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🌱 Patch AM: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Woman In Long Beach

Coming up: Palos Verdes Trail 5K on the Long Beach Patch calendar

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What's up Long Beach! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Police seek pickup driver after deadly Long Beach crosswalk hit-and-run
  • How a Long Beach gala turned donations into local student scholarships
  • What a former Long Beach cop's record could mean for local cases

Also on today's calendar: Palos Verdes Trail 5K and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you know the moon is going broke? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Brilliant sunshine, temps: high: 85, low: 66.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Woman In Long Beach (patch.com) — A woman was fatally struck while using a marked crosswalk at Baltic Avenue and Burnett Street in Long Beach, and the pickup driver fled east on Burnett. Police say there's no early sign of speed, distraction, or impairment, and they're urging Long Beach residents with information to contact detectives or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers.
   

2. Shirley Wild: NAACP Long Beach Branch celebrates Freedom Fund Gala, awards $10K in scholarships (presstelegram.com) — Local civil rights work took center stage as the NAACP Long Beach branch's Freedom Fund Gala raised scholarship money for students at Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach City College while honoring longtime community advocates. The column also spotlights a Steel Magnolias volunteer appreciation night supporting the Stramski Children's Developmental Center, underscoring how Long Beach residents quietly fuel year‑round charitable and educational programs.
   

3. LA prosecutors didn't know a Long Beach cop had a battery conviction. He now works for Burbank (lbpost.com) — A former Long Beach police officer's past battery conviction and a later internal finding of unreasonable force are at the center of a legal fight over access to his personnel records. Long Beach officials are opposing broader disclosure as a defense attorney argues that potential misconduct and non‑disclosure practices could affect current and past criminal cases involving Long Beach arrests, with a key court hearing set for November.
   

4. Long Beach homeowners brace for high surf and potential flooding from Hurricane Polo (abc7.com) — Long Beach residents are reinforcing homes and boardwalk areas as Hurricane Polo drives dangerous surf and possible coastal flooding toward the city early this week. Crews have rebuilt berms, cleared storm drains, staged pumps, and placed sandbags along vulnerable waterfront blocks, with fire officials warning of especially high tides Monday and Tuesday. Neighbors say they feel more prepared after damage from Hurricane Marie earlier this month.
   

5. Rich Archbold: 2 Long Beach community leaders attending prestigious MPA program at Harvard (presstelegram.com) — Two prominent Long Beach public servants, LBCC board president Uduak Ntuk and city equity officer Alanah Grant, are pursuing mid‑career public administration degrees at Harvard to strengthen their policy and leadership skills. Both say they aim to bring back tools to tackle equity, economic opportunity, and public‑sector challenges in Long Beach, potentially shaping how local institutions serve residents over the next decade.
   

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Ok Long Beach! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's down to its last quarter. (Thank you Linda H. for sending it in!)
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