🌱 Echo Park Lake’s Fence To Come Down + Big Plans For Marlton Square

Hello, hello! Today, we celebrate the combination of root vegetables and dessert on National Carrot Cake Day. I'm here with your fresh copy of the Los Angeles Daily, filled with all the things you need to know about what's happening locally. Today you'll read about:

• 👮 A worrisome find at the Lumina Hollywood
• 💡 The LAX power outage
• 🎥 A new Japan House exhibit you don’t want to miss.

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🌤️ But first, today's weather:

Clouds giving way to some sun. High: 71 Low: 47.

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⏰ Daylight Saving Time Poll! 🤔
Daylight saving time begins on March 12. According to history, we can thank entomologist George Hudson for coming up with the idea in 1895. Implementation took place in 1918 to save resources and extend the work day during wartime. In 1966, daylight saving time became the law of the land, but states could opt out. So far, only Hawaii and Arizona have done so. Now, there are dueling studies pointing to the successes and failures of the practice. Where do you stand on the issue? So far, 63.4% don’t like daylight saving time, while 36.6% do.

Here are the top stories today in Los Angeles:

1. Unless you’ve been on a complete media fast, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the 24-year-old man who might have planned a mass shooting. Someone dropped a dime and called in a complaint about a person making threats. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded, checked his 18th-floor residence at the Lumina Hollywood at 1522 Gordon Street, and found “several high-powered rifles, shotguns, handguns and a ‘large cache of various munitions.’” Looking out the windows, police saw a clear line of sight to a public park. Moreover, “some of the rifles were pointed outside of the windows.” (KTLA)
2. Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez says he heard you! And the chain-link fence around Echo Park Lake is coming down. You may remember that it was put up in March 2021 after a large tent encampment was removed. However, he wouldn’t say on Thursday precisely when the fence is coming down. Some residents aren’t sure that removing the fence is a good idea, because it may signal the availability of the space for another encampment. (The Eastsider LA)
3. Plenty of travelers were inconvenienced when LAX lost power Wednesday afternoon. While flights remained on schedule, some passengers “did have to deplane manually after jet bridges lost power.” Other people ended up trapped in elevators, and first responders were called. Various businesses on Century Boulevard were said to also lose power. At this point, the Department of Water and Power hasn’t released the cause of the outage. (Patch)
4. The Los Angeles City Council voted earlier this week to negotiate exclusively with Hudson Pacific Properties on a development plan for Marlton Square. The parcel is a 5.7-acre site “near the K Line and the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in South L.A.” The proposal included space for an urban farm, a food incubator, a grocery store and office space. (LA Urbanize)
5. Check out the “Designing with Disaster: Stories from Seven Regenerative Cities” exhibit that opened late last month at the Japan House. It’s an innovative look at the “possibility of symbioses between humans and the natural and constructed worlds.” If you’re a multi-medium aficionado, you’ll love the animations, plans and projected data. If you haven’t been yet, you have until April 2 to check it out. (Japan House L.A.)

Today in Los Angeles:

• The California Science Center hosts "Amazônia" by Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado (10 AM)
• Echo Park Farmers’ Market on Logan Street at Sunset Blvd. (3 PM)
• Chess Club meets at the Memorial Branch Library (3 PM)
• Danny Ocean performs at The Wiltern (7 PM)
• A Beyoncé Vs Rihanna Dance Party is happening at the Teragram Ballroom (9 PM)

From my notebook:

• "On February 1, 1886, your Los Angeles Fire Department was founded, as the 15-year formal existence of the Los Angeles Volunteer Fire Department drew to a close, unable to fully meet the needs of our burgeoning city." (LAFD via Instagram)
• "LACoFD Recruit Class 169 In Action! LACoFD Photographer, Doug Morrison, captured photos of Recruit Class 169 during night fire training last week at the East County Training Center." (Los Angeles County Fire Dept. via Instagram)
• "Please welcome Andre Spicer, who began his new role this week as Region South interim superintendent. He says he feels 'humbled and excited' to represent such an 'awesome' area, where he also lives. If you see him, please introduce yourself." (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• "The Los Angeles Public Library's Washington Irving Branch offers a quilting club for the public, and you can join with no experience needed...just the desire to learn! For more information, visit the Washington Irving Branch." (Los Angeles Public Library via Facebook)

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• Median Listing Home Price/Square Foot $644
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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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