet weather to drought-stricken California this winter, climate experts said last week at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach that an El Niño, if it develops at all, will likely be “weak.”

Experts made their predictions and answered questions during a live webcast on Thursday, Nov. 13 in front of the Aquarium’s Science on a Sphere (SOS) platform, which began screening a new show in the Aquarium’s Ocean Science Center last Saturday about El Niño, a global weather phenomenon.

The six-foot-diameter SOS presents near-real-time data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellites and other monitoring systems, showing sea-surface temperature, sea height, cloud patterns and storm systems, according to the Aquarium.

An El Niño, named after “The Christ Child” since it hits around Christmas time, occurs when “trade winds” that normally blow from east to west lessen or reverse while ocean temperatures along the equator in the Pacific Ocean rise at least 0.5 degrees Celsius above normal for three consecutive months, NOAA National Weather Service Science and Operations Officer John Dumas explained.

“Right now, we’re .8 degrees above normal,” he said.

“So it’s a weak El Niño condition.”

Sean Belk/Signal Tribune Dumas added that, while ocean temperatures have been slightly above normal, large clouds have stayed in John Dumas, National Weather Service science and operations officer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the western Pacific, and “atmospheric response” has gives a presentation on predictions of an El Niño this winter during a live webcast on Thursday, Nov. 13 at the Aquarium of the Pacific. see EL NIÑO page 15

The event took place as the Aquarium debuts its new show about the weather phenomenon that displays on the Aquarium’s Science on a Sphere (SOS) platform (right).

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Port moves to provide equipment to facilitate faster cargo

Acting to relieve cargo delivery delays, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Nov. 13 approved the use of Port of Long Beach property as a temporary site for the storage of empty containers, which will help to free up needed equipment to move cargo out of shipping terminals faster, according to Port officials.

The “Temporary Empty Container Depot� will be operated on 30 acres of a vacant, undeveloped area on Pier S on Terminal Island.

The temporary depot will help put back into circulation more of the chassis– the wheeled trailerframes that trucks use to haul cargo containers, Port officials said. Because many terminals are congested due to the current peak in cargo volume and have no room to accept empty cargo containers, more space is needed to temporarily store those empties. The temporary empty container storage depot will provide a location for truckers to deliver empty containers and remove them from a chassis, and then use the chassis to pick up and haul loaded containers “A Gourmet Gifting & Baking Company�

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The depot will be operated by a private company, Pasha Stevedoring and Terminals, under a permit that will expire at the end of March 2015. “The depot could be ready to start accepting empty containers in two weeks, which would bring some needed relief to our tenants and the entire supply chain,� said Jon Slangerup, Port of Long Beach chief executive. “This will help correct the chassis supply imbalance.�

The depot is one of several measures the Port is pursuing to relieve the congestion issues that have come with the surge of cargo in the last two months. A busy peak shipping season, the advent of larger ships and a change in the ownership system for chassis fleets brought congestion to many seaports this year. “We hear our customers loud and clear,� said Doug Drummond, president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. “This congestion is not acceptable, and the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners is ensuring that the Port of Long Beach is doing everything it can to see that we clear up these issues now and forever.�

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Harbor Department leadership continues to work with stakeholders to gather data, facilitate solutions and speed cargo flow thro--ughout the supply chain, according to Port officials.

Source: Port of LB

lBPd screens 1,508 vehicles in checkpoint

On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) conducted a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint on 7th Street, west of Junipero Avenue. Long Beach Police Reserves, Long Beach Police Explorers, and Long Beach Search and Rescue aided police officers at the checkpoint, which was conducted from 7pm Saturday until 3am Sunday.

The operation yielded the following results:

• 1,508 vehicles passed through the checkpoint with 535 drivers being screened for impairment • seven standardized field sobriety tests were conducted • six people were arrested for driving under the influence • one person was cited for driving on a suspended license • five people were cited for being unlicensed drivers • six drivers were cited for unsafe driving • one vehicle was impounded

The operation was funded through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Source: LBPD

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City of long Beach appoints Shreveport Airport Authority director as head of lgB

Long Beach City Manager Pat West named Bryant L. Francis, C.M., an aviation expert with over 18 years of industry experience, as director of Long Beach Airport (LGB) on Thursday, Nov. 20. Francis’s appointment will be effective Jan. 5, 2015. “Mr. Francis is a dedicated, accomplished professional who will provide strong leadership and strategic planning for Long Beach Airport,� West said. “He will reach out and work collaboratively with all stakeholders, including the comBryant L. Francis munity, tenants and our commercial and general aviation partners.�

Francis has served as director of airports for the Shreveport Airport Authority in Louisiana since 2012. Previously he was: deputy director, Properties & Business Development of the Boise Airport in Idaho; director, Aviation Real Estate for the Wayne County Airport Authority in Detroit, Michigan; deputy director of Aviation– Marketing, Communications and Air Service Development for Palm Springs International Airport in California; and airport operations reprefor sentative Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. “I am passionate about aviation, am committed to fostering positive relationships, and will ensure that Long Beach Airport provides the absolute best service possible to its travelers and to all our business and community partners,� Francis said.

Francis’s responsibilities will include oversight of all airport operations, finances and leases, the Airport Noise Ordinance, community outreach, environmental matters and capital improvements. “I have complete confidence in Bryant Francis as our new airport director,� said Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia. “Mr. Francis has an excellent track record and has shown his ability to lead with vision, skill and integrity. I look forward to watching our airport continue to provide outstanding service and offer travelers a unique, positive experience under Mr. Francis’s leadership.�

Francis is replacing Mario Rodriguez, who resigned as director in May 2014 to accept a position as executive director of the Indianapolis Airport Authority.

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dedicated, accomplished professional who will provide strong leadership and strategic planning for Long Beach Airport.�

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long Beach Airport receives Helen Putnam Award for Excellence

The League of California Cities presented the Long Beach City Council with the Helen Putnam Award for Excellence in Public Works, Infrastructure and Transportation on Nov. 18 for the Long Beach Airport’s (LGB) new concourse. “Thanks to the collaborative efforts of the City, the community, and airport tenants, Long Beach Airport is known internationally as an outstanding airport,� said Mayor Robert Garcia. “With the receipt of the Helen Putnam Award, our airport is now an even greater source of pride for our City.�

According to the City, “the concourse blends LGB’s rich history with a contemporary sensibility and maintains its reputation as the beloved hometown airport.� Designed to sustain LGB’s convenience, new features include a consolidated security screening area, boarding lounges and an expanded food and beverage program with local restaurants.

Fifth District Councilmember Stacy Mungo accepted the award on behalf of the City in September at the League of California Cities Annual Conference. “I am proud of Long Beach and our airport team for earning this prestigious award,� she said. “The modernization of Long Beach

Airport is an example of what local government can accomplish when the community and City work together. I hope every resident will consider Long Beach for [their] travel and share their experience and impressions of our fresh, functional terminal with their friends and neighbors.�

The concourse features a resortlike atmosphere that allows travelers the ability to relax in an open atrium or enjoy spacious seating areas flanked by floor-to-ceiling windows that offer expansive views of the airfield and spectacular sunsets. “The new concourse provides a roomier, more secured area for TSA inspectors to perform pre-boarding inspections while continuing to offer ease of use by the traveling public,� said Reginald Harrison, acting airport director.

Modern conveniences include an iPad tablet bar where people can check email or order food to be delivered to their seat, USB plug-ins and electrical outlets placed among the seating areas to recharge electronic devices, and free Wi-Fi throughout the airport. The League of California Cities noted LGB’s ease of use while accommodating nearly 3 million annual passengers.

Source: City of LB

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3 Signal Hill Council accepts state drought grant to tap abandoned groundwater well NovEMBEr 21, 2014

Sean Belk Staff Writer

An $8-million project to tap an abandoned groundwater well in the city of Signal Hill may result in a $2 increase in a typical monthly residential water bill, but it would also make the City less reliant on costly imported water and more resilient during times of drought and natural disaster, city officials said.

