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24 Hrs. in LB Air: Bixby Knolls AQMD Monitor, Dec. 2003. Details, click photo In Depth: Scientists @ LB Conference Say Air Pollution in L.A.-LB Region is High Enough to Cause Illness and Deaths; Economist Says Ports Receive Subsidies That Invite More Growth

Beverly O'Neill Administration Perspective / Opinion: The Mythological Mayor: Beverly O'Neill In Balance Transcript Excerpts of Historic Feb. 13, 2001 City Council Vote on QW Bay "Pike" Development How ELB Traffic Project Was Canceled And $1,000,000 Diverted For Downtown Walkway; Other Projects At Traffic Circle & Iron Triangle Not Delivered As Promised 2003: Independent Consultant Says City Hall "Has Created A False Impression Of Solvency" Deputy City Auditor Report Shows LB Convention & Entertainment Center Operations Cost LB Taxpayers $2.5 Million in FY 2000, $3.0 Million in FY 99; Cumulative operating losses since 1978 opening exceed $60 million; City Auditor Burroughs' Recommended Action: "Receive and File"

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Recent stories you might have missed Minute by Minute: LB's Deluge: By the Numbers (Jan. 22) -- It was nowhere near Hurricane Katrina but had some of the same ingredients: a storm beyond human control with effects amplified in some parts of town by human actions and/or mechanical failings...More... First (Again) on LBReport.com: Vice Mayor Lerch, Councilmembers Gabelich & O'Donnell Agendize Item That Would Direct City Mgm't To Begin Process For Police Academy Class This Year...And Report w/in 15 Days On Funding & Lateral Hiring First (Again) on LBReport.com: LB Democratic Club Council Endorsements: Garcia, Marchese, Schipske, Johnson...And No Endorsement in 9th (No Candidate Receives Over 60%) Storm Soaked Ground + High Winds Send Once Mighty Maple Tree Crashing Onto Three Parked Cars on Vista Street Photo credit: Dan Wilson Video Gallery: Multiple Videos (YouTube.com) of Street Flooding From Tornado-Warning LB Downpour More Photos: LB Photog Diana Lejins Shows Downpour's Effects in ELB, And... Photo credit: Diana Lejins Info: LB Storm Impacts Via City Mgm't (Updated 4 p.m. Jan. 21) First (Again) on LBReport.com: LBReport.com Learns -- Officially -- LB Police Officers Ass'n PAC Endorses: 3rd dist: Terry Jensen; 5th dist: Councilwoman Schipske; 7th dist: Councilwoman Reyes Uranga (write-in); 9th dist: No Endorsement (For Now); City Att'y: Shannon; City Prosecutor: Haubert LB Symphony Orchestra & Musicians Union Reach Tentative Deal, Performances To Continue First (Again) on LBReport.com: Roof Collapses @ SignalTribune Offices...But Paper Will Publish On-Schedule Declares Publisher Neena Strichert First (Again) on LBReport.com: Atherton/Palo Verde Flood Followed SCE Outage At City Pump Stn, LB Water Dept. Says; SCE Response Pending Atherton/Palo Verde. Photo credit: Daryl Supernaw First (Again) on LBReport.com: Wilson High School Area Flooding Attributable (At Least In Part) To A Mattress Found Clogging An Area Storm Drain Wilson High School area. Photo credit: Devon Day First reported Weds on LBReport.com: Useful Info: List of Flooded/Closed City Streets/Intersections, Library Conditions, Downed Trees Per City Mgr New / With Video: Video of Weds Wave Of Storm (Jan. 20) Shows Street Flooding on PCH/Orange; Pix As Lakewood Blvd. Closed At Runway Tunnel When Land/Mud Slips/Slides Onto Roadway City Tells Residents/Busineses: DON'T Put Trashcans In Street Gutters Where They Could Block Water Flow [Or Spill]; Put Them Up On Curbs; No Street Sweeping Traffic Citations Will Be Issued Thursday CSULB President Orders CSULB Campus Closed To Classes And Business As of 3 p.m. Weds (Jan. 20) Thru Thurs. (Jan. 21) Due To Expected Heavy Storms AND LBCC Campuses Will Likely Be Open Jan.21 (Advises Students To Check LBCC Website Before Coming To Campus Thurs.); Avalon School (K-12 on Catalina Island) Will Be Closed As Precuation Sandbags Now Also Available At ELB Fire Station 5 (7575 E. Wardlow Rd) In Add'n To Previous Locations How Much Rain Fell How Fast During Tuesday (Jan. 19) Tornado-Warning Deluge (Jan. 19)...And What's Coming? Source: NWS data linked on LBReport.com Related coverage above Councilman O'Donnell Invites SCE To Tell His Monthly Neighborhood Meeting What Happened Re Power to Knoxville Pump Station Preceded Flooding At Atherton/Palo Verde Expanded Photo Coverage: LBReport.com Readers Show What Happened When Major Storm Cell -- That We Advised Our