Long Beach Los Angeles County

LBPD Crime Stats Show Drop in Murders to Record Low

Murders in Long Beach continue to drop and are the lowest on record since the Long Beach Police Department began recording statistics. There were 25 murders in the year 2011, a 19.4% decrease from 2010, which had 31 murders. The 2011 murder statistics surpassed the lowest number on record, which was as recorded in 1969 [...]

DA Files Charges Related to Recent Homicide

On January 18, 2012, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against a suspect believed to be responsible for the January 5, 2012, murder of 19-year-old Jeff Pouncil of Long Beach, and the attempted murder of a 19-year-old male from Long Beach, who was with Victim Pouncil at the time of the shooting, [...]

Ride a Bike to Trader Joe’s for Free Home Delivery in Bixby Knolls

Beginning January 28, 2012, and at no additional cost to the shopper, Pedaler Society will offer a grocery delivery service for residents residing within a one- mile radius of Trader Joe’s in Bixby Knolls. This service has been made possible by the Bike-Friendly Business District (BFBD) program in partnership with the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement [...]

L.A. Metro Announces Open Houses to Examine Final EIS/EIR for Regional Connector Transit Corridor

The Regional Connector, a Measure R transportation project, is a proposed fully underground light rail line that will connect the Metro Gold Line to the Metro Blue Line and soon-to-open Expo Line. The Final EIS/EIR contains recommendations for the nearly 2-mile alignment and three station locations. The report also includes recommendations for environmental mitigations for [...]

Two Suspects Arrested For Quintuple Murder at Long Beach Homeless Camp

Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe released a statement following the arrest of two men involved in the murder of five people, four of whom were homeless, in the City of Long Beach at a homeless encampment on November 2, 2008: “I am proud of the diligent investigation conducted by the Long Beach Police Department, [...]

Knabe Calls for Aggressive Prevention to Stop Child Sex Trafficking in L.A. County

At Tuesday’s Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Supervisor Don Knabe commemorated National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.  “While we often think of child sex trafficking as a problem in other countries, it’s happening right here in our backyard to girls as young as 11 and 12,” said Knabe. Data from the County’s Probation Department [...]

City Prosecutor Files 58 Count Criminal Complaint For Transportation of Unsafe Loads

The Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office announced today that it filed a 58 count criminal complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Pacific Coast Container, Inc., for illegally transporting overweight shipments in violation of the California Vehicle Code. In addition to Pacific Coast Container, Inc., the complaint charges Umex Freight System, Inc., and 19 [...]

Councilman Dee Andrews Announces the Recipients of the 5th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Maker Award

The Sixth District Councilman Dee Andrews and the Peace Week Committee are pleased to announce the Long Beach 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Maker Awardees. Five award recipients will be honored at 5:00 pm, on January 10th, at the Long Beach City Council meeting, 333 West Ocean Blvd, as part of Peace Week —a [...]

Detectives Investigate Arrestee’s Death

On Sunday, January 1, 2012, an adult male subject was pronounced deceased at a local hospital after attempting suicide in the Long Beach City Jail. On Friday, December 30, 2011, Long Beach police officers arrested 33-year-old Andrew Dodson at his Long Beach residence on a drug charge and transported him to the Long Beach Police [...]

Officers Involved Shooting in 1700 Block of Cherry Avenue

On Saturday, December 31, 2011, at approximately 11:35 p.m., officers from the Long Beach Police Department were involved in an officer involved shooting in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Cherry Avenue, that resulted in injury to a male adult. Officers working a two-officer car were on patrol in full uniform and in a [...]

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