🌱 Death Near Carlos & Bronson + Something Kills Echo Park Lake Lotus

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• 🧑‍⚖️ A smash-and-grab suspect indictment
• 🚒 Graduation of the LAFD Recruit Training Academy Class 22-1
• 🎶 The Latin Jazz & Music Festival

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📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1) A man in his 60s was found dead on Wednesday evening in a U-Haul rental truck, “near the intersection of West Carlos and North Bronson avenues.” He was shot to death and may have been homeless. (Fox)

2) On Wednesday, the federal grand jury indicted three men from Long Beach in the March 23rd Beverly Hills jewelry store smash-and-grab robbery. The suspects range in age from 20 to 37. They are believed to have stolen “more than $2.6 million worth of merchandise.” (ABC)

3) What’s happening with the Echo Park Lake lotus? We learned on Wednesday that for this year’s Lotus Festival, there was very little in the way of lotus plants in the lake. “Initially planted in the 1920s and restored nearly a decade ago, the lotus bed has steadily shrunk in recent years.” The lotus falls under the care of “LA Sanitation & Environment,” which “declined to comment.” (The Eastsider LA)

4) The Los Angeles Fire Department graduated its LAFD Recruit Training Academy Class 22-1 on Thursday morning. Congratulations! (L.A. Fire Department)

5) The Latin Jazz & Music Festival is planned for Saturday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. It will take place in MacArthur Park and is the ninth return of the event. The event is FREE, and there is “free parking on Wilshire Boulevard between Alvarado Street and South Park View Avenue.” (The Eastsider LA)

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📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• "Hocus Pocus" plays at the El Capitan Theatre (10 AM)
• Homework help for K-12 students at the Chatsworth Branch Library (3 PM)
• Toño Rosario (El Kuko) performs at The Mayan (9 PM)
• JCBAMF at The Pack Theater (10 PM)
• Friday Night Live at The Comedy Store (10:30 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "On Sunday, October 9, 2022, Los Angeles Fire Department hero, Firefighter Henry Munoz, will be immortalized on the Fire Hero NFFF Memorial Wall." (LAFD via Instagram)
• Exciting news from the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden! A new Visitor Plaza is on the way! Construction starts Saturday, October 8, and the current entrance will be closed. There’ll be two new temporary entrances. (Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden via Facebook)

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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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