The City Council at its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18 partially moved forward with the project by voting unanimously (5-0) to accept a $2.86-million grant from the State of California to cover a portion of the project’s costs.

The City plans to use the state funding to help pay for the construction of an “advanced wellhead treatment facility” at a groundwater well, known as Well No. 9, located on the City’s public works yard on 28th Street east of Cherry Avenue.

Although the City had drilled the well in 2010, it was left abandoned because of costs associated with building a pumping house that requires the advanced watertreatment plant, according to city officials.

The Council authorized city staff to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Water Management Authority (GWMA), a group of cities (including Signal Hill) and agencies in southeastern Los Angeles County with common water-related interests. City officials said the GWMA, of which Signal Hill is a founding member, helped the City obtain the state grant.

The grant comes from $200 million in Integrated Regional

Water Management (IRWM) funding that Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Legislature allocated through legislation earlier this year to assist drought-affected communities and provide funding for cities and agencies to better use local water supplies, according to a city staff report.

The intent of Well No. 9 was to provide a “more reliable source of potable water” that could serve the southern portion of the City in the event that pipelines crossing the I-405 Freeway are damaged in a natural disaster.

The new well is also planned to offset the pumping demands that are placed on the City’s two operating groundwater-production wells, known as wells No. 7 and 8, located in north Long Beach near the 91 Freeway, according to city staff. The City’s two existing wells that were drilled in the 1970s are reaching their expected lifespan of 40 years and may soon need to be re-drilled or replaced, according to city staff.

The water produced from the existing wells is pumped through approximately five miles of pipelines to a treatment plant and reservoir at Reservoir Park on Gundry Avenue. Treated water is then pumped over a freeway overpass to Hilltop and Temple reservoirs, which deliver water to residents and businesses south of the I-405 Freeway, according to city staff.

In order to tap the new Well No. 9, however, the advanced wellhead treatment facility is needed in order to reduce the “color level” of groundwater after it has been treated. According to city staff, tests have indicated that

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During the Signal Hill City Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Mayor Ed Wilson (left) presents a proclamation to Robert Long, a longtime Signal Hill resident and business owner, who, along with his wife, Nancy, have made contributions to K-5thgrade students in Signal Hill. Also pictured is Veronica Plascencia (far right), school secretary of Signal Hill Elementary, who extended gratitude to the Longs for helping to deliver more than 800 homework kits to students.

water taken from the well is safe to drink, but the water was determined to have high concentrations of “organic color.”

Tests found that colored water concentrations of the pre-treated water at the abandoned well ranged from 50 to 60 color units (CU), according to the city staff report.

However, since the California Department of Public Health limits color to 15 CU after treatment, a more advanced treatment process to reduce the color level of the groundwater is required, city staff said.

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only types of things that advertisers should encourage us to order early so “yours can be received in time for the holidays.” Excuse my cognitive dissonance, but Tuesday night I darn near fell out of my chair while watching a commercial that featured a do-it-yourself HIV testing kit where the voiceover person encouraged the viewer to “order yours now to receive it in time for the holidays!” Really?

What kind of crazy ad campaign is that? The item doesn’t sound very holiday-ish to me.

2. It had always been my understanding that since I live near the ocean in a place called Signal Hill, the land beneath me is composed of rock, sand, dirt, oil (that doesn’t belong to me), sediment and, of course, water. Imagine my surprise when I learned at this week’s Signal Hill council meeting that our city sits atop an ancient redwood forest. Yes, that’s what I heard. Furthermore, according to the city’s water experts, that forest is the cause of our town to have water that has a bit of color to it. Well, I guess if whiskey gets its golden character from being aged in oak barrels, Signal Hill is entitled to have a signature hue to its liquid resources due to exposure to ancient redwood.

3. I have been a fan of Bill Cosby’s since I was a pre-teen watching the show I Spy on television. Through the years, I grew to admire Mr. Cosby, and well, pretty much had him up on a proverbial pedestal. Seeing him on The Cosby Show, listening to his comedy records, watching his stand-up comedic routines on cable or pay TV channels, I thought of him as a beautiful, upstanding family man who was a credit to our country. This week, Lordy, my opinion has certainly been shaken because the man many of us refer to as “Coz” has been named as a possible serial rapist by numerous radio, television, print and online sources. I understand that in our country every man is innocent until proven guilty; nevertheless, the accusations have been made, which means that the bloom is certainly off my Cosby rose until further notice.

4. For the last several years, I have found myself in a state of nearly constant task development and completion. While I’m at work I shift gears from one-on-one conversations, to creating adver-

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Most of us hold belief systems based on information we have gathered from various valued sources. Whether those sources are trusted people we hold in esteem or readings we have deemed scholarly in nature, we nevertheless have reasons for what we believe to be true.

Throughout our lives, many of us will have our beliefs challenged by new information garnered through interaction with others or during academic pursuits. Sometimes that new information is so startling it challenges our original beliefs and causes us to experience great deals of stress. That phenomenon is called cognitive dissonance. According to the website Merriam-Webster.com, cognitive dissonance is: Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The concept was introduced by the psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89) in the late 1950s. He and later researchers showed that, when confronted with challenging new information, most people seek to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting, explaining away, or avoiding the new information or by convincing themselves that no conflict really exists. Cognitive dissonance is nonetheless considered an explanation for attitude change.

This week I have experienced a bit of cognitive dissonance in my own life. I have chosen to think of that information as additions to my “what the hell?” list. I will now share that information with you, our loyal readers. Note…this list is in no particular order: 1. Up until this week, I believed that festive gift-giving things like fruit baskets, new furniture or seasonal decorations were the

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Long Beach has been named a Top Ten Digital City for the fourth year in a row, earning sixth place for large cities– one rank higher than last year, and the third best in California.

I’m proud that Long Beach is a leader in innovation and continues to improve in our use of technology to increase efficiency, transparency and responsiveness. And I’m committed to continuing to move forward in this area, which is why I proposed creating a Technology and Innovation Commission and expanding the mission of our Technology Department to become the Technology and Innovation Department, two changes which the Council approved and are already underway.

Long Beach won 6th place in the Digital Cities Award for many reasons: • Investing $10 million for technology upgrades in FY15 • We offer public access to a variety of technologies, such as 3-D printers, graphic-design programs and video editing software at our main library.

• We replaced the City’s 35-year-old utility billing system with the latest customer information system and mobile workforce management systems, which allow our Water, Gas & Oil, and Refuse Services bureaus to streamline their work and provide superior web-based service for customers.

• The use of smart phone apps, including: the LGB Airport App; PulsePoint medical alert system; the Go Long Beach app, used for code enforcement and neighborhood improvement; and [an] app developed by Code for America that helps allocate public-safety resources more efficiently.

• The expansion of Wi-Fi access at City parks and other facilities.

Being a Top-10 Digital City for four consecutive years demonstrates how we are moving forward as a city, delivering better and more efficient services, while reaching out and engaging with our residents to build stronger civic bonds throughout Long Beach. We will continue innovating and improving our use of technology, and we will continue to be a national leader in creating the government of the future. robert garcia Mayor Long Beach

Mea culpa

Last Friday, I delivered my 8th annual State of the County address at the Long Beach Convention Center in front of nearly 1,100 local leaders and business owners.

I spoke about several important issues Los Angeles County is facing, including huge changes coming with two new supervisors, a new sheriff and new assessor, as well as significant senior management appointments.

My biggest concern with the upcoming changes is the budget. The board, our CEO, department heads, unions and staff pulled together through the really tough economic times to keep programs and services in place.

We must continue to be committed to fiscal discipline, which benefits all 10 million residents in the County who receive the programs and services they expect.

I also gave an update on my “bucket list,” the projects I plan to complete before my term ends in 2016, including new community centers, a health clinic, a junior golf academy, and the $45-million investment we are making in County libraries throughout my district.

[The video of the State of the County address is available at youtube.com/watch?v=IEu5sw2HoFw&feature=youtu.be .]

Also last week, the County unearthed a 90-year-old time capsule from the cornerstone of the newly renovated Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. Take a moment to watch the watch the video [vimeo.com/111795441] to see some of the fascinating pieces of history that were discovered inside the time capsule.

