The Long Beach City Council in Los Angeles County, California, met Tuesday evening (November 11) to discuss whether to impose a temporary curfew on bars in the Belmont Shore community, and possibly stop alcohol sales earlier, around midnight. The area has recently experienced a series of violent incidents, including the shooting death of local resident Jeremy Spears at a bar last month, raising security concerns.<\/p>\n
Thirty-two-year-old Spears was shot and killed at 1:39 a.m. on the 25th of last month in the 100 block of La Verne Avenue. Police stated that the shooting stemmed from an altercation Spears had with someone at a nearby bar. Following an investigation, police arrested two suspects: 41-year-old Jason Loving and 31-year-old Compton resident Dasmine Hall.<\/p>\n
According to a report by Los Angeles television station KTLA, the incident has ignited long-standing concerns in the local community about nighttime safety. Long Beach resident David Newell pointed out that while 2nd Street in the Belmont Coast is known for its restaurant and bar culture and contributes to the economy, problems such as nighttime disturbances, drunken brawls, littering, and violence are becoming increasingly serious, with some people only appearing late at night.<\/p>\n
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson issued a statement last month emphasizing that the city will not tolerate the disorderly conduct at Belmont Coast at night. “This tragedy once again highlights the problems at Belmont Coast late at night. It must be made clear that the chaos and insecurity caused by certain late-night businesses is unacceptable. Belmont Coast residents deserve a peaceful and safe living environment.”<\/p>\n
In addition to discussing a curfew for bars, the city council will also consider increasing police patrols and deployments to address public concerns about safety. This move has received support from many residents who believe it will effectively reduce the likelihood of crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Beach City Council in Los Angeles County, California, met Tuesday evening (November 11) to discuss whether…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-51367","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\/51367","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=51367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}