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An armed off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Officer has been charged with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest in the Shoreline Village parking lot earlier this week, the LA DA’s office announced.
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Alert! Find food for furry family folks! Support our local independent journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
This week’s Scratch This includes a long list of food resources for pets in need in Long Beach and surrounding areas.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Read about animal hoarding. Please support independent journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
This week’s Scratch This looks at animal hoarding, which causes suffering for both pets and the person with the mental illness.
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Long Beach Animal Care Services takes in 74 cats from hoarding situation
Animal hoarding causes suffering for both pets and the person with the mental illness.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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This week’s Scratch This gives a rundown on the eight pet bills Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed into law.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Our town and its addition to the 7 million strong. Great coverage, Brandon Richardson, especially the chicken crossing the road at top speed. No one needed to ask why. Support independent journalism like this at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social .
For the second time this year, thousands of people gathered Saturday at Bixby Park near Downtown Long Beach to protest what they call the Trump administration’s “authoritarian power grab.”
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October 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Our town and its addition to the 7 million strong. Great coverage, Brandon Richardson, especially the chicken crossing the road at top speed. No one needed to ask why. Support independent journalism like this at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social .
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This week Scratch This looks at the Long Beach City Council’s possible permitting of “safe and sane” fireworks because it's an issue that makes many animal lovers blow a fuse.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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The purrly elegant Le Chic Chat Soirée is coming soon, and in this week’s Scratch This, @lastwhomstanding.bsky.social tells you how you can win a pair of tickets!
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October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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In this week’s Scratch This, @lastwhomstanding.bsky.social looks at Rescue Roos, which provides homes for castoff roosters.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Since late 2022, Long Beach-based Beachfront Mutts has been saving as many lives as their resources allow.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Since late 2022, Long Beach-based Beachfront Mutts has been saving as many lives as their resources allow.
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LBACS volunteers team up with a professional photographer to bring out Long Beach shelter dogs' inner souls.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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This Saturday, Sept. 13, beginning at 4 p.m., the Long Beach Christian Fellowship (LBCF) will present the Blessing of the Animals and Pet Fair. All are welcome, no matter the belief.
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September 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
As long as there are homeless animals and not enough homes to take them, there will never be enough rescues.
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In a little less than a year, the new rescue group Paws in the Sand has TNRd at least 200 cats and adopted out 250, most of them kittens.
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August 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
As long as there are homeless animals and not enough homes to take them, there will never be enough rescues.
Support local indie journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social . We can't have enough of that, either.
Support local indie journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social . We can't have enough of that, either.
Come to Benny's birthday party, hosted by @helensanders.bsky.social next Saturday! Read this and find out some facts behind animal abuse, how it's prosecuted locally, and resources for reporting and supporting. Speaking of supporting, support local indie journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
In the past couple of months, two instances of animal abuse sparked anger and action among the animal community in Long Beach.
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August 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Come to Benny's birthday party, hosted by @helensanders.bsky.social next Saturday! Read this and find out some facts behind animal abuse, how it's prosecuted locally, and resources for reporting and supporting. Speaking of supporting, support local indie journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
Ah, @midsummerscream.bsky.social ! Scores of little eyes peering at you from unexpected places. And that's just in the Black Cat Lounge, with cats and kittens from Kitten REscue LA!
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If you go to the Midsummer Scream festival at the Long Beach Convention Center Aug. 15-17, you can meet Nathan the Cat Lady there, curled up next to the Black Cat Lounge.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ah, @midsummerscream.bsky.social ! Scores of little eyes peering at you from unexpected places. And that's just in the Black Cat Lounge, with cats and kittens from Kitten REscue LA!
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See you on 09.01.2025 in Long Beach
August 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
See you on 09.01.2025 in Long Beach
The dog is recovering. Just a welcome spoiler. Support local indie journalism as t @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
A trail of blood lined the sidewalk of Orange Avenue near Fourth Street early Saturday morning after a man stabbed a dog protecting its owner and others.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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@k9kismet.bsky.social helped make a happy ending! Also, check out Long Beach Animal Care Services' Kittenry. And for free speech and local journalism's sakes, support us at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social !
The puppy in Long Beach that was abused in a viral April 8 video has been adopted and is doing great, but dogs who faced similar but unpublicized trauma remain unadopted.
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August 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
@k9kismet.bsky.social helped make a happy ending! Also, check out Long Beach Animal Care Services' Kittenry. And for free speech and local journalism's sakes, support us at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social !
Read about this remarkable human being! And please, support local, independent journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
Long Beach resident Cynthia Lopez is doing incredible work helping unhoused pets and their humans.
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July 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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If you're down and out, this is a guaranteed up! Support local indie journalism at @lbwatchdog.bsky.social .
On Saturday, the running of the wiener dogs at the Los Alamitos Race Track will see over 100 dachshunds competing for a championship prize and the adoration of a grandstand packed with fans.
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July 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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An armed off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Officer has been charged with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest in the Shoreline Village parking lot earlier this week, the LA DA’s office announced.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Up to us to keep our pets safe!
The Fourth of July is generally a day of partying and celebrating for people, but for pets, it can be dog-awful.
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July 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Up to us to keep our pets safe!
@coolcatcollective.bsky.social provides much-needed mirth and frivolity this weekend. And please provide much-needed support to indie local journalism @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
Cool Cat Collective, the Fourth Street boutique-cum-gallery-cum-kitty rescue, is launching its first-ever Cat Zine Fest and it starts tonight during Fourth Street Friday at 6 p.m.
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June 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
@coolcatcollective.bsky.social provides much-needed mirth and frivolity this weekend. And please provide much-needed support to indie local journalism @lbwatchdog.bsky.social
Do a lost dog a favor by giving them a safe haven, and give a shelter dog a break from the kennel at the same time.
Of course, you don’t HAVE to keep the dog, but, ya know …
Of course, you don’t HAVE to keep the dog, but, ya know …
During the days leading up to the Fourth of July and for a few days after, shelters fill up with terrified lost pets.
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June 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Do a lost dog a favor by giving them a safe haven, and give a shelter dog a break from the kennel at the same time.
Of course, you don’t HAVE to keep the dog, but, ya know …
Of course, you don’t HAVE to keep the dog, but, ya know …
This is what shelter medicine and rescue look like.
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Fix Long Beach co-owner Sherri Stankewitz talks about shelter medicine.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is what shelter medicine and rescue look like.
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Thousands of people gathered peacefully around Bixby Park Annex near Downtown Long Beach for the “No Kings” protest Saturday morning.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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