Gang style graffiti hits Los Altos

Gang style tagging all over Los Altos Center

  

Late Sunday March 9th, 2014 gang style  tagging was sprayed 

all over Los Altos Center and Corridor business properties and public properties along Bellflower Blvd.  

As of  Monday afternoon at this posting the graffiti  was still visible.

The tagging featured the initials ASTK and featuring two monikers "Acer" and "Slab". Similar tagging has been reported to the LB4D Blog at the Traffic Circle. 

The fact that such a large influx of tagging has not been seen for years in the Los Altos neighborhoods and the slow response of the city to clean it up has given some local residents cause for concern, especially in the wake of the large number of campaign mailers that have touted a reduction in crime.

A Few Good Reasons to Like the Whaley Park Field Improvements

For this post about the $400,000 in oil money spent on Whaley Park CLICK ON:
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Orange County emergency unit called to Los Altos

More evidence of Long Beach Fire Department budget cutbacks felt in 4th District's Los Altos neighborhoods

On Saturday night, March 8th at 8:45 pm, LBFD received a medical emergency call from the 2100 block of Gondar Street. This is in the heart of Los Altos neighborhoods...but the LBFD called in an Orange County Fire Authority rescue unit. 

The Orange County Fire Authority in Cypress was called for help.

For the whole story CLICK ON: LB4D

More medical for Los Altos Center

More Los Altos Center retail going to medical

The Los Altos Center North will be getting a new dental office. Part of the former Whittaker Music's second space, the new Long Beach Smiles Dentistry will be opening in the space soon next to the new optometrist office. 

Medical and banking have taken over numerous retail spaces in the Los Altos Center.

The two medical offices join the Memorial Hospital walk-in clinic across the street in the Los Altos Center South that replaced the old Borders Bookstore. The former Big Boys turned Blockbuster building on Bellflower is now a Citibank.

Reportedly, the Los Altos Bellflower Corridor Wendy's and Sherman Williams pant store ( site of a former bank) will soon be gone to make way for a Walgreen's Pharmacy.   

Mayoral Candidates answer questions in Los Altos

Michele Kreinheder's Better Living in Long Beach site has a complete run down on the Mayoral Candidate's being at the March monthly neighborhood meeting of 4th District Councilman O'Donnell.  CLICK ON:  MICHELE K

Traffic Circle CVS to open this weekend

The brand new Traffic Circle CVS will be opening this weekend.

 For the full story CLICK ON: LB4D

East Long Beach's 1st Wine Lounge

East Long Beach's first "Wine Lounge Bistro" -The Red Barrel opens in the Circle Center

The first East Long Beach "wine lounge" and bistro, The Red Barrel, opened this Saturday February 22, 2014 in the Circle Center.

Co-owners Vanessa Durand and her mother Nancy Durand got their business license on Friday and had everything up and running within 24 hours for the Saturday opening. 

The concept for The Red Barrel is a comfortable lounge with great food and soothing music to accompany good wines in an environment for great conversations.

The restaurant seating includes tables for eating, a cozy wine bar with seating and an expansive "lounge" conversation area with comfortable sofa's, chairs and "coffee tables"  specifically for your drinks and plates  of "wine foods"-all lighted by a row of chandeliers.   Those paired "wine foods" include East Long Beach's first charchuterie plates- prepared deli-style meats, cheeses, breads and fruit.  The menu also includes tapas, cheeses and main entries. The main entries include salads, filets, chicken and pastas.  

On Saturday March 1st, the Red Barrel hosted full house as friends and local "foodies" came by to check the newest eatery out.

To see the COMPLETE write-up-with photos of the inside of The Red Barrel on the Long Beach 4th District BLOG-CLICK ON: RED BARREL

City Prosecutor meeting in Los Altos

City Prosecutor Doug Haubert neighborhood coffee this Monday in Los Altos 

City Prosecutor Doug Haubert will be holding a neighborhood on Monday February 10. The event is being hosted by  Mario and Elisabeth Cruz at their home on Charlemagne Street.

Haubert is a 4th District resident and is very familiar with neighborhood issues.

The neighborhood  coffee will be from 6:30 pm- 8:00 pm at 2315 Charlemagne Ave.

For more information email:

cityprosecutordoughaubert@gmail.com

or visit: www.DougHaubert.com

Subway coming to Los Altos Center

Subway sandwiches to replace former Quiznos at Los Altos Center North

Just a few short months after Quiznos closed next to the new Starbucks at the Los Altos Center North, a new Subway store will open in the exact same space. 

Ironically, at the Palo Verde and Stearns shopping center that is the home to Los Altos's original Starbucks, a Subway store is also located there.

No information on the opening date of the new Subway store in the Los Altos center was available.

Stearns Park house fire proves Los Altos has a fire engine problem..

Los Altos Center Adjacent Neighborhoods and Los Altos Center businesses lost the closest fire engine (water carrier)  from Station 17 by Stearns Park due to budget cuts

     LBReport.com picture by John Jayes-more pictures on LBreport

LB Report.com has a story (LB Home Burns Across Street From Fire Stn 17 ) about the results of a very late night fire ACROSS THE STREET from Fire Station 17 this week (CLICK here for story and photos: LBREPORT ).  

Fire Station 17 does not have a water carrying "fire engine" located at the station.  With the removal of the water carrying "fire engine" from Station 17, the closest water carrying fire engine to the Los Altos Center businesses and neighborhoods now comes from Station 22 at Atherton and Palo Verde Streets by CSULB.  Los Altos residents are keenly aware of how impacted the CSULB area surface streets get at certain times of the day.

Map of LACAN ( in blue)  with surrounding Fire Stations

When Engine 22 (Atherton/Palo Verde) is unavailable, LACAN's nearest fire engine would come from Station 19 (near Vet's Stadium) or Station 5 (on Wardlow in El Dorado Park).  

It should be notes that Engine 22 is a "paramedic assessment" engine company, meaning that a firefighter-paramedic rides aboard the fire engine. That designation requires the engine company respond to medical emergencies in addition to fires. That includes local freeway accident emergencies. When Engine 22 is on any type of an emergency call ( or otherwise unavailable), the closest water carrying fire engines to the Los Altos neighborhoods are Engines 5 and 19. 

Station 5 is on Wardlow Road in El Dorado Park and Station 19 is on Clark Ave.  near Vet's Stadium. The engine company from Station 18 at Wardlow and Palo Verde (much closer than Station 5-see map) was also eliminated a few years ago in a round of budget cuts.