🌱6th Street Bridge Graffiti + Shots Fired Outside CVS On 7th & Spring

Hey, everybody; today is Gorgeous Grandma Day, which Alice Solomon started in 1984. It's Saturday in Los Angeles, and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in town. Keep reading for the latest.

The new 6th Street Bridge is not bringing out the best in people. Also, an argument escalated into shots fired. Finally, we have 147 cases of monkeypox.

First, today's weather:

Clouds giving way to sun. High: 82 Low: 63.

FYI: To locate a cooling center in Los Angeles, call 3-1-1, reach out to the Los Angeles Public Library Public Information Office at (213) 228-7555, or find your nearest location and its hours on the current list of county facilities.

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💻 Back To School Poll!
The kids are going back to school soon. Should schools still take COVID precautions? Please let me know your thoughts! As of right now, 24% say the kids should just go back to school, 48% say that kids should wear masks, 24% want there to be distancing and sanitizing, while 4% prefer distance learning for the kids.

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. The 6th Street Bridge is in the news again. On Friday morning at 2 a.m., someone crashed into the back of a truck that was sitting in a “No Parking” area. For some reason, people stopped, “jumped out of their cars and started climbing up the bridge’s archways.” Already, there is a graffiti removal team at work every day on the bridge. (KTLA)
2. On Thursday evening, just after 9:30 p.m., there was a shooting outside the CVS Pharmacy near 7th and Spring streets. The LAPD “found two men and a woman with gunshot wounds.” A third injured man had called the police. Two men with whom the people had argued ran away. (Daily News)
3. As of Thursday, L.A. County has 147 cases of probable and confirmed monkeypox. “Due to the limited number of vaccines, the pre-registration link for monkeypox vaccine has reached capacity and is currently paused.” (LA County Public Health)
4. Thursday night’s unveiling of the Super Bowl LVI rings had enough sparkle to give you sunburn. “Each ring has approximately 20 carats of white diamonds set in white and yellow gold, to represent the official opening of SoFi Stadium in 2020.” Jason of Beverly Hills was entrusted with the project. (ESPN)
5. L.A. now has a kosher ice cream truck! La Creme Dairy is the brainchild of Chaim and Mariasha Fyzakov. Serving up Cholov Yisroel ice cream, “a rabbi on site makes sure the milk is coming from a healthy cow, that it’s being processed on kosher equipment and there are no non-kosher ingredients.” We learned on Friday that to keep track of where to find the ice cream, head to WhatsApp or Instagram. (Jewish Journal)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Bilingual Bird Walk at South Los Angeles Wetlands Park (off of Avalon Boulevard just south of 54th Street) (8:30 a.m.)
• E-Waste Collection Event in the employee parking lot across from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (9 a.m.)
• Salsa Dance Program with Emmy Lam at the Chatsworth Branch Library (1 p.m.)
• Opening Reception for John Brooks: Thinking About Danger at Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles (5 p.m.)
• Tash Sultana at the Hollywood Palladium (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• A neighbor in the Silver Lake Reservoir area wants to know how to get rid of ants. They have tried the liquid ant baits and have a safe natural ant spray to kill them. (Nextdoor)
• Our Little Holmby-Westwood neighbor wants to share about an amazing new juice and coffee shop in Beverly Hills. ‘The Art of Juice and Water’ on Crescent Drive. It has incredible juices, smoothies, water with unique infused ingredients and elixirs — all very delicious. (Nextdoor)
• A Boyle Hts-Aliso-Mariachi Plaza neighbor is looking for the gardeners/landscapers that service the four properties off S State Street between 3rd and 4th. Hoping to see if they can service our property nearby. (Nextdoor)
• Our West Adams West neighbor wants to volunteer their time at a local community garden. (Nextdoor)
• A Silver Lake Micheltorena neighbor stumbled across some really friendly and cute stray kittens in front of an abandoned house in Silverlake. They seem very hungry and was wondering if anyone knew of a safe rescue organization. (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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