At 10am on December 22, a malfunctioning fire sprinkler head flooded three apartments in an apartment building located on the 2200 block of Locust Avenue near Hill Street in Long Beach, destroying furniture, personal items and Christmas presents. Eleven adults and six children were displaced after their apartments were determined uninhabitable. The Red Cross of Greater Long Beach–led by disaster action team members Jimmy Dower, Mike Farrar and Vicki Pard, and trainee volunteers Marieclare Sapida and Everett Harper–was able to make arrangements for the families to receive food and shelter.
