Just to add a couple "fun facts" for this thread:

1. Long Beach is a real city in California in LA county.  I love going down there with family either to the beach or the shopping centers.  It's actually a really good city, I just used it for the purpose of the thread so I could plan things in my head better. XD

2. The smoothie incident is 100% real, this happened to me four days ago, getaway car and everything. XD Only difference is two men came into the store and the third was in the getaway car.  This did not happen in Long Beach. XD