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Pacific Coast Highway and Molino Avenue. At 9 p.m., police found a 76-year-old pedestrian unconscious in the road with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. Taken to a hospital, he was listed in critical condition. The driver of the vehicle that hit him remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, while westbound lanes of PCH were closed while police investigated the crash.

Atlantic Avenue at the 405 Freeway. Traffic was stopped on the 405 Freeway to allow the authorities to deal with a male hanging off a bridge over the busy lanes at 10:45 a.m. Situation was soon resolved, no possibly suicidal males harmed in the process.

2700 block of West American Avenue. At 12:15 p.m., two transformers exploded at a high-voltage electrical substation causing a power outage that shut down Blue Line service between the Del Amo and downtown Long Beach stations, while smoke lazily wafted near the Blue Line’s Willow station. Southern California Edison restored power and trains began their smokeless journeys at 2 p.m.

5400 block of Del Amo Blvd. At 7:30 a.m., a Suburban was possibly entering a parking lot too fast for the circumstances and crashed through the glass doors of a donut shop. According to Nextdoor, the owner, “Richard was knocked over with donuts covering him, but was unscathed. A woman in the store was cut by the flying front door on the upper leg.” A 20-year-old male in the Suburban was also hurt and the donut shop was effectively destroyed. The accident was very reminiscent of the car that drove into Sutton’s Barber Shop on the other side of the same strip mall, trapping two barbers behind the wreckage, on Feb. 2, 2016. Sutton’s later reopened. Whether the donut shop will reopen might depend on insurance coverage.

5800 block of Monlaco Road. At 5:05 p.m., burglars backed up a silver 2018 Jeep Compass into the driveway of a residence and departed in an eastbound direction on Monlaco Road and out of sight of surveillance cameras a few minutes later. When the residents, Greg Simon and Saira Qazi arrived home at 6:40 p.m., they found their home was ransacked and two Shih Tzu dogs named 14-year-old Winston and 11-year-old Wesley were missing. When detectives responded the following day, they collected video surveillance of the suspects as well as the vehicle. The three suspects are black males, all in their early 20s, about 5’10” to 6’00”, one wearing blue jeans, white Jordans and a dark red sweater with possible shoulder length dreads. The second was wearing blue jeans and a grey sweater and the third was wearing blue jeans, red underwear and a white shirt. The Jeep had tinted windows. The micro-chipped Winston was found on 51st Street near the Avalon and Slauson in South L.A. on Wednesday and was returned to its owners.

Outer Traffic Circle. At 7:40 p.m., Walter Darocha, 63, of Signal Hill was driving a 2000 Honda Accord, which rear-ended a 2009 Nissan Altima, driven by a 32-year-old woman, stopped in the eastbound left turn lane. After the collision, the Honda continued through the intersection and came to rest on Ximeno Avenue. “It’s possible the driver may have experienced a medical emergency,” police said. “However, the investigation remains ongoing.” Darocha died at a hospital, the woman was not injured.

Molino Avenue north of Seventh Street. At 9 a.m., a male who supposedly assaulted another person took off toward Redondo and Anaheim, where he was spotted by a cop, who gave chase, but was called off, when upper management decided as there was no identified victim, thus no reason for detention.

Pacific Coast Highway and Judson Avenue. At 7 a.m., small Honda was heading east at a high speed on Pacific Coast Hwy when its brakes locked up and it skidded into a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup waiting to turn left facing west. The Honda driver, 24-year-old Mario Armando Reyes from Wilmington, died at the scene; the man driving the pickup suffered minor injuries. Police shut down both directions of Pacific Coast Hwy for the investigation.

2800 block of Bellflower Blvd. First it was inappropriate sexual remarks addressed to a waitress, which at 3:45 p.m. devolved into some sort of touching, which is when the authorities were summoned. Probably had little to do with the generally attractive senior’s menu.

2200 block of Bellflower Blvd. At the back door of a uber popular grocery store, a woman got aggressive at 4:10 p.m., no doubt apprehensive over eggs needed for pending Easter hunts.

5900 E. Spring St. Came at 4:30 p.m. a tussle concerning a purported theft of a bottle of liquor on the part of a heavy-set male in grey sweat pants. Much hollering and consternation ensued.

steve@beachcomber.news