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In the Nov. 14 issue, the article titled “Filing period begins for two open Signal Hill Council seats and city clerk, treasurer positions in 2015 election” should have stated that Larry Blunden, who was appointed interim city treasurer to fulfill the term of Emerson Fersch, is running for city treasurer and Robert Copeland, who was appointed interim city clerk to fulfill the term of Kathleen Pacheco, is running for city clerk.

In the same issue, the article titled “Luna to become Long Beach’s new police chief as McDonnell takes LA County sheriff job” should have stated that Luna will officially assume office on Saturday, Nov. 22.

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tising proposals, all the while checking emails and answering my cell phone. When I’m at home, I try to calm down and watch television or read, but I find myself getting up to check email, do a load of laundry, wash up the few dishes in the sink or make a phone call.

Discussing this with my doctor, he decided I should be tested for attention deficit disorder (ADD). For quite a while, I’ve suspected that I have ADD, so I was anxious to take the test. Wednesday morning at 8am I went in for my testing and by 9am was informed that my test score was in the 98 percentile– in other words, no ADD. After receiving the non-diagnosis, I asked the attending doctor his opinion regarding my need to keep working all the time. His answer was a simple one– “You’ve forgotten how to relax.” So, after years of thinking I was “just ADD,” I have learned that I need to train myself to, in his words, “wind down.” Wow, that’s a pretty nice prescription, however it is going to take me a while to re-learn how to relax. Yep, once again, cognitive dissonance.

5. When Charles Manson was found guilty in 1971 of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven people, I wanted to believe that, while incarcerated, he would get a little of what was his due by living a lonely, sad, pathetic life out of the public spotlight that he had so come to love. Well, this week I learned, once again, I am way off base. It looks like some 26-year-old gal named Afton Burton in the near future plans to marry the 80-year-old psycho. And, according to an article in Wednesday’s New York Post, Manson’s future motherin-law “shockingly” disapproves. Really? Are we really shocked to learn that this young woman’s mother would disapprove of this engagement made in Hell? Oy. Believe it or not, it looks as if this will not be Manson’s first marriage. I have done a bit of research and discovered that Miss Burton will indeed be Charlie’s third wife. Also, I found out that through the years he has fathered three children, with three different women– two of whom he married. Holy cow!

With the week nearly over, I seriously hope I don’t have any more additions to my “what the hell?” list. My head already feels a bit like a pinball machine whose tilt sensor has been activated. How was your week?

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Your new normal: what changes after a diabetes diagnosis?

By Valerie Macy-Hurley, LCSW Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach

Having a child diagnosed with diabetes is a major event, but it’s important to keep everything in perspective. Managed properly, diabetes shouldn’t prevent your child from doing anything other kids do.

You’ll hear a lot of information from people on your child’s care team. You may feel a range of emotions over the first few months: anxious, sad, overwhelmed or even guilty. With time, at some point, caring for your child’s diabetes will become part of your daily routine. I try to help the families I work with recognize that diabetes isn’t anyone’s fault. Your child’s diabetes means part of their body isn’t functioning properly; it doesn’t mean you or your child did something wrong.

You’ll need to discuss your child’s diabetes with them and their siblings. Be honest and use clear, concrete language. Explain that there is a part of their body that is no longer working right, and that with proper medication, they can stay healthy.

Allow them to express their feelings. Younger kids may want express themselves by playing or drawing. Older kids might want to talk about their feelings. They may feel angry or guilty that they’ve caused change for their family.

Diabetes is a 24/7 job, but, if managed properly, your child can live a healthy, normal, well-balanced life. Follow these tips for successful management:

Establish a family routine The most successful children have a good support system in place and a family that is willing to commit to a healthy lifestyle together.

If a sibling isn’t eating healthy, it’s going to be hard for your child with diabetes to choose healthy foods. The things you’ll be asked to do, like eating more whole foods, monitoring carbohydrate intake and exercising, are things that are healthy for the whole family– not just people with diabetes.

Build a support system Identify one or two people you can trust. Ask if they’re willing to go through the education process and be a backup person you can count on, so you can get a break. Caregivers must take care of themselves!

The stronger your support system, the healthier your child will be.

Take an active role in their health care Arrange for routine follow-up visits, call your child’s doctor if you have questions and become an advocate for their health.

Think ahead Form a consistent schedule and carry around diabetes supplies, such as snacks and treatments for low blood glucose.

Stay organized Put your child’s diabetes routine on the refrigerator until you feel like you know it by heart. Carry around an organized kit, labeling the items inside and keeping spares on hand.

Communicate Develop a system to help you and your child remember when and who gave medicines. Determine ways of keeping in contact with your child, their school and other caregivers.

Post emergency numbers in a visible location. It can be helpful to others caring for your child.

Welcome support Being around other children and families who are going through similar experiences can be helpful. Seek out support groups and classes.

Miller Children’s offers several: type-2 diabetes class, carbohydratecounting class and diabetes support group. Call (562) 933-8562 to learn more.

Macy-Hurley is a social worker in the Endocrine, Diabetes & Metabolic Center at Miller Children’s Hospital.

NovEMBEr 21, 2014

EYE ON CRIME Crimes reported by the LBPD Council Districts 6, 7 & 8 (no arrest information supplied)

Thursday, Nov. 13 10:58am Residential burglary 2500 block Maine Ave.

12:30pm Residential burglary 4800 block Falcon Ave. 2:20pm Robbery– commercial 100 block E. 28th St.

Friday, Nov. 14 4:43pm Non-injury hit-and-run W. 23rd St./Pacific Ave.

4:49pm DUI W. PCH/Pacific Ave. (suspect taken into custody)

5:52pm Robbery– person W. Willow St./Eucalyptus Ave. 9:26pm Battery 2200 block Earl Ave.

10:06pm Residential burglary 4400 block Walnut Ave. Saturday, Nov. 15 12:21am Non-injury hit-and-run 2300 block Elm Ave. 11:36am Robbery– person 2200 block Elm Ave.

12:54pm Robbery– person E. 21st St./Locust Ave. 2:01pm Assault– not firearm 2800 Atlantic Ave.

11:41pm Residential burglary 3700 block Pacific Ave. Sunday, Nov. 16 10:11am Robbery– person 900 block W. PCH

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1:58pm Residential burglary 3900 block Cherry Ave.

8:30pm Grand theft– property 2400 block Gundry Ave.

Saturday, Nov. 15 10:03am Grand theft– motor vehicle 2800 block Walnut Ave.

6:18pm Non-injury hit-and-run 4400 block Atlantic Ave. Monday, Nov. 17 11:15am Battery 2100 block Pacific Ave.

12:04pm Non-injury hit-and-run E. Hill St./Gaviota Ave.

Sunday, Nov. 16 1:11pm Non– injury hit– and– run 2200 block E. Willow St.

3:13pm Injury hit-and-run Redondo Ave./E. Hill St.

3:42pm Non-injury hit-and-run 2700 block Long Beach Blvd.

7:10pm Battery 700 block E. Burnett St.

4:05pm Grand theft– property 2200 block Cerritos Ave.

7:39pm DUI Long Beach Blvd./ E. Wardlow Rd. (suspect taken into custody) 8:14pm Battery 700 block Terrace Dr.

4:39pm Auto burglary 2000 block Orizaba Ave.

5:30pm Grand theft– property 2400 block Brayton Ave. Tuesday, Nov. 18 3am Auto burglary 2500 block Gundry Ave.

6:20pm Battery 200 block E. Burnett St.

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7:30pm Auto burglary 1300 block Gundry Ave.

Monday, Nov. 17 Battery by spouse, cohabitant, date 1800 block Raymond Ave. (suspect identified)

5:25pm Auto burglary 2500 block Orange Ave.

Tuesday, Nov. 18 4:39pm Robbery– person Gaviota Ave./E. PCH

Friday, Nov. 14 1:41am Brandishing a gun 2500 block Palm Dr.

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8:08pm Residential burglary 2000 block Dawson Ave.

5:22pm Non-injury hit-and-run E. 19th St./Atlantic Ave.

