{"id":79833,"date":"2025-12-03T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/79833\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:54:11","slug":"historic-plaques-stolen-from-park-in-long-beach-second-incident-of-property-damage-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/79833\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic plaques stolen from park in Long Beach; second incident of property damage in months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Historic plaques were stolen from the Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Long Beach on Monday night, but this isn&#8217;t the first time property from the park has been tampered with.<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Suely Saro released a statement about the incident on Tuesday, saying the theft was not only a sign of disrespect for &#8220;our shared history but also impact the entire community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply saddened and outraged by the theft of important historic plaques from Martin Luther King Jr Park,&#8221; Saro said. &#8220;I am committed to replacing these plaques and preserving the legacy they represent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saro also said that the Long Beach Police Department is investigating the incident, reviewing video footage and interviewing community members who were at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>She added that her office will continue to monitor the situation and work with partnering agencies to hold those accountable for their actions. <\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time historic property has been tampered with at this park. In October, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LongBeachMayor\/posts\/pfbid024T6LsG112TZ3NLAL5EqEZzyzEvTrBL3BBFaF9wgNJ58ZgUeEjTBKK4zWVgDbjz6sl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson posted<\/a> that the MLK statue had been defaced with graffiti. <\/p>\n<p>City crews quickly responded and restored the statue. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We won&#8217;t let negativity define our city,&#8221; Richardson wrote in a post. &#8220;Long Beach is strong, united, and resilient \u2014 and when something tries to bring us down, we rise together.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Historic plaques were stolen from the Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Long Beach on Monday night, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-79833","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\/79833","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=79833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}