🌱 Caltrans To Evict People From Freeway Homes + South L.A. CicLAvia

Good morning, everybody; today is Global Cat Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in our community today. Today you'll find news about these stories and more:

• 🚓 Murder in the 2300 block of El Segundo Boulevard
• ⚠️ Superspreader event in City Hall
• 🍜 Per L’Ora is the hip new place to dine

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Will you celebrate Halloween this year? Tell us your plans! So far, 50% are turning off their porch lights, 36.5% will hand out candy, 3.8% are attending a party, and another 9.6% will accompany children to go trick-or-treating.

📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1) L.A. might be adding more homeless people to its rolls. We learned on Saturday that some people living in the “freeway homes purchased by Caltrans in El Sereno” are being asked to leave. Having been vacant, several homeless people moved in there in 2020. It affects some residents on Shelley Street, Sheffield Avenue, and surrounding areas. (Local Today)

2) A man was killed on Saturday around 2 a.m. in the 2300 block of El Segundo Boulevard. The PD responded to calls of shots fired. If you have any information, please call the Sheriff Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. (Nixle)

3) If you were in Council Chambers when Councilman Mike Bonin reacted to the racist rants of the former Council President and two councilmen who are still holding on to their positions, you might have contracted COVID. Bonin tested positive, and Acting Council President Mitch O'Farrell urges anyone there to “get tested beginning Sunday, and continue testing.” Concurrently, the council meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday will be virtual. (CBS)

4) Hotel Per La at 649 South Olive Street opened in late September. On Saturday, we learned that Per L’Ora, hailed as the hotels “new dining concept” has now opened. It blends “coastal Italian cuisine with local Los Angeles flavors.” (LA Downtown News)

5) Mark your calendars! CicLAvia is planning its South L.A. event. Scheduled for December 4th and running from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the “route connects Exposition Park, Historic South Central, Florence-Firestone, and Watts.” Drivers should avoid Central on that day. (CicLAvia)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• AIDS Walk at West Hollywood Park (9 AM)
• Free Halloween Yoga Event at Chevalier's Bookstore in Larchmont Village (10:30 AM)
• Singles & Seniors Adoption Event at the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter (11 AM)
• Hallows Fest at The Offbeat (1 PM)
• CiBiC Bike Day at 1315 N Spring St (2 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• Dine LA runs through October 28. 😋 "With so many dishes to try and neighborhoods to explore, have you made your reservations yet?" (Discover Los Angeles via Instagram)
• LAFD: "Fire Is DARK! It may start bright, but quickly produces thick, dark + deadly smoke. Give your sleeping family a chance to survive with functional smoke alarms and assure they ALWAYS sleep with all bedroom doors CLOSED."(LAFD via Instagram)
• Mayor Eric Garcetti: "Today, I congratulated the graduates of the LA Public Library’s Career Online High School in person for the first time since 2019. I look forward to seeing what this cohort of Angelenos does next." (Mayor Eric Garcetti via Instagram)
• County of Los Angeles: "The 2022 CA General Election is around the corner! The first step to voting is making sure you are registered✔️ Register by October 24 to receive your Vote by Mail ballot. Learn more: http://PLAN.LAVOTE.GOV" (County of Los Angeles via Instagram)
• Our Westwood Park-South neighbor "found a dog near Veteran Ave and Ohio in Westwood, LA. - Please call me 781-492-9415" (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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