🌱 Ancient Medusa Mosaic Found + Dodger Stadium Gondola Tram Update

Thanks for hanging out with us at the Los Angeles Daily during what turns out to be a very newsy National Coffee Ice Cream Day. (No lazy days of summer here!) Today we’re looking at:

• 🇮🇹 A mosaic is being returned to Italy
• ⚾ An update on the Dodger Stadium aerial gondola tram
• 🏙️ A developer proposing more density, less parking at the 3601 Mission Road project

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📰 Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1) Would you believe that someone had a huge mosaic of Medusa in their climate-controlled Los Angeles storage unit? There since the 1980s, the owner, who didn’t have any paperwork, finally had an attorney contact the FBI Art Crime Team to negotiate the return. We learned on Sunday that Italian authorities confirmed that the mosaic “had been entered into cultural property records in 1909.” In 1959, it was for sale in L.A. The 2,000-year-old mosaic “had been cut into 16 pieces” and stored on pallets that showed evidence of termite infestation. (CNN)

2) What’s going on with the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit project of the “aerial gondola tram to whisk people to Dodger Stadium?” Headed by Frank McCourt, the former team owner, the company donated the project to “downtown-based Climate Resolve.” Monday’s report shows that while McCourt’s company will fund the entitlement phase, the environmental nonprofit created a subsidiary, Zero Emissions Transit, to take “the project through the entitlement process and then assembling the funding package and managing the construction phase.” Once built, the tram could move about 5,000 people an hour. (LA Business Journal/paywall)

3) The parking lot across “Mission Road from Lincoln Park” could become a “seven-story, 184-unit apartment complex,” if the Planning Department approves the developer’s request to increase density but decrease parking spaces and open areas. In return, the 3601 Mission Road project would set aside 47 units “for very low-income households.” (The Eastsider LA)

4) If you’re planning to travel “between Lake Hughes Road and Templin Highway,” be aware of the I-5 closures! On Monday, Caltrans sent structural engineers to inspect fire damage. “Steel barriers on the wall were burned by flames.” (NBC)

5) Canyon Coffee has a brick-and-mortar storefront! Located at 1559 Echo Park Avenue, we found out on Monday that “the café will soon host pop-ups by night featuring other local food and beverage businesses.” There’s also talk about an expansion that will culminate in a move to a new production space. (Daily Coffee News)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Natural History Museum free Admission Tuesday (9:30 a.m.)
• Mommy & Me Music And Story Class at the International Children’s Academy (9:30 a.m.)
• iHollywood Film Fest 2022 at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres (noon)
• ARKAI Free Virtual Concert (7 p.m.)
• Sunset Rooftop Comedy at 6099 Sunset Blvd (9 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• Today’s Flex Alert starts at 4 p.m. remember to: ✅Set thermostats to 78 degrees, if health permits 🔌Unplug unused electronic devices 💡Turn off unnecessary lights. (Mayor Eric Garcetti via Instagram)
• The LA County Fire Family descended on the Big A for a tailgate and baseball game with the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles County delivering an extra inning loss to the Houston Asterisks. This was a great game! (Los Angeles County Firefighters, IAFF Local 1014 via Facebook)
• Los Angeles Department of Water & Power crews continued their work in intense heat to restore customers affected by power outages in the city. At this location in Los Feliz, crews checked each underground vault for to locate the source of the issue. (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power via Facebook)
• A Beachwood Canyon is in need of a good cleaning lady. Can someone please recommend one? (Nextdoor)
• Our bird-loving Mount Washington Southeast neighbor wants to know what to do about a bully hummingbird? He has taken over the feeder (they have another one in a different part of the yard). They tried putting two near each other, but he runs all the other birds away who are trying to feed. Any ideas? (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Tuesday! See you tomorrow for your next update.

— 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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