The Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners have announced that Long Beach water demand for August 2008 has set a new 10-year record low.  It is the 8th record setting month for low water use since the Board of Water Commissioner's declaration of an imminent water supply shortage in September 2007.  August 2008 water demand was 18.9 percent below the 10-year average water demand; it was over 18 percent below July 2007.    Long Beach water demand for fiscal year 2008 is tracking at 9 percent below the 10-year average for annual water use.  Last month, the Board of Water Commissioners announced that Long Beach had set a new record low for July 2008, which was 16 percent below the lowest July on record over the past 10 years.
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A series of robberies involving violent assaults on female victims occurred in the downtown Long Beach area from April 25, 2008 - May 2, 2008.  There were five robberies at four businesses and one robbery that occurred on the street. 

On May 14, 2008, Las Vegas Metro Police, in the state of Nevada arrested a suspect, who was later found to be involved in these robberies.  Charles Juan Proctor, a 43-year-old transient of Nevada, came to Long Beach for several months in 2008 during which time he committed these violent crimes before moving back to Nevada.  Proctor was arrested for an attempted robbery he committed while in Nevada, and is still in their custody awaiting adjudication on their local charges.  

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The Arts Council for Long Beach and the City of Long Beach offer six grant programs that foster a vibrant arts community that generates jobs or revenue for creative entrepreneurs, interest for tourists, and enjoyment and civic pride for residents.
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Beginning Monday January 28, 2008, the United States Corps of Engineers will be conducting maintenance dredging to clear the navigation channel to the Catalina Express terminal in Queensway Bay.  The dredging will extend from a few hundred yards seaward of the Queensway Bay Bridge to the mouth of the Catalina Express Basin.  The channel was closed for several months after a severe storm in January 2005, and was reopened only at minimal operating width in the spring of 2005.  This maintenance dredging has been planned for some time, but is also timely, as the channel has been closed again due to storms earlier this month.

 
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The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA) announced today that it will install public arts projects throughout the City’s redevelopment areas, and is inviting artists to participate in the project with a partnership with the Arts Council of Long Beach.
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As you're aware, washing down any paved surfaces in the City of Long Beach with a typical garden hose is strictly prohibited, unless that garden hose is attached to a pressurized cleaning device or a "pressure washer", as is commonly referred.
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