Wednesday, Nov. 19 1:02am Non-injury hit-and-run Del Amo Bl./Orange Ave.

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6:16pm Elder abuse 1900 block Dawson Ave.

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FAIR THEE WELL What Community health enrollment fair Who Hosted by Congressmember Alan Lowenthal Where Civic Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd. in Westminster When Friday, Nov. 21 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm More info The fair will include: legislative updates from Covered California officials; important information related to health, including the open enrollment period for 2015 health insurance plans through Covered California; and updates on healthcare coverage options for Medicare and Medi-Cal recipients.

Call (562) 436-3828.

DRIVEN TO HELP? What 17th annual food drive Who Performance Plus Where 3910 Cherry Ave. When Sunday, Nov. 23 from 8am to noon More info Attendees will help pack 1,600 boxes of food for 800 local families in need. Doughnuts and coffee will be provided. Hot rods will be on display. Visit (562) 988-0211 or visit Performanceplustire.com .

PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE What Long Beach Bake-Off Who Justin Rudd’s Community Action Team Where Bay Shore Church concert hall, 5100 E. The Toldeo When Sunday, Nov. 23 at 6pm More info The event will be composed of five categories: cakes, pies, cookies, bars/squares and cupcakes. Cost is $5. Visit JustinRudd.com/bakeoff.html .

BE A PRE-FEAST BEAST What Long Beach Turkey Trot 5K/10K Who Justin Rudd’s Community Action Team Where 1 Granada Ave. When Thursday, Nov. 27 from 8:30am to 10am More info At least 600 holiday pies will be given to random participants.

There will be different runs/walks and courses available for various ages and abilities. The money raised will benefit the Community Action Team. Visit TurkeyTrot.us .

TOY SOLDIERS What Toys for Tots Drive Who Tuttle Cameras Where 4019 Atlantic Ave. When Friday, Dec. 5 from 5pm to 8pm More info Tuttle Cameras and the United States Marine Corps will collect unwrapped toys for less-fortunate children. Participants will have the opportunity to take a photo with a Marine and will receive a free gift from Tuttle Cameras. Call (562) 424-8633.

A GOOD CAUSE WITH SANTA CLAUS What “Breaskfast with Santa” benefit Who Parker’s Lighthouse Where 435 Shoreline Village Dr. When Saturday, Dec. 6 from 8am to 10am More info Funds will benefit the Child Life Program at Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital. Admission is $11 for adults and $9 for children 12 and under. The Aquarium of the Pacific will provide free passes for children with the purchase of one adult pass. Call (562) 432-650 or visit parkerslighthouse.com/santas-breakfast .

GO A-WASSAILING What Holiday celebration Who The American Association of University Women of Long Beach Branch Where The home of Linda Patten When Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10am to noon More info Carry on the tradition of gathering and camaraderie over the wassail bowl. Refreshments and the hot, spiced wassail drink will be served. Visit aauw-longbeach.org .

FA-LA-LA-LA-LA What Christmas concert Who Bethany Lutheran Church Where 4644 Clark Ave. When Sunday, Dec. 14 at 1:30pm, 4pm and 7pm More info The concert, which will be directed by Dr. Carol R.S. McDaniel and assisted by Ms. Emily Duescher, will feature Christmas anthems performed by a 75-voice adult choir and orchestra of 15 musicians. Event is free, but donations will be accepted. Visit bethanylutheran.org .

WITH JOYFUL RING, ALL CAROLING What Musical Who Bethany Lutheran Church Where 4644 Clark Ave. When Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7pm More info The Christmas County Spelling Bee will be presented by students from Bethany Lutheran Church. The event will be free. Email ktucker@bethanylutheran.org .

MINGLE ALL THE WAY! WHAT Annual community holiday party WHo Hosted by the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA) WHEN Thursday, Dec. 18 from 7pm to 10pm WHErE The Long Beach Petroleum Club, 3636 Linden Ave. More info Attendees will be able to mix and mingle. Food will be available.

Cost is $10. Call (562) 595-0081 or info@bixbyknollsinfo.com .

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Food Finders’ collection bins for their holiday drive

Food Finders, a Signal Hill-based food rescue organization, is currently undertaking its annual holiday food drive to collect food for those in need during the holiday season. The drive will continue through Dec. 31.

Food Finders is encouraging neighborhoods, schools, libraries and businesses to serve as drop-off locations for non-perishable food items and will supply collection bins to those interested in participating. The more participation community-wide, the more successful the holiday food drive will be for agencies that depend on the service Food Finders provides, according to the nonprofit.

Those who prefer to make a monetary donation can do so as well. A $25 donation will help feed two families a turkey dinner. Fifty dollars will buy four families a turkey dinner, and, with every $25 increase, an additional two families can be fed. Monetary donations may be made by check or through the Food Finders website.

“The generosity of our community year after year ensures that more families can have a special meal at Thanksgiving,” said Patti Larson, executive director of Food Finders. “We thank our donors of food and funds for helping us provide meals to families during the entire holiday season and throughout the year.”

In addition to collecting holiday meal staples, such as canned vegetables, meats, pasta, pasta sauce, stuffing, bread and cookies, Food Finders will be accepting pet food to help out pet owners and their four-legged friends.

The Thanksgiving packing and sorting event, a major component to the holiday food drive, will take place on Friday, Nov. 21, from 6pm to 8pm at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 11600 Los Alamitos Blvd., in Los Alamitos.

Volunteers gather in the church gym to sort canned items and pack the boxes of food that are collected. Volunteers are also needed to distribute donated food and turkeys to agencies and families on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 10am to 2pm.

To volunteer for Food Finders’ holiday food drive and Thanksgiving packing and sorting event, to distribute collected food, or to help collect canned food at a place of business, call (562) 598-3003 extension 101. For drop-off locations, call (562) 598-3003 or visit foodfinders.org .

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Participants sought for daisy Avenue Christmas parade

The office of Long Beach 7th District Councilmember Roberto Uranga has made applications available for the 61st annual Daisy Avenue Christmas Tree Lane Parade, which will take place Saturday, Dec. 13.

The event is a collaborative effort between the City of Long Beach, the Wrigley Area Neighborhood Alliance and the Wrigley Association.

“The annual Daisy Lane Parade has always been an occasion that brings together neighbors, families and the City of Long Beach,” Uranga said. “It is a tradition that has stood the test of time because the residents of Wrigley understand the important role that the parade plays for our communities. As a longtime resi dent of the Wrigley neighborhood, my family has taken part in many memorable editions of the parade, and I look forward to seeing this tradition continue.”

Interested parties are encouraged to visit the official Daisy Lane Parade website at bit.ly/DaisyParade2014 or contact Uranga’s office at (562) 570-7777.

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NEWS long Beach to swear in new police chief

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Robert G. Luna will be sworn in as the 26th police chief in Long Beach on Saturday, Nov. 22. Members of the public are invited to attend the free ceremony, which will begin at noon in the Long Beach Arena Lobby. The celebration will mark the promotion of a Long Beach Police Department veteran and the City’s first Latino chief of police, according to City officials.

“Over his 29 years on the force, Robert Luna has gone above and beyond the call of duty,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “He has demonstrated an abiding love for the City of Long Beach, its people, and its diverse neighborhoods. He is at the vanguard of policing and represents a diverse citizenry and leadership that make us all stronger.”

City Manager Pat West appointed Luna to the position on Tuesday Nov. 11. Over the course of his career at the Long Beach Police Department, Luna has served in a variety of roles, including 13 years on the executive management team and most recently serving as deputy chief of police. Los Angeles County Sheriff-Elect Jim McDonnell, whom Luna is replacing, will provide welcoming remarks, and Garcia and West will also speak during the ceremony.

“Chief Luna’s dedication to the police department and the entire community is impressive,” West said. “I am positive that he will hold himself and the police department to the highest standards, and I look forward to celebrating his appointment.”

