🌱 Council Scandal Fallout Grows + Homeless Man Targets Baja Cantina

Hello all, and happy National Gumbo Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — here to impart all the most important things happening in the community. Today you'll find news about:

• 🧑‍⚖️ A felony hit-and-run that might turn into a misdemeanor
• 😸 P-22 making an appearance in a driveway
• 🤼 The New Japan Showdown

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📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1) The fallout from the L.A. City Council scandal continues. On Tuesday, Nury Martinez, who left her position as council president, took a leave of absence. Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León did not leave their positions. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, both of whom are running for L.A. Mayor, are joining the chorus of those asking the three to resign. Tuesday’s scheduled council meeting was attended by huge crowds demonstrating and asking for the removal of the three. (The Guardian, Konstantine in CA)

2) In 2021, a red pickup sideswiped a retired police lieutenant who was riding his bike in Agoura. It turned into a hit-and-run. The driver, who was charged with a felony, made “a deal that drops the charge to a misdemeanor.” At first, the driver was supposed to have “pled out to the felony, served felony probation, did community service, and paid restitution.” Now, he’ll be “pleading guilty to a misdemeanor.” The victim intends to be at the hearing and hopes the judge will reject the plea. (ABC)

3) A homeless man keeps breaking into the Baja Cantina at 311 Washington Boulevard in Venice. His latest break-in happened on Sunday, when he lowered himself through a skylight and drank the restaurant’s alcohol until he passed out. The restaurant’s manager said he “saw the man the previous night screaming and wandering in the middle of an intersection without pants on” and also that the same man broke in a week earlier. (Fox)

4) L.A.’s favorite mountain lion, P-22, is in the news again. We learned on Tuesday that he spent Saturday night in Los Feliz, in a resident’s driveway, barring them from entering. However, he eventually got up and left, which meant that the homeowners did not have to spend a night in a hotel. (The Guardian)

5) The New Japan Showdown is coming to The Vermont on Sunday. Be there at 4 p.m. because the bell rings promptly one hour later to get the pro-wrestling matches started. Matches will feature, among others, Jay White, Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Tom Lawlor, and Fred Rosser. (Vermont Hollywood)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Toddler Storytime at the John C. Fremont Branch Library (10:30 AM)
• Desert Drummer Master Class at Los Angeles Harbor College (11 AM)
• The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (8 PM)
• No Llores Roast Battles at the Ha Ha Comedy Club (10 PM)
• Long Time No See Comedy with Tiffany Haddish and others at the Improv (10:15 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• From Alberto M. Carvalho: "Indifference to this unacceptable, racist assault on the diversity of our community is tantamount to complicity. Failure to honorably and decently represent all, renders anyone unable to represent any." (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• "What's now known as Fern Dell, in Griffith Park, was once land inhabited by the Gabrieliño-Tongva tribe. The villages relied on the natural springs in the area, and the protection of the shade trees." (Los Angeles Conservancy via Facebook)
• LA Unified families: "Learn about options after high school on the Family Acad. Webinar, October 12 at 5:30 pm" (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• Join us for our North Hollywood North East Neighborhood Council Meeting on October 12, 7 pm. (Nextdoor)
• Join us for the Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council Meeting on October 12, 6:15 pm. (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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