{"id":501591,"date":"2026-10-20T00:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501591\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T00:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T00:36:09","slug":"city-of-long-beach-to-host-two-sandbag-distribution-events-at-long-beach-city-college-to-prepare-residents-for-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501591\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Long Beach to Host Two Sandbag Distribution Events at Long Beach City College to Prepare Residents for Winter &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LBCC-sand-bags.avif\" data-caption=\"Long Beach City College Creative Commons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"397\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LBCC-sand-bags.avif\"   alt=\"\" title=\"LBCC sand bags\"\/><\/a>Long Beach City College Creative Commons<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following three consecutive storms that caused significant coastal flooding and damage to public and private property, the City of Long Beach is encouraging residents to prepare for a potentially severe 2026\u201327 winter storm season influenced by El Ni\u00f1o. In partnership with Long Beach City College or LBCC, the city will host two sandbag distribution events this fall to help residents take proactive steps to protect their homes and property before the next storm arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The first distribution event will happen Oct. 24, at the LBCC Trades, Technology and Community Learning Campus, located at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/1305+E.+Pacific+Coast+Highway?entry=gmail&amp;source=g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 1305 E. Pacific Coast Highway<\/a>. The second will be held Nov. 7, at the LBCC Liberal Arts College, located at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/4901+E.+Carson+St?entry=gmail&amp;source=g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> 4901 E. Carson St<\/a>., in Lot M. Both events will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. City staff will help residents load up to 10 sandbags into their vehicles at each event.<\/p>\n<p>Empty sandbags are also available for Long Beach residents at all Long Beach Fire Department neighborhood<a href=\"https:\/\/sjcbhxzab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001RVbv6IxSI272_kzmV3xcQ9RKSxQr8LBAiFkeSPV_jgKaJEU79Mv8BCtIgeuN5tnSF5hSUA-ats2bi23QflD9r0gevT5da_xqV9r3FagiL4M9EDpAduJBT8sSUbvNBtXg_2tJxHgeWZtwvfLLRZ6BLjIye517z3L7MGF4TDy_PAqe7jiwFVo6NUYJWKrsYjOANf6jdszApB8=&amp;c=-hJxK4ghuQrCjB73zkpqjp5YVA6kBpMywgJWntpXmqlWSzhjagwEKQ==&amp;ch=SWKcejCXEO_-oRHAr3nJS4drcbtRtZKatYPLXEzQMHza-FCFUDhlXA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Fire Stations.<\/a> Residents are encouraged to bring their own shovel or other tools to fill sandbags.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/Sandbag-distribution-LB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/Sandbag-distribution-LB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach City College Creative Commons \u00a0 Following three consecutive storms that caused significant coastal flooding and damage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[153911,40482,194278,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-501591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-communitysafety","tag-longbeach","tag-winterstormpreparedness","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501591","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=501591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}