🌱 Athlete Assaulted In DTLA + Concession Strike At Dodger Stadium?

Good morning, friends; today is National Simplicity Day, which honors Henry David Thoreau! It's me, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily. Keep reading to find out the most important things happening around town.

First, today's weather:

Clouds giving way to sun. High: 80 Low: 61.

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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Residents are limited to watering their landscapes two days per week, before 9 a.m. or after 4 p.m. What else should the City do to deal with the water crisis? Please let me know your thoughts! So far, 19.1% want to mandate drought-resistant landscaping, 21.3% want to recycle wastewater for irrigation, another 39.3% want to build a desalination plant at the coast, and 20.2% don’t believe residential water use contributes to the water crisis.

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. A 51-year-old man experiencing homelessness assaulted a former Olympic volleyball player on Saturday in downtown L.A. The man “ran up out of nowhere and threw a metal object at her,” which left her with head fractures and an “eye nearly swollen shut.” (ABC)
2. Unite Here announced Monday that its members have authorized a strike, demanding "a fair new union contract." This might affect you if you’re going to the 2022 MLB All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium and intend to visit the concession stands. (CBS)
3. A free-agent offensive tackle player was arrested by the Sheriff's Department at LAX on Saturday. He allegedly carried an unloaded concealed gun. The athlete has since posted bond and is expected to appear in court on August 3. (The Athletic)
4. Gas prices are going down! “The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Monday for the 27th consecutive day and 28th time in 29 days, decreasing nine-tenths of a cent to $6.148.” Of course, if you check out my listing above, you will find gas stations where you pay considerably less. (Patch)
5. Mark your calendars! If you are a small business owner, the Small Business Rental Assistance Grant Program reopened its application program on Monday. You may qualify for up to $15,000 to “help pay for any rent fees owed.” However, you only have until July 20 to apply! (NBC)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• Sensory Friendly Tuesday at the Children's Museum at La Habra (9 a.m.)
• Online Introduction To Meditation with the West Valley Regional Branch Library (10 a.m.)
• Protecting Yourself From Cyber & Phone Scams at the Peninsula Center Library (10 a.m.)
• Social Desert x Goldlyfe Taco Tuesday at Vortex Hollywood (10 p.m.)
• Midnight Madness Comedy Show at Third Wheel Hollywood (11:59 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Our El Sereno Northeast neighbor says that trees are being cut down without proper city permits. (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor in the NW Jefferson Park area is wondering if anyone has done a successful NON-TOXIC ant extermination in their yard? (Nextdoor)
• Our The Oaks and Los Feliz Estates neighbor noticed that the Bronson overpass remains clean and cleared! Does anyone have an update on how this finally happened? It's been clean and cleared of trash and the encampments for over a week, which is wonderful. (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor in Garvanza Central wants to know what the heck is this in their plants? (Nextdoor)
• A Silver Lake Tularosa neighbor is wondering if someone accidentally picked up this chest? It was left outside for them to pick up, but within minutes it was gone. (Nextdoor)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you soon!

— 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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Los Angeles Daily? Contact me at losangeles@patch.com