Luna holds a master’s degree in public policy and administration, and a bachelor’s of science, both from California State University, File photo Long Beach. He is a graduate of: Harvard University’s Senior ExecRobert G. Luna utives in State and Local Government program; the Delinquency Control Institute (DCI) at the University of Southern California; and the FBI’s National Executive Institute and National Academy.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to give back and serve the community that has given so much to Call a professional me,” Luna said. “The community is • No court hearings for kind, courteous • No probate our greatest asset, and I want to • No attorney's fee • No contests and immediate make clear the police department in-home service.

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Capt. Gonzalo Medina, a 19-year veteran of the Long Beach Fire Department, has been appointed marine safety chief, effective Dec. 5, according to Long Beach Fire Chief Mike DuRee, who made the announcement Nov. 18.

“Gonzalo Medina has a long history of dedicated and professional service in the Long Beach Fire Department, and he will provide steady leadership for the Marine Safety Division,” DuRee said. “I am confident that he will continue to seek out new technologies and methods of service delivery that will benefit everyone who visits our beaches and waterways.”

The Marine Safety Division is responsible for the safe and lawful use of the city’s beaches and waterways and includes Rescue Boat Operations, Lifeguards, Public Safety Dive Team and Swiftwater Rescue Team.

“I am humbled to lead an organization with such deep history,” Medina said. “The men and women that make up our organization are the most highly trained and passionate marine-safety professionals in the United States.”

Medina has held numerous positions in the department, including ocean lifeguard, marine safety officer, marine safety beach sergeant, dive team supervisor, dive officer for the Long Beach Public Safety Dive Team, administrative marine safety captain and acting marine safety chief. He also oversees the lifeguard cadet training program and probationary officer training program.

Gonzalo Medina Medina holds a bachelor’s degree in literature, with a minor in Philosophy, and a master’s degree of fine arts in writing and literature from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He is a longtime resident of Long Beach and a graduate of Leadership Long Beach, and he has served on the board of various community groups like the Arts Council for Long Beach and Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce. He was the first full-time Latino lifeguard in the department and will be the first Latino chief of the Marine Safety Division.

Medina is replacing Marine Safety Chief Randy Foster, who will retire on Dec. 5, 2014.

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U.S. dept. of justice declares long Beach’s violence-prevention plan eligible for grant

The City of Long Beach has been selected to join a U.S. Department of Justice National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (Forum). The national designation will enable the City to apply for federal grant awards to implement its Safe Long Beach Violence Prevention Plan (Safe Long Beach).

Long Beach is one of only five new cities in 2014 selected to join the Forum and receive a grant aimed at preventing youth and gang violence. The Long Beach City Council formally accepted the grant and designation at its public meeting on Nov. 11.

“It is an honor to be recognized on a national platform for our City’s collective efforts toward protecting our youth and preventing violence in families, schools, and communities,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “This designation will further support implementation of Safe Long Beach, providing a framework for citywide safety and improved quality of life.”

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Long Beach crime statistics continue to show a positive trend, with the number of reported violent crimes at their lowest level in 41 years, according to the City.

The Forum now consists of 15 U.S. cities that share ideas and best practices to tackle the issue of youth and gang violence. Established in 2010, the Forum is designed to raise awareness and drive action through coordinated prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies. To enhance these efforts, the federal government provides technical assistance to Forum cities as they work to promote positive youth development and build strong, safe communities. Other cities designated this year were: Seattle, Washington; Louisville, Kentucky; Cleveland, Ohio; and Baltimore, Maryland.

For more information on Safe Long Beach or to view an electronic copy of the document, visit lbvpp.com .

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Name of business: Stylemen Haircutters Name of owners: Kenny and Carol Bayer Address: 3701 Long Beach Blvd. #302 at The Meadows in Bixby Knolls Phone: (562) 426-7515 Hours: Call Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 6pm What type of business: Hair salon and custom-made stained glass designs How long in business: 40+ years Unique features of your business: More than just a hair salon.They also showcase their stained glass custom creations and feature drag-racing memorabilia.

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NovEMBEr 21, 2014 eatre review

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Cal Rep’s e Tale of the Allergist’s Wife

Cory Bilicko

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Though he is likely best recognized as an actor who specializes in portraying mildly campy, but nuanced, female characters in a handful of independent films, Charles Busch has penned a number of plays, especially the off-off-Broadway variety, but with The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, he found success on Broadway.

Set in 2000, Allergist’s Wife, which is Busch’s first foray into mainstream writing, examines the life and environment of Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged Jewish bookworm who leads a financially and intellectually adequate, yet emotionally unsatisfied, existence in New York’s Upper West Side. Though she is well read on the classics (Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha being her favorite) and is an active patron of the arts, it seems that satiating her cultural voracity only leads to her feeling increasingly mediocre– her own book having Photo by Keith Ian Polakoff been turned down by numerous publishers. Lea Floden and Jamieson K. Price in Cal Rep’s production of Charles Ira is her loving doctor husband who is so Busch’s The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife selfless, he spends so much time doling out free treatment to the city’s needy folks that Marjorie is left feeling largely disregarded. Her mother, Frieda, pops in regularly to fuel Marjorie’s feelings of inadequacy, doting on her son-in-law and reminding her daughter of her failures.

The play, which California Reportory is currently presenting in The Queen Mary’s Royal Theatre, opens shortly after Marjorie (Lea Floden) had lost control in a Disney Store and broken six pricy figurines. (More likely than her being a modern-day Laura from Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie is that she histrionically mimicked that Southern character, considering her penchant for all things literary.) Marjorie’s self-pity wallowing is soon interrupted by the fortuitous arrival of her childhood bestie Lee (Valerie Stanford), who regales and inspires Marjorie with her tales of global travel and hobnobNEW NAME! bing with the rich and renowned.

NEW MENU! The two hit it off fabulously and make plans for Lee to return later for dinner with the family. However, when it seems she’s a no-show, Ira and Frieda SAME OWNER! question Marjorie’s truthfulness and sanity, wondering whether or not she invented the friend as another cry for attention. What then transpires takes the characters and their relationships with one another on a very wild ride, providing Marjorie with the opportunities and courage to face her existential mid-life crises, particularly those involving her husband and mother.

Floden is charged with giving us a main character who walks the line of Long Beach between being gratingly self-absorbed and genuinely pitiful, especially considering the ways her mother (skillfully embodied by Sarah Underwood Saviano) demeans her. Floden succeeds in creating a woman that we hope will find fulfillment, but we still enjoy seeing her act out. There’s a substance to this lady’s dramatic flair. You get a sense that her need to do something meaningful isn’t just for self-pleasure but to contribute to some greater good. Perhaps that is why, at its root, her marriage, even with its shortcomings, is a loving one; she can relate to and support Ira’s philanthropy, even when it’s at the expense of her own fulfillment.

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wenty-one-year-old artist Nicolas Alvarado is a survivor– one who, rather than wallowing in self-pity, chooses to use the debilitating health challenges and brushes with death he’s faced and incorporate them into his art, not in the literal sense, but in ways that he refers to as “formative and reactionary.”

Alvarado graduated from high school in Long Beach a few years ago but now lives in Malibu.

“People hear Malibu and instantly think movie stars and fame, but really it’s a boring, quiet little town with expensive cars about 40 minutes away from anything interesting,” Alvarado said. “Although I did see [actor] David Duchovny at a gas station once. He was a little upset I didn’t fall all over myself and say hi”

Born in Torrance, he was raised Long between Beach and Wilmington for most of his life.

“I’m 21 years old, but honestly feel like I was born in the ‘80s,” he said. “I guess I can thank my parents for that. I know more about that decade than the one I was raised in, so you could say I’m an ‘80s-’90s baby. It’s a toss-up.”

Alvarado currently works for the media production department at Pepperdine University, which he says he “absolutely” loves.

“It provides a lot of interesting opportunities for outside work,” he said.

“My coworkers are amazing, and I couldn’t ask for better management.

Other than that, I freelance as much as I can. Just recently, I’ve had clients such as Nike, the New York Times, and the Anaheim Angels. I’m a Dodgers fan, so I had to keep that a secret.”

