Library officials say they don’t have the budget to expand hours “significantly,” so they’re shifting hours at three branches to try to meet the needs of residents who say they want more access.
Gabriel Raymond Falcon, 32, was killed in a crash just after midnight on May 21, while riding to the store for his mother, she said.
“We wanted to give women and our friends a safe place and teach them how to stand up for themselves,” said 16-year-old Dayne Rash Arguello.
Graviela Estrada, 16, said she was left with cuts and bruises on her chest, neck and knee after being attacked after school on Thursday, May 12.
91-year-old Long Beach resident Song Srun was walking across a woman’s driveway in North Long Beach and was hit as she was backing out, police say.
“I almost started crying earlier watching everyone be so happy,” said Candice Hofer, who volunteered to host the giveaway at her Bixby Knolls boutique.
Employees at the Long Beach store voted 13 to 0 in favor of a union. In Lakewood, employees voted in favor 24 to 1.
Tomorrow, the Starbucks on Redondo Avenue and Seventh Street could become the first to unionize in Southern California. The organizers who started the drive say they’re hopeful about the results.
The same historic tunnel caught fire two months ago on March 3.
The man, a 36-year-old resident of Long Beach, is the 10th pedestrian killed in a traffic collision that the LBPD has publicly reported this year.
