{"id":288856,"date":"2026-04-27T23:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288856\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:50:15","slug":"long-beachs-touch-a-truck-celebrates-10-years-of-bringing-vehicles-to-the-community-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288856\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach\u2019s Touch-A-Truck celebrates 10 years of bringing vehicles to the community \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fire trucks, police cars, tractors, semis and more were on display as Long Beach Touch-A-Truck made its return this weekend.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people gathered at the Granada Avenue parking lot in Belmont Shore on Sunday, April 26, for the 10th anniversary of the popular interactive event. Hosted by Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team, Touch-A-Truck featured about 100 vehicles kids and adults alike could get up close and personal with \u2013 and, of course, touch.<\/p>\n

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Families gather around an excavator at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Visitors pass a vintage milk truck at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A boy poses for a picture inside a sanitation truck at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A youngster mans the wheel of an excavator at the annual Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Visitors stroll past an array of trucks, safety and law enforcement vehicles at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/p>\n

Visitors stroll past an array of trucks, safety and law enforcement vehicles at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Throngs of families turn out for the 10th annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees descend from an L.A. County Sheriff mobile communications truck at the annual Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in the Belmont Shore section of Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Becky<\/p>\n

Becky Rappe of Long Beach reacts as her grandson, Axel, lays on the horn of a sanitation truck at the annual Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in the Belmont Shore section of Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/p>\n

Visitors stroll past an array of trucks, safety and law enforcement vehicles at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Young visitors board a tow truck at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Youngsters are taught how to collect trash in a dip net on a Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewards patrol boat, one of a wide array of vehicles on display at the interactive Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Belmont Shore. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Alex Tsai of Anaheim holds his son, Emmett, inside a tractor at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A CHP officer greets a youngster dressed as a fireman at the 10th annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Logan<\/p>\n

Logan Woolley, 4, peeks out the window of a Long Beach Police Department SWAT truck at the 10th annual Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Families gather around an excavator at the annual Touch-A-Truck on Sunday, Apr. 26, 2026, in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Large trucks, tractors, and military, public safety and construction vehicles were among those on display.<\/p>\n

The free event also served as a donation drive. Visitors were asked to bring non-perishable food items, such as a jar of peanut butter or canned tuna, which will be distributed to local food banks, including Christian Outreach in Action and Cal State Long Beach\u2019s Beach Pantry. Rudd and CAT also accepted gently used children\u2019s books for his Riley\u2019s Red Wagon Book Swap, 3040 E. First St.<\/p>\n

Touch-A-Truck was also co-sponsored by Councilmember Kristina Duggan, the Port of Long Beach, Edco, American Integrated Services, and Aldridge Electric Inc.<\/p>\n

Children and families spent the day taking pictures and climbing into the front seat of vehicles of all shapes, sizes and functions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire trucks, police cars, tractors, semis and more were on display as Long Beach Touch-A-Truck made its return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,584,23,131,133,132,137],"class_list":["post-288856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-events","tag-local-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}