🌱 1,542 Calls About Potholes So Far + A Water Box For Skid Row

Hi all! Today, we remember author A. A. Milne on National Winnie the Pooh Day. It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in town. Including news on:

• 👮 An arrest in the Christmas Day death of a woman
• 🍕 Recycling pizza boxes is now a thing.
• 🚒 The Fire Department saves a sinking vessel.

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☀️ But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 60 Low: 43.

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• 76 at 1171 S Soto St., $3.84
• World at 7201 S San Pedro St., $3.99
• La Brea Gas at 4701 W Slauson Ave., $4.05

💐 Valentine’s Day Poll! 🥂
Pink hearts, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards – reminders that Valentine’s Day is coming are everywhere. But responses to the holiday are mixed. What are your feelings about the occasion? Do you celebrate? So far, 44.3% take a bah-humbug approach, while 45.9% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 3.3% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 6.6% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Los Angeles:

1. On Christmas Day, a street takeover event resulted in the death of a 24-year-old woman. After striking her, the driver of a Chevrolet Camaro fled the scene. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department announced the arrest of a 28-year-old man from Orange County “on a charge of murder” in the case. He was located in Albuquerque. The police are still looking for two additional suspects. (Centre Daily)
2. You can add pizza boxes and eggshells to the things you toss into the green waste bin. We learned on Tuesday that Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment gave the green light to customers. Now, residents can “use their green bins to not only get rid of mowed grass and tree trimmings, but food scraps and food-soiled paper.” By the way, if you haven’t already done so, make an appointment to “pick up a two-gallon kitchen pail” for food scraps. (Spectrum News1)
3. Skid Row now has a water box. “LA County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis met with representatives from nationwide gas distributor SoCalGas and facilities solutions provider Servicon at the Los Angeles Mission on Jan. 11 to unveil the new mobile water filtration system.” If you remember, last year’s heat wave turned the area into a “heat island,” and the homeless who set up their tents there had no ready access to water. (L.A. Downtown News)
4. On Monday, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) headed to 701 South Shore Road after receiving reports of a sinking vessel. Firefighters “arrived to find a vessel that had taken on several feet (or more) of water and was struggling to stay afloat.” As some firefighters plugged holes they found, others were “aggressively dewatering the vessel.” While it’s unclear if the vessel was compromised during recent storms, the LAFD was confident it could be kept above the surface. (LAFD)
5. It’s fair to say that Los Angeles is famous for its potholes. However, the recent storms made things worse. The city’s Bureau of Street Services said Monday that, so far, it received “1,542 calls about potholes.” More than half of them have already been filled — but not before a Hayvenhurst Avenue neighbor “spray-painted a warning to drivers.” You may have also seen Caltrans working on Baldwin Avenue and shutting down three lanes in the process. If you hit a pothole, be prepared to spend “probably $500 or $600 depending on the tire, sometimes even $800 per tire.” (NBC)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Baby & Toddler Storytime at the Westchester - Loyola Village Branch Library (10:15 AM)
• Afroman plays the Whisky A Go Go (7 PM)
• A Conversation With Chloë Bass at the Skirball Cultural Center (7 PM)
• Karaoke at the Boardwalk 11 Bar & Restaurant (8 PM)
• Catharsis: Dramatic Improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (10 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "🎶 Go chasing waterfalls 💦 Did you know LA is home to some pretty extraordinary waterfalls? Thanks to all this rain, things are flowing! 🌊 Check http://bit.ly/3d6Ix2x for a list of all the best places to see some 💦" (Discover Los Angeles via Instagram)
• "Register Now for the 2023 Women’s Fire Prep Academy (WFPA) 🚒🔥 Please join us on 2.25.23 for the LACoFD WFPA! Open to anyone 18 years of age or older, the WFPA is your chance to find out what it takes to excel." (Los Angeles County Fire Dept. via Instagram)
• "Your LAFD was honored to be a part of celebrating MLKDay by participating in, and providing public safety for, the Kingdom Day Parade. Included in the photos are shots of the Incident Management Team, the LAFD Paramedic Bike Team, and more!" (Los Angeles Fire Department via Facebook)
• "The 2023 CHNC Elections are here – YOU SHOULD RUN! - Step-up to become an elected official in LA, representing your 19,000 Central Hollywood neighbors! Five Board seats are up for election on April 30, 2023." (Nextdoor)
• Our NoHo North East neighbor says "Our dog Gohan ran out this morning. We live off of Bellingham and Vanowen. If anyone has soon our beloved friend, please contact us. He’s very friendly and loves people and other dogs. 818-927-8487" (Nextdoor)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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