🌱 COVID-19 Cancellations Pile Up + Fogo De Chao Plans 3rd LA Location

Hello, people of Los Angeles! My name is Carlos Hernandez and I am filling in as your host of the Los Angeles Daily today. Let's get this day started right.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 67 Low: 48.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. The New Year's Eve Celebration set to take place in Grand Park in Los Angeles has been canceled due to rising COVID-19 numbers. The in-person event has instead turned into a broadcast-only event. (CBS Los Angeles)

2. Upcoming Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks hockey games have been postponed after coronavirus outbreaks. A total of 27 games have been postponed due to coronavirus outbreaks on teams this season by the NHL. (Los Angeles Patch)

3. Police are investigating fliers filled with anti-Semitic language regarding COVID-19 that were left in Pasadena and Beverly Hills. The fliers stated that “every single aspect of the COVID agenda is Jewish.” (NBC Los Angeles)

4. A local news investigation by L.A. Taco revealed that vendors for portable sinks and toilets for homeless residents were getting paid millions of dollars for work they were not completing. Only 68 portable toilets are available out of 150 approved by the city council. (L.A. Taco)

5. Brazilian steakhouse Fogo De Chao is opening its third LA location into the former Grimaldi's in El Segundo, joining other steakhouses in the area. There is currently no opening date for the new location. (Eater LA)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• COVID Vaccine Clinic at HighTech Los Angeles (9:00 AM)
• The Original Farmers Market. (10:00 AM)
• Quiet and Cozy Coloring Fun at Miraleste Library. (3:30 PM)
• Los Angeles Lakers Vs. Phoenix Suns at Crypto.com Arena. (7:00 PM)
• Midnight Madness Comedy Show at Third Wheel Hollywood. (11:59 PM)

From my notebook:

• Requests for proposals are open to help make the Strength and Love LA COVID-19 Memorial a permanent part of the city. (Instagram)
• Some of Los Angeles' biggest restaurant names have begun to feel the effects of the winter COVID-19 surge, but so far there is no change from public officials in response. (Eater LA)
• West Coast rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation backstage at a Los Angeles music festival Saturday. (CNN)
• Yayoi Kusama’s "Infinity Mirrored Room" is reopening at the Broad on January 5th, 2022. (Time Out LA)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.