It's been a toasty couple of weeks for all of us in the greater Long Beach area, and throughout Southern California, but perhaps none more so than the staff at the crumbling Long Beach Courthouse.
While most offices and buildings in the area were cranking their A/Cs the courthouse -- due to a broken thermostat -- was pumping its heaters in several courtrooms and halls, making life miserable for not only the staff but the hundreds of people who go to the court every day for business.
Even the legendary courthouse rats were suffering as evidenced by one particularly large one that was found dipping into the water fountain in a fifth floor courtroom.
The ground-breaking date for the new courthouse, which is not expected to happen until at least 2012, can't come soon enough.
While most offices and buildings in the area were cranking their A/Cs the courthouse -- due to a broken thermostat -- was pumping its heaters in several courtrooms and halls, making life miserable for not only the staff but the hundreds of people who go to the court every day for business.
Even the legendary courthouse rats were suffering as evidenced by one particularly large one that was found dipping into the water fountain in a fifth floor courtroom.
The ground-breaking date for the new courthouse, which is not expected to happen until at least 2012, can't come soon enough.
We recently visited the deplorable LB courthouse with our camera. Here's a link to a 4-minute video so your readers can see for themselves.
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/occm/projects_lalongbeach.htm