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Vol. 36 No. 27
JUlY 3 - 9, 2025
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City to launch amnesty for code violators launch this program on Global Forgiveness Day.” The goal is to ensure that As Global Forgiveness Day is residents who have incurred being celebrated on July 7 for these infractions will not be the 31st year, the City of Long hampered by them in the Beach will kick off an amnesty future. Violators will have the program for the first time by opportunity to pay a flat $150 giving residents a second fine to clear up the outstanding chance to clear up any quality- charge. That violation will then be reduced to the of-life violations. lowest possible City Councilman c h a r g e — wh i c h Mike Reinhart has amounts to a parkrecently discovered ing infraction — that more than 3,000 ensuring that the code violations original charge will remain outstanding not impact them in in the Long Beach the future. Alternacourt system. They DAN CREIgHToN tively, they could include infractions City manager have their day in such as having open court. containers of alcoEven though the violations hol on the beach or while walking down the block, as well as under consideration for the violations handed out to dog amnesty program are not crimowners or for noise complaints. inal charges, they could still Often when violators receive come back to bite people, summonses, they fail to appear according to the city’s corporation counsel, Frank Dikranis. in court. “We’re going to try and get “Here in Long Beach, we are tough on crime, and we take rid of all of the warrants, quality-of-life violations seri- because it’s just something ously,” Reinhart said. “But we that’s going to inconvenience a care about our community, and lot of people,” Dikranis said. we understand sometimes peo- “They don’t realize it, but it ple need a second chance to really could, so we’d like to make things right. This is that clean up this mess. It’s just chance. It’s fitting that we will Continued on page 11
By BRENDAN CARPENTER
bcarpenter@liherald.com
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Beatriz Salinas plans to take her airstream to Montauk this month to sell some jewelry.
A jewelry boutique on wheels Airstream breakdown is part of artistic adventure By SARA loDESPoTo Intern
A 1962 Airstream Classic is a vintage traveling camper known for its reflective aluminum finish. Long-distance travelers often use them as temporary homes, but one local Airstream serves as a traveling high-end jewelry boutique. Beatriz Salinas, 55, of Point Lookout, is the creator of BEA, a boutique on trailer wheels. She brings it to events and private parties around the Long Beach area. Salinas, who grew up in Queens, comes from a family of artists. Her father was a sculptor, and her mother was a fashion
designer. Her youngest brother is a professional photographer. “When I was little, I used to draw,” she said. “I would draw everything. I would follow my dad around, and look what I did.” Even though her father was an artist, he discouraged Beatriz from studying art in college, thinking she wouldn’t make any money from it, and instead encouraged her to become a lawyer. She spent two years at St. John’s University, where she earned an associate’s degree in liberal arts in 1989, and then transferred to Hofstra University, unsure of what to do with her life. After graduating, Salinas tried to move Continued on page 12