Readers Was Coming -- Brought Tornado Warning + Jan. 19 Deluge Broadway/Orizaba. Photo credit: Michael Zampelli Pike area. Photo credit: Edgar Felix AND Parts of LB Suffer Serious Street Flood After Intense Storm Cell Brings Tornado Warning + Deluge; 10th/Bennett, Wilson High Area Hit Hard; 710 Freeway Floods b/w 405 Fwy Areas Near Willow & PCH; Some People Stuck In Cars Belmont Shore Area Business Robbed At Gunpoint Mon. Nite (Jan. 18), Ocean Blvd/Granada Area Wrigley Area Business Robbed At Gunpoint Mon. Nite (Jan. 18), 2200 block Magnolia Ave. LB School District Urges Maximum Feasible Buffer Zones Between School Properties & Marijuana Outlets Under LB Med MJ Ordinance AND Maps Showing Buffer Zone Options For Separating Medical Marijuana Outlets From Schools, Parks, Libraries, Day Care & Beaches Re-Appear -- On Different, VERY Slow To Load Links -- On City Hall's Website. AND See Text Of Second Draft Med Marijuana Ordinance For Jan. 19 Council Discussion Update On Stories Reported First (Again) on LBReport.com: Peninsula & SE LB Power Outages, Traffic Crashes, Tree Branches Down In First of Three Predicted Major Storms MLK Peace Week? Three People Shot in Wrigley, 2200 block Pine. New / With Video / Perspective: See Video, Hear LB Officials, At Opening Of Federally-Funded 14th St. Park Skatepark; LBReport.com Asks & City Mgm't Replies Re $620,000 Cost Major Update: Councilman Andrews' Office, Frustrated With Current Clumsy System For Removing Shoes From Overhead Wires, Already Has Agenda Item Awaiting Scheduling To Deal With Issue Citywide; See Text Here LBReport.com photo shows shoes hanging above 19th/MLK during Jan. 16 MLK Parade as Mayor Foster greets crowd. Multiple dignitaries, adults and children participating in the parade passed directly under this. First on LBReport.com: City Mgm't Plans to Withdraw from Council Agenda (After Coastal Comm'n Nixes Idea Of) Proposed "Conservation Easement" (As Alternative To Coastal Development Permit) Re Four-Acre Parcel North of 2nd St, Part of SE LB Wetlands Swap Image part of Aug. 2009 city staff report Person Shot Sat. Nite, Area 10th/Myrtle Ave. Phone Numbers / Useful Info For Problems / Emergencies During Storm Nat'l Weather Service Issues Special Weather Statement & Hydrologic Outlook For Series of Storms Expecting Large Rainfall Totals; Read Advisories Here, Follow Storms on LBReport.com Coastal Comm'n to Council re City Mgm't Proposal For "Conservation Easement" As Alternative To Seeking Coastal Development Permit: FugetAboutIt Terry Jensen Enters 3rd Dist. Council Race; Says Decision Came After Assurances Of Support; SE LB Contest Pits Jensen v. Tom Marchese v. Councilman Gary DeLong; Includes Reaction From Marchese & DeLong LBReport.com photo Further on April 2010 LB election contests now set: In Council districts it'll be 1st: Garcia v. Shields; 3rd: DeLong v. Marchese v. Jensen; 5th: Schipske v. Hedges; 7th: Hill v. Johnson v. Smith v. write-in Reyes Uranga; 9th: Neal v. Shore v. Pressburg v. write-in Lerch. Prosecutor: Haubert v. O'Reilly; City Atty: Shannon v. Reeves; Auditor Doud is unopposed. For Mayor: Foster v. Merino (yes, the young socialist filed). Lucille's Smokehouse Restaurant in ELB Had More Smoke Than Usual...As Fri Predawn Fire Breaks Out by Jonathan Smith Special to LBReport.com First (Again) on LBReport.com: City Mgm't Proposes, Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust Opposes, "Conservation Easement" As Alternative To Seeking Coastal Development Permit on Four-Acre Parcel (north of 2nd St/east of PCH) Included In SE LB Open Space/Wetlands Exchange Google Declares It's No Longer Willing To Censor Search Results In China, Mindful This May End Its Operations in China; Company's Stance Is Praised By LB-Area Cong. Dana Rohrabacher & House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Subsequent development above: Terry Jensen Decides AGAINST Running For Third Dist. Council; Regrets It's Not Right Time For Him Personally Or Professionally Perspective Response: Schipske Says LBReport.com Ire Misplaced On $1.7 Mil Fine LB Must Pay Re Underground Storage Tanks, Says Real Story Is Sac'to Forcing Consumers To Fund Clean-Up Of Tanks Owned By Oil Companies Further on Jan. 13 Shooting, 56th St/Linden Ave.; Shooting Victim is 16 Yrs Old First (Again) On LBReport.com: Revised Proposed Neg Dec On Studebaker/Loynes Parcel No Longer Specifies What Property Owner Plans After Removing Tanks; Specific Reference To Dry Vehicle Storage Removed