Schipske District 5 Journal.com

The City of Long Beach is investigating and taking action regarding a recent incident involving the Division of Animal Control’s program at the P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village, which is operated as an innovative public-private partnership with the SPCA of Los Angeles. The incident involves the mishandling of an animal brought into the facility, as […]

Just days after the City Council passed changes to the dangerous dog law, someone emailed a graphic description of an animal (pitt bull) being euthanized at the Long Beach Animal Shelter.
To Pat West’s and Suzanne Frick’s credit — they got on it immediately to investigate the allegations. A full report to City Council is in […]

This is for Justin Rudd, the Friends of the Animal Shelter and all of you out there who like animals…I love animals too, but some of my constituents are tired of every council meeting starting with a 5-10 minute presentation on the pet of the week needing adoption.
Let’s put this in context. The complaint isn’t that […]

Just an hour ago, what seemed as dozen of emergency vehicles raced past my house on Studebaker and down Spring toward the El Dorado Nature Center. I called the Police Watch Commander and was informed there was a fire at the El Dorado Nature Center. Minutes later I was contacted by constituents who were concerned […]