Category: Los Angeles

1500 People to Gather at Shore Ultra Lounge to Break Guinness World Record

Long Beach, Ca (04/09/2010) – A Guinness World Record ™ Attempt will be gearing up on Fri, April 30th at Shore Ultra Lounge. The current record for “Largest Group to Simultaneously Take a Shot” is 1300 people in Germany taking a shot of Corn Schnapps. Shore Ultra Lounge, in combination with sponsors P.I.N.K. Vodka and Sparkles Angels, are going to bring the record back to America by providing 1500 people with FREE shots at midnight!

 

The Guinness World Record™ attempt is being held as a fundraiser for CSULB scholarship and Don’t Die Drunk, a local nonprofit organization. Don’t Die Drunk will provide the event with multiple FDA approved breathalyzers for all in attendance to use free throughout the night. They will also be giving out numerous prizes, including “Taxi Cards”, which are gift cards that may only be used on taxi rides. Doors open at 8 pm.

 

Shore Ultra Lounge will prepare 1500 “Watermelon Jolly Rancher” shots using P.I.N.K. Vodka, the World’s Perfect Party Spirit. P.I.N.K. Vodka created the first super premium vodka flawlessly infused with caffeine and guarana. At midnight, Sparkles Angels will hand out all 1500 shots in custom made “test tube” shot glasses that everyone keeps. As soon as all the shots are handed out, a New Years Eve style countdown with organize everyone to take their shot and enter the Guinness World Records!

 

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Drunk Driver causes power outage

LONG BEACH - A number of Eastside homes and businesses were without power early Friday after a drunk driver crashed lost control of his car and crashed into a power pole. Jonathan David Milane, age 22, crashed his 1997 Nissan around 1:30 a.m into a Southern California Edison pole near the cornery of Atherton Drive and Daggett Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department’s spokeswomen Nancy Pratt.
Milane was the only one involved in the accident, and didnt suffer any severe injuries. It wasnt clear what caused him to lose control, but afterward he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.He is being held in a $15,000 bail, according to records from the jail. He will be arraigned on a DUI charge next week.
Read the article “Crash causes power outage” by Tracy Manzer from the Press Telegram

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Six die in L.A. County holiday traffic accidents

Read the article “Six Die in LA County Holiday Traffic Accidents” from the press telegram below

Six traffic deaths were reported over the holiday weekend in Los Angeles County and DUI arrests by California Highway Patrol officers were down from last year’s total.

Emelio Ramirez, 25, of Oxnard, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Christmas Eve while walking in the right-most lane of the San Diego (405) Freeway just south of the Marina (90) Freeway.

Sheryl Thacker, 38, and Carmela Rodriguez, 64, both of San Pedro, died Christmas Day when their van crashed and rolled over on the Harbor (110) Freeway near Pacific Coast Highway.

Information on the other three traffic fatalities was not immediately available.

Only three traffic fatalities were reported during the similar time period in 2007.

Local CHP officers made 233 DUI arrests between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Sunday, compared with 331 arrests in the similar period last year, CHP Officer Anthony Martin said.

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