🌱 3 Freeway Shootings In 24 Hours + Chatsworth Brush Fire Contained

Happy Thursday, people of Los Angeles; today is World Health Day! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

What’s causing drivers to reach for their guns? Also, a brush fire was quickly contained. Finally, there’s relief for landlords who can’t pay their property taxes.

First, today's weather:

Hot with plenty of sun. High: 94 Low: 67.

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. There have been three freeway shootings in the last 24 hours. "All three of them seem to be independent. They do not seem to be related whatsoever," officials say. The most recent one was during rush hour on the 710, south of the 105. Another one was on the 710 near Florence. Finally, there was a shooting after the morning rush hour on the 91 around Carson. (CBS)
2. Did you see the smoke on Wednesday morning? There was a brush fire “on the westbound State Route 118, Ronald Reagan Freeway, between Topanga Canyon Boulevard and De Soto Avenue.” The LAFD responded to what was dubbed the Canyon Fire and was able to contain the fire to three acres. (Patch)
3. Are you one of the “landlords who have been impacted economically by the County’s Tenant Protections?” Are you unable to “meet property tax obligations” as a result? The Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector announced last week that you can submit a request to have penalties canceled after the April 11 payment deadline. (City of LA)
4. The RAND Corporation released a report that suggests “repurposing commercial buildings, such as hotels, motels and vacant offices” will help to “reverse Los Angeles’s critical housing shortage.” We learned Wednesday that this could “provide 9% to 14% of the housing L.A. County needs to build over the next eight years.” There are an estimated 2,300 properties that could be turned into “72,000 to 113,000 housing units for L.A. County.” (LAist)
5. Last month, the LAPD hosted a gun buy-back program. How did it go? According to LAPD Chief Michel Moore’s Tuesday report, the 17th buy-back day took “17 assault weapons and 250 other firearms, including 15 ghost guns” off the streets. "I believe it's a safer Los Angeles with those 267 fewer firearms. I recognize that the number of firearms in our communities is substantial, but every firearm off the street is one less firearm that can be used against another individual," he explained. (NBC)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• 100 Years Of Peggy Lee at the GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live (11 AM)
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Los Angeles (3 PM)
• Expert DOJO Investor Festival 2022 at the Wisdome LA (3:30 PM)
• Cirque Du Soleil: OVO at the Microsoft Theater (8 PM)
• Jeff Leach’s Comedy Spectacular **LIVE TAPING** at the Westside Comedy Theater (10 PM)

From my notebook:

• There's a Park Mesa Heights Community Council meeting April 9 at 10 am. (Nextdoor)
• Our neighbor in the Arlington Heights area needs recommendations for a good veterinarian in the Mid-City area. (Nextdoor)
• The Los Angeles Department of Transportation will host an April 9 Osborne Street Community Workshop. Help plan safety improvements for Osborne Street! LADOT, StreetsLA, and Councilmember Monica Rodriguez invite you. (Nextdoor)
• A Crestview neighbor wants to know if diatomaceous earth kill ants? Is food-grade diatomaceous earth likely to get rid of them? If not, what is safe to use? I still have two outdoor cats. (Nextdoor)
• Our So Marvista-Venice neighbor found a cat on the corner of Mitchell and Keeshen Drive. No tags of any kind. Does it belong to anyone, or does anyone recognize it? (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.