{"id":505399,"date":"2026-10-23T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505399\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:54:24","slug":"stormburger-to-host-fundraiser-in-honor-of-72-year-old-grandma-killed-in-hit-and-run-long-beach-post-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505399\/","title":{"rendered":"StormBurger to host fundraiser in honor of 72-year-old grandma killed in hit-and-run \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/eat-see-do-2\/eat\/storm-burger-a-popular-burger-joint-from-inglewood-wants-to-revive-fast-food-in-long-beach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">StormBurger in North Long Beach<\/a> will hold a fundraiser Friday, Oct. 23, to help the family of a 72-year-old Long Beach woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a fitting tribute for Song Tate, who made a habit of making sure people in her neighborhood were fed \u2014 even strangers. Tate\u2019s daughter Sonya Rose said people she\u2019d never met have shown up to mourn her mother, saying she often gave them food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff at StormBurger knew Rose through her work with local youth, and they were heartbroken to hear of Tate\u2019s death, said general manager Sergio Azucena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They chose to honor Tate\u2019s generous spirit through a fundraiser, Azucena said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, a portion of StormBurger\u2019s sales from its location at 5801 Cherry Avenue will go to Rose to help cover funeral costs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792760062_246_3-10-26-strom-8-690128-ddggv0um-832129-6viai67v-1024x530-962641-alclfr5y-507336-jQClc39C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187528\"  \/>Bree Douglas takes orders as cars line up at StormBurger in North Long Beach on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have not yet caught the driver who hit Tate. They recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeach.gov\/police\/press-releases\/traffic-fatality--long-beach-boulevard-and-east-23rd-street\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released an image of the suspected vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It hit her on the night of Sept. 5 on Long Beach Boulevard near 23rd Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tate\u2019s death comes amid a rise in the number of fatal traffic collisions on Long Beach roadways. She\u2019s one of 22 pedestrians who have been killed in crashes so far this year. That\u2019s more than the number of homicides locally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792760064_880_fatality-lbb-and-23rd-643574-lvscz4co-161812-w0eaqUNM-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187327\"  \/>Long Beach police released this image of the vehicle they believe struck 72-year-old Song Tate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, 28 pedestrians died in 53 fatal crashes \u2014 the highest total the city has seen in more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, Rose held a celebration of life for her mother and extended an open invitation to the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DevazMlFLrS\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online post<\/a>, she wrote, \u201cTo everyone who showed up, checked on me, prayed for me, and helped carry me through the days where my heart felt a little too heavy \u2013 thank you. You all reminded me that I\u2019m not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"StormBurger in North Long Beach will hold a fundraiser Friday, Oct. 23, to help the family of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-505399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","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\/505399","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=505399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}