🌱 City Of Champions Parade? + From Hollywood Sign To Rams' House

Happy Thursday, Los Angeles, and happy National Cabbage Day! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

LeBron James suggested a three-team parade, and he’s not wrong. Also, changing the Hollywood Sign is a lot more difficult than it sounds. Finally, Herb Wesson will step in for Mark Ridley-Thomas.

First, today's weather:

Pleasant with plenty of sun. High: 73 Low: 48.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. The Super Bowl champion Rams got their victory parade Wednesday. Mayor Eric Carcetti was there to hand “keys to the city of LA to Cooper Kupp, Aaron Donald and Matthew Stafford.” However, “the Lakers and Dodgers both won world titles in 2020, but neither franchise had a victory parade due to pandemic restrictions.” The Lakers' LeBron James proposed, “We, Dodgers and Rams should all do a joint parade together! With a live concert afterwards to end it!! City of Champions." (@NBCLA, NBC)
2. Starting Monday, workers changed the famous Hollywood sign to read Rams' House. But everyone wasn’t happy as the transformation was underway. For a while, it read “RALLYWOSE,” which left residents scratching their heads. Others commented on the finished product as looking like “toilet paper.” (LA Mag)
3. We learned Wednesday that L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez has a plan for Mark Ridley-Thomas' council seat. Martinez announced “a plan to appoint Herb Wesson to serve as an interim council member” for the South L.A. district. “Wesson cares deeply about the communities he represents and knows the district better than anyone." (@DavidZahniser)
4. Selma Elementary was placed on lockdown Wednesday. The LAPD was “dealing with a barricaded suspect armed with a weapon in a parking lot on the east side of the school.” The man was later found to have died of suicide. (@LASchoolPolice; L.A. Times/paywall)
5. The Spelling Manor is back on the market, we learned Wednesday. The asking price is “$165 million, over 25% more than it sold for in 2019.” The Holmby Hills mansion has 14 bedrooms, 27 bathrooms, and was sold “in 2019, for an $80 million discount from its original asking price. It was sold to an unidentified Saudi Arabian buyer.” (Fox 11)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• "Love Stories of Los Angeles" Guided Tour at the Hollywood Sign (10 AM)
• Money 101 For Teens (online) with the Central Library (4 PM)
• Joshua Radin at the El Rey Theatre (9 PM)
• Comedy at the Manor at The York Manor (9 PM)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery, Seasons, Bite Marx at The Redwood Bar & Grill (9 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department invites Pomona residents and business owners to join Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva for an evening of information and dialogue about public safety. It will take place on Monday, February 28, 2022 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. (Facebook)
• The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks & Recreation is HIRING! Swipe through to see all opportunities! See something you like or think someone else would be a good fit? Visit and apply! (Facebook)
• L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti urges LAUSD HS students to check out S2S, which is now giving young Angelenos the opportunity to receive paid work experience and job skills training. Make a difference in your community. (Instagram)
• Our next door neighbor in West Park Terrace East needs an affordable accountant to help with taxes for a small business. (Nextdoor)
• A Beverly Grove Fairfax neighbor found two silver keys in the grass on Orlando Ave. - let them know if you have lost a pair of keys. (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.