Currently in his senior year at Pepperdine as an art major, with emphasis in sculpture and photography, Alvarado is experiencing the mixed emotions that are often common among college students. He said his studies provide as much beauty in his life as they do hairpulling stress.

“I arrived straight out of graduating St. Anthony’s High School in downtown Long Beach in 2011, and I’m simultaneously looking forward to and dreading graduating in May 2015,” he said. “What can I say? That’s just life.

Blueprints for the future are a fool’s errand. One year or the next, you’re going to be somewhere else. So enjoy yourself now. I know where I want to be, and I know I can take the steps to accomplish it, so I’m enjoying the time I have now.”

“Wet Cobblestone,” photograph

Nicolas Alvarado

What medium(s) do you work in?

I originally started to work in drawing, mostly because I loved the ability to work off pure instinct and drive to create a product that reflected the position and emotions of the artist at that current moment. I still enjoy this feeling, but I felt I had to move on. Then I started painting and realized I didn’t have the patience. Now I’ve found my two artistic loves: sculpture– as in large-scale installations– and photography. I feel like I am able to convey a much deeper artistic meaning with installation while at the same time creating something that someone may look at and appreciate it for pure aesthetics. I believe art is for everyone. You shouldn’t feel left out because you look at a Maniera painting and can’t analyze every little piece of symbolism. Sometimes art serves to be a piece of beauty for pure appreciation.

However, I’ve recently been developing my photography because that’s where my true passion lies. One of my greatest artistic influences is Rembrandt, and I’ve always been fascinated by his ability to tell an entire story within a single image. I aim to do the same with my photography. I want my viewers to look at my images and know the exact narrative of the picture and all of the emotions and thoughts experienced by the characters involved. Besides fine art, the only other avenue I’ve pursued in putting these narrative pictures forward is working with local artists to create album covers. I’ve worked with one close friend for a while. He’s an up-andcoming rapper named DPL who can be found on Soundcloud, and it’s been such a wild ride seeing both of our progress over the past year. I have to admit it’s a bit surreal when you see he has 100,000 views on a song, and you know that about 100,000 people have not only seen your work but have retweeted it, have blogged it, have Instagramed it, have “Myfaced” it. I can’t even keep up with these socialmedia sites anymore.

Where do you work?

I don’t necessarily need a studio as a photographer. My favorite place to work is wandering the streets of the beautifully eccentric Venice from morning to night, exploring Hollywood at all hours of the night, covering house parties, recording studios, pretty much whenever my camera is in hands. That’s where my studio happens to be. When it comes to editing, I’m usually bumming around my apartment watching Bob’s Burgers and being hyper critical of every shot I’ve taken so that 500 pictures eventually dwindle down to about 20.

How long have you been making art?

I’d like to say I’ve been making art for as long as I can remember, but maybe my earliest drawing was around 6 years old. My father is an electrical engineer, so he knew technical drawing and took every chance he had to show me what he could. My draftsmanship from back then may not exactly be gallery-ready, but I’d say they were the start of something great. I’ve been making art seriously now for about four years and have been a working photographer for about three years now.

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I would like to describe my art in a few different ways because of how it has evolved and completely turned around since I’ve started creating. When I drew and painted, I strived for instinct and mess. I believed it showed the raw passion and potential of an artist. As of now, my installations have been aimed to explore existentialism and posthumanism in our contemporary society with the rise of new technologies or, essentially, how will we be able to retain our sense of humanity while every advancement we make works harder and harder to remove the human element from society? Will there still be a place for humanity or will we be left to rot as obsolete? This exploration had all been inspired by recent developments in quantum theory and the rise in artificial intelligence but more so the rise of “The Singularity” that has still not [been] positively or negatively received.

As I said, with my photography, I strive for a Rembrandt level of communication with my art. I want it to not only be a viewing experience but a simple conversation between me and my viewer, in which they are able to take a message away from my art. There may never be a totally right answer, I know what I had in mind when creating the piece, but my favorite part in hearing others interpret my work is hearing all the different levels of interpretation it brings. There may never be a right answer to any art, just a guess that gets the viewer closer and closer to their inner truth. As long as the

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viewer is entertained, that is the only thing any artist may hope for.

Your website describes you as “currently Wizard-King of Malibu.”

What does that mean?

Well, I was proposed with a question one day, with no loopholes and no repercussions: “Would you rather be a king who was a wizard, or a wizard who also happened to be a king?” I made my choice, and the people of Malibu seemed to have accepted me. I believe that should explain it all! Malibu seems to be running fine, so I think I’m doing my job just right. I also must add it was a self-elected position. I may have run unopposed, but my constituents seem happy.

Your website also states that you especially enjoy working with concepts that deal with formative and reactionary experiences. Tell me

more about that.

Art is definitely a creative outlet that involves an individual to be willing to throw themselves entirely into their work and, in doing so, they expose their entirety. They lay their soul bare– their past emotions, their hardships and all these experiences come together to form a piece that is purely genuine. Without these factors, the art lacks a certain piece of the artist that is essential to creating a truly originally piece. I enjoy working with formative and reactionary experiential concepts because it is through these concepts that an individual is truly able to learn who they are. You may set out to work on a piece dedicated to love lost, but if you’ve never truly lost the love of your life, then the piece lacks substance.

Most of my life I’ve dealt with formative and reactionary concepts not exactly related to art. I was diagnosed with transverse myelitis at 12. Without the use and feeling of my legs, I decided to relearn how to walk. At 19, I fractured my spine, which I chose to keep pushing to regain my health. At 20, I totaled a car in a canyon that should have sent me over the edge to the final period in my life story.

Miraculously, I flipped the car into the middle of the road and survived without a scratch. I use these life experiences in a positive way in my art. I make colorful, joyful pieces of art or pieces that bring you down to the lowest points possibly perceived in the human condition. Life has a wide range of emotion, and I feel we should be open to them all rather than be comfortable in our bubble of safety.

Do you listen to music while you

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work? if so, what?

I love to listen to a wide range of music, and I find the spread to be a little funny.

I love listening to everything from ‘90s rap and R&B, boom bap such as dibia$e, Baroque classical with my current favorite piece being [Vivaldi’s “L'Estro Armonico 12 Concertos, Op.3”] performed by Anna Maria Contogni– a category I’m not even sure how to classify that relies on a mix of melodies and bass lines but mixes in samples from TV shows, movies and older music. It’s honestly beautiful, but artists include Brock Berrigan and Jansport J, a personal friend who’s made great strides in his career. And, finally, rap music that I can just tune out to and have fun with such as J. Cole, Drake, Danny Brown, Flying Lotus, Captain Murphy, the list can go on. I just love music that can inspire while simultaneously letting me have fun.

Have you ever destroyed or painted over anything you’ve created?

When I first started creating art, I constantly destroyed things I didn't like, but I learned it was important to keep your mistakes. You learn from them. There was a period of time where I would constantly paint over things I made just

to create layers, and as time went on I would tear things down instinctively and work what what I had done. This process created one of my favorite pieces to date but, due to its size, I've never properly been able to photograph it, but I hope to soon as I believe it would make a wonderful addition to my portfolio.

Would you say you’re pretty involved in the local art scene or more of a loner artist?

As of now, I’m a bit of a loner artist, but I want to get more involved in my local art scene. I really look up to the days when artists formed collectives and worked off of each other’s vibes and creativity. I would love to see a revitalization of that. I feel our society focuses too much on the needs of the individual over the needs of the community which, in the art community, is very important in my eyes. Artists have always stuck together, and with that has come so much great work and impactful movements. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, but I’d love to see or start something like that again.

More of Alvarado’s work can be viewed at NicAlvarado.com .

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Former lB Symphony pops conductor returning for james Bond-themed show

Former Long Beach Symphony pops conductor Michael Krajewski will return to the stage of the Long Beach Arena on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 8pm, in a concert that celebrates the world’s most famous spy. Entitled Bond and Beyond, the show will feature the iconic music and songs from over 50 years of James Bond movies, including From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Skyfall, plus tributes to other spies and detectives from around the world, such as Austin Powers, Dick Tracy, the Pink Panther and Mission: Impossible.

