🌱 $500,000 To Fix Iverson Rd Sinkhole + El Prado Called The ‘It’ Bar

Welcome back, Los Angeles! Today, we think back to 1903 as we celebrate Korean American Day! I'm here in your inbox today to tell you everything you need to know that's going on in town, including news about:

• 🧑‍🚒 A deadly apartment fire on Harold
• 👮 A shooting and confusion at 7th and Flowers
• 🏗️ Construction at Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street

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Times of clouds and sun. High: 67 Low: 52.

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• Sinaco Oil at 9930 National Blvd., $3.99
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💐 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, 50% take a bah-humbug approach, while 40.5% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 2.4% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 7.1% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded to a structure fire at 5555 West Harold Way on Thursday morning. The building is a “70-unit 4-story (3 occupied floors over parking) center hallway style apartment building, with an open central courtyard.” The fire was in a second-floor unit at the rear of the structure. “In battling the flames, firefighters discovered one adult male deceased within the involved apartment.” (LAFD)
2. On Wednesday afternoon, a young teen was shot and stabbed at the intersection of 7th and Flower streets. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) "established a perimeter and sought to close an alley at Wilshire Boulevard and Lebanon Street." The suspect is reportedly a male Hispanic. "Authorities initially thought there may be multiple juvenile suspects, and multiple media outlets reported that one suspect was detained but escaped handcuffs." This was incorrect. (Patch)
3. What’s happening with the sizable sinkhole that opened up on Iverson Road? As of Thursday, the road is still closed. At this time, the sinkhole is estimated to be “about 40 feet deep (and) extends across both lanes on the road near the freeway overpass.” The Los Angeles City Council set aside $500,000 to repair the street. (NBC)
4. Construction is planned at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Alvarado Street. We learned last week that the new 2225 Sunset Boulevard will have “176 studio, one-, two-, three-, four-, and five-bedroom apartments on an amorphous site which also fronts on Mohawk and Elsinore Streets.” Eighteen of the units will be set aside as affordable housing “at the extremely low-income level.” It’ll take a little longer than two years to finish the project. (L.A. Urbanize)
5. Which is the latest “it” bar in L.A.? Last week, insiders declared it to be El Prado at 1805 Sunset Boulevard. What did they like? “How patrons play chess, drink natural wine with ‘nepo babies’ -- aka ‘nepotism babies’ -- and order hot dogs under a disco ball.” Go figure. (The Eastsider L.A.)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Seated Exercises at the Chatsworth Branch Library (11:30 AM)
• Pro Songwriter Night, hosted by Billy Kent at the Kibitz Lounge (9 PM)
• Gorgeous George dance party for queer, trans & enby babes and their friends at Resident DTLA (9 PM)
• Chris D'Elia performs at the Improv Comedy Club (9:45 PM)
• *HEEMBEEZY* spins at the Next Door Lounge (10 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "The Los Angeles Fire Department’s free practice Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) is back." (LAFD via Instagram)
• "102 Years Ago - January 11, 1920: The men and women of your Los Angeles Fire Department remember the Shrine Auditorium Fire." (LAFD via Instagram)
• "The LASD Organized Crime Task Force arrested a San Pedro woman for Fentanyl sales, heroin sales, and illegal firearms." (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)
• "🚨DEMOLITION ALERT 🚨We recently learned about the proposed demolition of this 1950 Modernist residence at 400 North Carmelina Avenue in Brentwood." (Los Angeles Conservancy via Facebook)
• "In this episode of the Education Empowered! Podcast, @drsmita_md explains what fentanyl is and why it’s perilous: lausd.wistia.com/medias/ds015xzblb For information about substance abuse and mental health services, call 800-662-4357." (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)

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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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