Downtown Long Beach businesses have been prepared by police for a threatened attack on random strangers - a 'Bash Mob' - that was planned via social media for 2 p.m. today at the Convention Center area.
The Long Beach Police Department was staged in force around The Pike dining and entertainment area that divides the Aquarium of the Pacific from the Pine Avenue business area. Patch will update the story as warranted today. Read more background in Long Beach and Belmont Shore Patch's first story.
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