Krajewski is currently music director of The Philly Pops and principal pops conductor of the Houston, Atlanta and Jacksonville symphonies. Krajewski will be joined by Tony Award-winning vocalist Debbie Gravitte.

As always, the audience is welcome to bring food and beverages to enjoy the indoor picnic atmosphere or purchase them from Arena concessionaires or select local caterers.

New to this year’s pops concert series is a special section of bistrostyle seating– an exclusive, more intimate, elevated seating area with four-top tables, a complimentary drink based on the evening’s musical theme and private bistro f---bartender service.

Doors will open for all seating sections at 6:30pm to allow time for dining and mingling.

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“We’re delighted to welcome Michael Krajewski back to the Long Beach Symphony Pops for what promises to be a memorable and thoroughly enjoyable performance,” said Kelly Ruggirello, the symphony’s executive director. “We’re also grateful to our pops season sponsor, F&M Bank, and to Valero Energy for partially underwriting this particular concert.”

Arena seating starts at $21. To purchase tickets, call (562) 4363203, ext. 232, or visit the symphony website at lbso.org .

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EXTENSIoN oF CUP 97-03 A THIRTY MONTH EXTENSION OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) 97-03 WHICH EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2014, FOR SEVEN CONSOLIDATED DRILL SITES OWNED AND OPERATED

BY SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM INC. (SHP). THE EXTENSION ALLOWS SHP TO CONTINUE THEIR OIL PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES WHILE STUDIES PERTAINING TO A LONG TERM RENEWAL ARE PREPARED. CoNSolIDATED DRIll SITE loCATIoNS: • East of N. olive Avenue at Gateway retail center (3051 California Avenue).

• Southeast corner of Spring Street and orange Avenue (1251 E. 29th Street).

• North of Willow Street, south of 27th Street, between Walnut and Gardena Avenues.

• Southwest of Junipero Avenue and Combellack Drive behind Home Depot.

• South of Combellack Drive, west of Temple Avenue.

• South of 20th Street between Redondo and obispo Avenues.

• South of Grant Street between Redondo and obispo Avenues.

Applicant: Signal Hill Petroleum Inc. Recommendation: The Planning Commission has recommended approval with conditions.

AN INITIAl STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DEClARATIoN 9/18/97 (1) for the subject CUP was approved and certified by the City Council under Resolution 98-06-4831 in 1998. On October 1, 2002 an Amended CUP 97-03 and Supplemental Mitigated Negative Declaration 8/12/02 (1), were approved for a term of ten years and certified by the City Council under Resolution 375-09-02. In accordance with California Code of Regulations Section 15162 no subsequent Negative Declaration is required for the extension of CUP 97-03 in that no changes to the previously approved project are proposed. The Mitigated Negative Declaration, as well as material relevant to CUP 97-03, may be inspected by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and on Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Community Development Department located on the lower floor of City Hall.

CoNDITIoNAl USE PERMITS are reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council at Public Hearings.

All INTERESTED PERSoNS are hereby invited to attend the hearings to present written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

IF YoU WISH To lEGAllY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearings.

FURTHER INFoRMATIoN on this item may be obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by emailing Colleen Doan, Associate Planner, at cdoan@cityofsignalhill.org or calling at (562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper November 21, 2014 Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: November 21, 2014 Mailed to affected property owners within 300’ on or before November 21, 2014

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TST4802 NoTICE oF ElECTIoN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the City of Signal Hill on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, for the following Officers: Two Members of the City Council A City Treasurer A City Clerk Full term of four years Full term of four years Full term of four years The nomination period for these offices begins on Tuesday, November 10, 2014, at 7:30 a.m. and closes on Friday, December 5, 2014, at 4:30 p.m.

If nomination papers for an incumbent officer of the city are not filed by Friday, December 5, 2014 (the 88th day before the election), the voters shall have until the 83rd day before the election, December 10, 2014, to nominate candidates other than the person(s) who are the incumbents on the 88th day before the election, for that incumbent’s elective office. This extension is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected.

If no one or only one person is nominated for an elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by § 10229, Elections Code of the State of California.

The polls will be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Robert Copeland City Clerk Published on: November 10, 2014 Posted at City Hall, Library, Discovery Well Park, Reservoir Park, and on the City’s website on: November 10, 2014

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TST4797 / 2014 308739 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: HEY, THAT'S MY SHIRT, 3386 Orange Ave., Signal Hill, 90755. Registrant: MELINDA ANDERSON COOPER, 4525 Dogwood Ave., Seal Beach, CA 90740.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Melinda Anderson Cooper. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 28, 2014. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: October 31, & November 7, 14, 21, 2014.

TST4798 / 2014 315306 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: WISE WOMAN MANAGEMENT, 4247 Walnut Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: NAILAH DORSEY, 4247 Walnut Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Nailha Dorsey. The registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. The registrant began using this fictitious business name on May 1, 2014.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on November 4, 2014. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

TST4795 / 2014 282959 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. SARENITY DESIGNS, 2.

SARENITY FLORAL & EVENT DESIGNS, 1004 E. 32nd St. #C, Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: SAREN REM, 1004 E. 32nd St. #C, Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Saren Rem. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 3, 2014. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: October 31, & November 7, 14, 21, 2014.

TST4799 / 2014 307158 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. BIGGER SHOTS, 2. MAR-

KETINK, 1250 E. 29th St., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: SEPKO INDUSTRIES, INC., 1250 E. 29th St., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Mercedes Sepko, CFO. The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 27, 2014.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

TST4801 / 2014 303826 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: DISTINCTIVE REMODELING, 11836 161 St., Norwalk, CA 90650. Registrant: DANIEL VARGAS GARCIA, 11836 161 St., Norwalk, CA 90650. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Daniel Vargas Garcia. The registrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name on October 23, 2014. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 23, 2014.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: November 14, 21, 28, & December 5, 2014.

TST4804 / 2014 326748 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: R M SCHLESINGER SPEAKS, 2501 E. Willow St. Unit 101, Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: ALOHI ENTERPRISES, INC., 2501 E. Willow St. Unit 101, Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Kelly James, Secretary.

The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on November 17, 2014. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: November 21, 28, & December 5, 12, 2014.

TST4791 / 2014 300609 FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: IRLEN SYNDROME FOUNDATION, 5380 E. Village Rd., Long Beach, CA 90808. Registrant: LEARNING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, 5380 E. Village Rd., Long Beach, CA 90808. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I

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declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Robert Irlen, Treasurer.

The registrant has not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 21, 2014. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: October 24, 31, & November 7, 14, 2014.

TST4800 / Case No. BP157297 Notice of Petition To Administer Estate of: ROBERT SELIG MORRIS aka ROBERT S. MORRIS

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ROBERT SELIG MORRIS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LILLIAN PADGITT MORRIS in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

The Petition For Probate requests that Lillian Padgitt Morris be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain and very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: December 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

If You Object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections, with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If You Are A Creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may effect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

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This was the second time at least one of the properties caught fire. A fire at one of the houses in 2012, according to a previous article in the Signal Tribune, caused $100,000 to $150,000 in damage.

According to the Heflin, the fires last week took nearly 30 minutes to extinguish after LBFD and Los Angeles County fire authorities arrived on the scene at about 8:05pm. Though there has been discussion about transients living in the structures, there were no occupants on the scene when firefighters arrived, he said.

Heflin said the fires cause significant smoke damage throughout both homes, including in kitchens, bathrooms and closets. He added that the house on the western side, higher up Hill Street, had the most smoke damage from the fire.

Tarzana-based 6 Angels, LLC acquired the properties in 2008 with the intent to fulfill the City of Long Beach’s requirements and complete the development project. However, after three years, the City filed a lawsuit against the property owners, threatening to have the houses demolished, deeming them a public nuisance.

One solution would be to construct driveways in back of the homes, crossing over adjacent properties and creating an extension onto Orizaba Avenue.

After the property owners acquired adjacent land to build the driveways, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued a stipulated judgment this year, ordering that, if the property owners don’t meet a strict timeline of obtaining building permits and acquiring easements, the court would allow the City of Long Beach to demolish the structures.

