🌱 Club Bahia Sunset Property Sold + MANAA Complains To Moviemaker

Good morning, friends; today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day! Let's all pile in the car today and head to Club Bahia for some amazing salsa. What else is going on? We’re starting this Sunday with news of a real estate sale, accusations of whitewashing, and USC fraternities!

• 💃🏽 The ground on which Club Bahia sits was sold
• 🎥 A movie set in Japan but made in L.A. is accused of using Asian characters sparingly
• 👨‍🎓 Six fraternities don’t like USC’s strict new rules to prevent sexual assault

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

1) Located across the street from the 1111 Sunset project, the property that hosts Club Bahia at 1130 Sunset Boulevard was sold for $8.5 million. However, we learned on Friday that the club “was not part of the real estate deal.” Does this mean it will continue to be the Echo Park destination for Latin music? The club’s staying mum, and the buyer’s agent didn’t have any comments, either. (The Eastsider LA)

2) On Saturday, the Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) took makers of “Bullet Train” to task for using “Asian source material” but only including “Asian characters in minimal roles or as window dressing.” The setting is supposed to be Japan yet “white and Black actors get top billing.” Meanwhile, the novel’s writer tried to keep the peace by saying the characters aren’t real, “and maybe they’re not even Japanese.” (Rafu)

3) Six of 15 fraternities are pushing back against USC’s “strict rules enacted after multiple accusations of sexual assault at frat parties last year.” “Kappa Alpha Order, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Zeta Beta Tau . . . severed their relationship with USC” we learned on Friday. The rules bothering them include “posting security guards at stairs or hallways leading to bedrooms during parties, and required sexual violence prevention training for all fraternity members.” (Patch)

4) The LAUSD has worked hard to fill vacancies in its classrooms. Overseeing about 1,000 schools, there are now “just over 200 classroom teaching positions” still open. However, we learned on Friday that the teachers’ union is questioning the district’s sudden ability to “to fill 700 vacancies in less than two weeks.” That said, the district has been hosting “daily hiring fairs across schools, held webinars and information sessions, and conducted in-person recruitment throughout the community.” (ED Source)

5) Mark your calendars! There will be a screening of “Legally Blonde” on August 26. However, this one includes your dog! The Rooftop Cinema Club Arts District will welcome leashed dogs with their human caregivers. And, yes, there will be “an area reserved for puply business.” Get there by 5:30 p.m.(NBC)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Sunset GT Cars & Coffee at the Petersen Automotive Museum (9 a.m.)
• Puppet Up Uncensored at The Jim Henson Company Lot (3 p.m.)
• 108th Birthday Celebration for Los Angeles Centenarian Annie Lillie Woods Juarez at Christ Temple Church (3:30 p.m.)
• Utopia Tribe Afrobeat & House Music on Mama Shelter's rooftop (5 p.m.)
• Friendship Buddies Free Outdoor Comedy at the Verdugo Bar (8 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• The Los Angeles County Firefighters’ Benefit and Welfare Association is sponsoring a Benefit Fund for the family of Firefighter Specialist Ismael M. Villalta-Ayala, who died on August 4. (Los Angeles County Fire Dept. via Instagram)
• Last month, we achieved a record-setting 11% reduction in water usage. As we each continue to do our part, LADWP1’s Water Conservation Response Unit stops potential water waste and brings educational resources to help us save every drop. (Mayor Eric Garcetti via Instagram)
• The LASD Major Crimes Bureau arrested a Rowland Heights "99 Ranch Market" robbery suspect. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)
• LAUSD teams are visiting families at home, offering support to help make sure everyone is ready for the first day of school. (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• A WeHo MidCity-South neighbor is wondering if there are any tortoise people out there? The Downey Animal Shelter in Southern California has 6. (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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