City of Long Beach

🥳The Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library is turning 10! To celebrate, join us on 📆 Saturday, September 12 from 11 AM - 3 PM to honor a decade of service and memories. The anniversary celebration will feature special storytimes, performances, crafts, refreshments, and some limited edition goodies! For more details on the party, visit 🔗 lbcity.info/lbplm10

Download the Go Long Beach App! With Go Long Beach, you can report: ✅ Graffiti ✅ Potholes ✅ E-scooter parking violations ✅ Unlicensed businesses, and more! 📲 Download the app on the Google Play or App Store. To submit a request online, visit 🔗 longbeach.gov/golongbeach

🌱 Excited to share an amazing opportunity to support our local environment and community! 🌻 The City of Long Beach's Love Your Block program, in partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, is hosting two events to raise awareness about native wildflowers and empower families to support pollinators, expand neighborhood greenery, and promote long-term environmental protection. By participating, you'll: 🌱Help pack wildflower seeds. 🌱Learn about native plants via an interactive story time session. 🌱Discover ways to support local pollinators. 🌱Receive free native seed packets to grow their own wildflowers at home. 🌱Explore the library’s Seed Library for even more seeds to check out. Seed packets are available while supplies last; don’t miss out! This project is generously supported by the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University. Volunteer Seed Packing: 📅 Monday, August 31 ⏰10:30 AM–12:30 PM 📍 Harte Library Storytime & Seed Packets: 📅 Tuesday, September 8 ⏰11:30 AM–12:30 PM 📍 Harte Library 🔗 Sign up: lbcity.info/LegacyinBloom

🎸🎶 FREE EVENT 📣 The End of Summer Concert with Knyght Ryder is happening this Friday! Join us for an evening filled with live entertainment, children’s activities and family fun. When 📆 Friday, August 28th | 6 - 8 pm Where 📍 El Dorado Park West 2800 N Studebaker Rd. Cost 🎟️ Admission is free. For more events in Long Beach, visit 🔗 longbeach.gov/events

Celebrate #NationalDogDay by taking your 🐶 furry friend to Rosie’s Dog Beach or to one of our many dog parks! Rosie’s Dog Beach bookends ⤵️ 📍 You can find the towers on Granada Avenue, and the other on Prospect Avenue. 🌊 Remember, our dog beach area operates daily from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., providing plenty of time for your furry companions to frolic in the sun, sand, and waves. 🐾 Just a reminder of the rules: 1️⃣ One dog per adult. 2️⃣ All dogs must wear a collar with registration tags. 3️⃣ Enter the off-leash area from the parking lot, or the concrete granada boat launch ramp. 4️⃣ Owners must remove dog feces and dispose of it in waste containers provided for that purposes. 🔁 Share this pawsome post with your fellow dog lovers 🐾💙

🎉Congratulations to students from Cabrillo and Jordan high schools that recently graduated from the fourth year of Long Beach Airport's annual Careers Taking Flight ✈️ summer externship, a weeklong program that gives Long Beach high school students the opportunity to explore jobs within the aviation industry. https://lnkd.in/gb4k85ha

📝 Complete our survey! 📣 Residents, businesses and stakeholders are encouraged to participate in our survey to help ensure community priorities, perspectives and aspirations shape the City’s planning and preparations for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 💬 To share your feedback, visit 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVHEXiy2. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog, takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and is open now through 📆 Sept. 30, 2026.

📢 The City of Long Beach Fire Department is hiring for Deputy Fire Marshal 🚒 🔸 Supervises, prioritizes, coordinates and assigns the work of fire prevention personnel; serves as liaison with departments, agencies, and the public. 🔸Reviews plans for compliance with fire and life safety standards; consults with architects, builders and developers; performs engineering evaluations. 🔸Conducts field inspections of hazardous and complex occupancies; investigates complaints; recommends changes and assists in enforcing fire codes. 💲 $56.68 - $77.22 Hourly 📆 Apply By 9/11/2026 🔗 longbeach.gov/jobs #lbcityjobs

With extreme heat expected to continue through the week and evening temps staying high, Acting City Health Officer Dr. Cliff Okada is urging residents to take precautions. 🏖 Cooling Centers: City Parks, Recreation & Marine Community Centers and Long Beach Public Library locations are open, with several sites offering extended hours through Friday, Aug. 28. 💧 Stay hydrated, avoid strenuous activity during peak heat, and check on family, friends and neighbors, especially older adults, young kids, and people with health conditions. Water and snacks will be available at select cooling centers while supplies last. ⚠️ Anyone can experience heat illness. Know the signs and take steps to protect yourself and your pets. 🍎 Extreme heat can also impact food safety during power outages, so keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed and discard perishable food that has been above 40 degrees for two hours or more. 👉 More safety tips at longbeach.gov/extremeheat

🌊 Join us for the 42nd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day to help keep our beaches, marinas and community clean, healthy and thriving! ♻️ 📅 Saturday, Sept. 19 ⏰ 9 a.m. to noon 📍 10 cleanup locations throughout Long Beach Bring your family, friends and neighbors and choose a cleanup site near you! Gloves and trash bags will be provided, and volunteers are encouraged to bring reusable work gloves, buckets or grabbers to help reduce waste. ✨ Cleanup sites will also feature activities, educational opportunities and giveaways from participating community partners. 🚗 Free parking will be available to volunteers in the nearest beach lot for the duration of the event. Let’s get involved and make a difference together!🫶 🔗 Learn more and find a cleanup location at https://lnkd.in/g7qWGTGN