Kendra Carney, Long Beach deputy city attorney, said in a phone interview that the property owners have until Jan. 31 to meet deadlines of obtaining building permits and various other requirements, or the properties may face demolition. She said the court also has stipulated that the property owners meet another deadline of Feb. 3.

However, Carney added that if the driveways are built by the court’s deadline, “there’s no problem, and the case will be dismissed.”

Brian Angel, a principal for 6 Angels, Inc., confirmed in a phone interview that the houses are insured. However, he said the property owners wouldn’t know the extent of the damage until next week.

In regard to the recent court order, Angel said the property owners have “submitted everything” to Long Beach Development Services Department and are waiting for approval. He added, however, that the recent fires might set back the project.

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water, it would look a lot like iced tea,” said Steve Myrter, the City’s director of public works. “[The water is] perfectly acceptable and safe to drink, [but] it has a tint. That particular tint requires a much more advanced process to remove the color than, say, [to] remove minerals.

We actually have a treatment plant that [removes minerals] right now.”

He said colored water is a direct result of an ancient redwood forest buried about 1,000 feet under the ground, beneath layers of sediment.

“This is a naturally occurring phenomenon,” Myrter said, adding that the water is colored because of Signal Hill’s location and since water passes through an earthquake fault in the aquifer.

Myrter said the well is an expensive water resource to tap. However, he said, in the long run, the project is more cost-effective than having to purchase imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).

The project, according to city staff, is expected to cost the City a total of $8 million. While the state grant covers $2.86 million, the City plans to use $1.9 million from water-impact fees and $3.24 million from an internal city loan that would be transferred from the City’s General Fund reserve to the Signal Hill Water Department’s capital-improvement fund.

Myrter indicated that an internal city loan with a 25-year term and a 3.5-percent interest rate would have an amortized cost of about $210,000 annually, resulting in about a $2 increase in a typical monthly residential water bill.

He said the City gets a return on investment through the State of California’s Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF), where the majority of the City’s portfolio is being kept. LAIF has only provided an average effective yield for the last five years of .42 percent while the effective yield for October 2014 was .261 percent, according to the city staff report.

City Manager Ken Farfsing said city staff evaluated alternatives other than building a wellhead treatment facility, including partnering with the Long Beach Water Department, which already treats organic colored water. However, he said the City of Long Beach has indicated that such a partnership would be too expensive since it would force the City to renew state permits.

“There’s been other options, but we really feel that this treatment option makes a lot of sense for the community,” Farfsing said.

Signal Hill resident Carol Churchill, a former councilmember, however, questioned the “fairness” of loaning taxpayer money to the City’s water department while charging interest, adding that the Council has a “fiduciary responsibility” to Signal Hill residents.

“You’re kind of robbing Peter to pay Paul,” she said. “And the people in the community are the pockets from whom you’re taking the money out of.”

City Finance Director Terri Marsh, however, noted that it’s “common practice” for cities to charge interest on internal city loans. City Attorney David Aleshire agreed, adding that the City is legally required to charge an interest rate that should not cost more than what is being charged in the private sector.

City staff notes that an internal city loan would cost less than issuing a water bond or taking out a loan in the private sector.

Marsh said the City is choosing to maintain its water-department reserves instead of spending it on the facility in case of a major disaster, such as an earthquake, adding that it would cost nearly $16 million to replace every single water pipeline in the city.

In addition, Councilmember Tina Hansen noted that the City’s water department would have to pay interest on a loan if it were obtained from an outside source anyway.

Signal Hill resident Maria Harris noted that the potential for the $2 increase in monthly water bills constitutes a fee increase. She asked whether the City would be conducting a public hearing to comply with Proposition 218, a state mandate requiring that governments allow ratepayers to protest any fee increase.

In response, Farfsing said a Proposition 218 hearing would likely be conducted once the internal city loan comes up for Council approval. He added, however, that, even if enough ratepayers protest the fee increase, the Water Department could still use its reserve funds to pay for the new water-treatment facility.

Tom Benson, a Signal Hill resident and business owner who currently serves as Planning Commission chair and plans to run for Council next year, said he supports moving forward with the new Well No. 9 project.

He added that the City is fortunate to have a new opportunity to become less dependent on costly, imported-water sources.

“Water has become the most important commodity that we’re looking towards for the next several decades,” Benson said. “The fact that we have our own system [and] we have control of our own pumping is an essential piece of our access to water.”

Other Council highlights: Presentations and introductions Signal Hill Mayor Ed Wilson presented a proclamation to Robert Long, a longtime Signal Hill resident and business owner, and his wife, Nancy, to recognize their contributions to K-5th-grade students in the city. Veronica Plascencia, school secretary of Signal Hill Elementary, also extended gratitude to the Longs, adding that they have visited the school annually to plan the delivery of more than 800 homework kits to students.

Browning High School update In new business, city officials noted that Chris Steinhauser, superintendent for the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), plans to provide the Council with a presentation during its Dec. 16 meeting on the school district’s new “thematic” high school, to be called Browning High School, which is currently under construction at a site bounded by Hill Street, Obispo Avenue and Redondo Avenue near Signal Hill.

The next regular Signal Hill Council meeting is scheduled for 7pm on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at the Council Chamber.

NovEMBEr 21, 2014

CELEBRATING SIGNAL HILL’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY

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For several weeks, the Signal Tribune is republishing stories, including the ones on this page, from our June 20, 2014 special issue honoring the City of Signal Hill’s 90th anniversary.

To view the commemorative issue in its entirety, visit signaltribunenewspaper.com/?p=24162 .

PAgES of the AgES

Oil is ubiquitous to the history of Signal Hill, but one book sets out to show that more pumps through the veins of the city’s history than just black gold.

“The oil history is interesting, but I think it’s how people lived around the oil that is interesting” said Ken Davis, who. Along with the Signal Hill Historical Society, put together the photo essay Signal Hill, released in Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series.

The 128-page book comprises hundreds of pictures of Signal Hill history, starting with a distinctive driver-view photograph of a horse-drawn wagon approaching the city, which is a treeless mound on an otherwise flat horizon.

“I think it’s a good cross-section of our history”, Davis said of the book. He is also an archivist for the city’s historical society and active in the Signal Hill Chamber of Commerce, Parks & Recreation Commissioner and local Realtor.

Credit Through the historical society possesses a sig- Caption nificant photographic history of Signal Hill, Davis said longtime residents also contributed with photos from their personal collections to show a wider history than the society could alone provide.

The book is divided into five chapters: Farms and Ranches, Early Oil Years, People and Events, Fires and Disasters, and Homes and Street Views.

The first chapter introduces the reader to Signal Hill before the omnipresent oil-derricks, when farms and horse-drawn wagons were the only things checkering expansive acreage.

Inevitably, the formation years pictured in the book retell the “black gold rush” that quickly and dramatically changed the look and direction of Signal Hill, but the book also shows the unique arrangement of homes literally footsteps away from oil derricks.

Among the tragic episodes in Signal Hill history shown in the photo collection are photos of the US Air Force F-86 crash that destroyed four homes on the corner of 19th and Raymond Avenue. The crash took the lives of five people including then May Morris Shoup’s son “Spud” for whom a baseball field was later named.

The latter part of the book shows the progression of Signal Hill-oil city-to the Signal Hill of today – with fewer, discreetly placed derricks and pumpers.

Signal Hill’s residential and commercial success in recent decades has given Davis satisfaction. “I think we are fulfilling our destiny now” he said.

While Davis’s admitted passion for the history of Signal Hill was a catalyst for piecing together a onestop photo history of the city, finding someone to publish the collection was something else. That is where Arcadia Publishing came in. With proceeds from the book going to the Signal Hill Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing added Signal Hill to their ongoing series of books chronicling American cities stretching from Main to California.

The book should also “punctuate,” as Davis put it, the city’s identity – something he thinks might be lacking when a number of residents think Signal Hill is a part of Long Beach. “It’s nice to be able to coalesce (the city identity),” Davis said. He hopes the book can help people learn how rich the city’s history is.

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