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At the weaving class at the Long Beach Senior Center on a Thursday afternoon in March, about a dozen women and one man are busy creating different projects on a variety of floor looms, table looms, rigid heddle looms and frame looms. One lady is making "mug rugs," a few are making woven tapestries, and others are making scarves. One women is making a blanket
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By Caden Choi
The unmistakable neon billboard off the 405 Fwy in Long Beach presents a pictoral graphic of bottles and cans to any passerby through the city. The message is clear: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The city’s Environmental Services Bureau promotes waste reduction among residents and businesses through both a social media campaign (Instagram, @lbrecycles) and in-person education and programming. Through its purple carts, the ESB provides services to 120,000 customers throughout the city.
Each of these bales of processed recyclables at the Waste Management facility in Orange weighs about a ton. This facility serves eight Orange County cities and overflow recyclables from Long Beach. Most Long Beach recyclables collected weekly from purple bins by trucks go to Potential Industries in Wilmington.
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Master Weaver Retires from Teaching at Long Beach Senior Center
for her grandbaby, and another is weaving fabric for clothing. Another just finished a lacy scarf using the leno technique that the instructor taught her. Those in the weaving class have varied levels of experience, ranging for one month to as many as ten years. Today everyone takes a break for a little send-off party for the volunteer teacher of nine years, Deanna Deeds. Everyone is grateful to have had Deeds as a teacher and inspiration during that time. Many of the attendees come here either to learn a new skill or refine existing ones. They say Deeds is talented, patient, and insightful to their needs. And indeed, she has quite a biography. Deeds comes from an engineering background and has used her knowledge to take weaving to new heights. Her exhibitions and awards include Complex Weavers Award, Handweavers Guild of America Convergence, Ebb & Flow Yardage (1st Place Award), and Virginia Harvey Award for Use of Color. She has had many speaking and teaching engagements and has had her work featured in weaving publications.
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The weaving room is a weaver's delight, filled with all kinds of looms, many donated by retired weavers. The shelves and cabinets are filled with weaving supplies, including yarn that was donated by local people and organizations, including the Alamitos Bay Yarn Company, located nearby. Dana Clark, the manager at the Long Beach Senior
A sorter examines a bale of compressed paper recyclables. “Out of those 600 tons, approximately 30% is non-recyclable material — essentially trash,” says Ricardo Padilla, Material Recovery Supervisor at Waste Management. “I think the biggest issue with recycling is that people don’t know how to recycle correctly. It’s like everyone is on the right track but on the wrong train.” Most processed materials remain in the US. Plastics and Aluminum are reused within the country. The majority of recycled glass is sent across the border but remains nearby. The only materials that are sent overseas to countries like India and Thailand are fiber-based products like cardboard and paper. Imagine your Amazon boxes being reborn as new shoe boxes halfway around the world.
Long Beach residents might be surprised to find that less common forms of recyclables, such as technology waste, can be broken down and recycled locally. "All your tech waste goes to local companies that will take these machines apart completely," says Supervisor Padilla. "They'll sell plastic screens, phone screens, copper to third parties...old DVD players—all that gets reused."
Center has said that no one has volunteered yet to take Deed's place as a weaving instructor. The students have decided to continue to meet at the weaving class every Thursday from 1-4pm and to help each other the best they can. "Deanna is just awesome, " says one of the ladies. "She will be sorely missed." Any experienced weaver who is willing to donate one day a week in the afternoon as a weaving instructor can contact Dana Clark at the Long Beach Senior Center.
By Laura Ennis
Where is Octavio Montano Islas?
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Long Beach Police say they are “actively” searching for Octavio Montano Islas, the man they say left the Bottoms Up bar on March 1, 2022 after a dispute with someone in the bar.
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Islas apparently lost control of his 2014 Dodge Ram pickup and smashed into the front of an apartment building just north of the bar. The impact killed a man and his daughter sleeping inside. Police said the driver abandoned the truck and ran away.
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Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to fund a $25,000 reward for anyone providing
information on Islas’ whereabouts. Call Long Beach Police Department Collision Investigation Detail at (562) 570-7355 or call1-800-222-TIPS (8477),or download the "P3 TIPS" app to your smartphone if you have any information you could provide to the police.
Octavio Montano Islas,
Long Beach Police Dept.
Padilla motions to a pile of unsorted materials. "Trash never stops," he says. It costs Waste Management $2500 per minute to sort through all the material. Dalia Gonzalez-Gaeta, Long Beach Customer
Relations Officer at Public Works' Environmental Services Bureau says the city pays for recycling collection by billing its 120,000 customers. For more information regarding the costs of services, go to the cost-of-service study linked below.
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Floral tributes for the man and his daughter killed in the hit and run.
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In September 2013, Long Beach firefighters moved of the building at Gundry and 65th Street which they had occupied since the 1930s and into a new facility just a few blocks away.
Their departure from the old Spanish Colonial-style building which is now listed as an Historical Landmark, offered an opportunity that Nehyam Neighborhood Association seized.
The city granted them a lease to create a demonstration climate-friendly mini-park garden with a teaching farm on the grounds of the old fire station.
University of California master gardeners began teaching classes in growing fruits and veggies; they also added new elements to the site now called the Fire House Community Farm.
The Fire House Community Farm now includes ten different fruit trees, a living fence with berries and grapes, a shade garden, pollinator garden, a patio garden, raised-bed gardens and a composting operation. We just added a bee colony Spring of 2021.
The future goals are to rehabilitate the building and utilize the charming interior for classes and community events.
Our Master Gardeners have plans to refit the old kitchen and begin partnering with groups to teach food preparation and cooking, from garden to table. For tips on growing your own food with some fantastic recipes , check out our resident cooking teacher Benoist (Benny) Tellier.
Former Bottom's Up property proving to be a tough sell
In its better days, the Bottom's Up bar at 1739 East Artesia Boulevard in North Long Beach drew a steady stream of customers.
Attracting a buyer has been much tougher, The 2,261-square-foot bar and two apartments that are part of the property was listed at $850,000 in November 2024 and has been lowered to $775,000.
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By Ally Knapp
Drone view of bar and adjacent apartment buildings. To see more go to: 1739 E Artesia Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90805 - Retail for Sale | LoopNet