🌱Evacuations On Laurel Avenue + Lincoln Heights Man Shoots Assailant

Hello there, Los Angeles; happy National Senior Citizens Day! I'm here in your inbox this warm morning to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on in town. I'll get right to it.

• 🚒 WeHo’s SD assisted the LAFD with evacuations during a structure fire
• 🚓 A homeowner is alive and a knife-wielding assailant is dead on E. Ave 28
• 🚓 There’s a Windsor Hill crash update

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First, today's weather:

🌤️ Clouds giving way to sun. High: 82 Low: 63.

🌡️ FYI: To locate a cooling center in Los Angeles, call 3-1-1, reach out to the Los Angeles Public Library Public Information Office at (213) 228-7555, or find your nearest location and its hours on the current list of county facilities.

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• Arco at 2740 E Olympic Blvd., $4.75
• 76 at 1800 E Olympic Blvd., $4.79
• United Oil at 4931 W Pico Blvd., $4.93

🤔 Homelessness Poll!
CNN reports that Los Angeles County has a homeless population of “more than 66,400 people.” The numbers are increasing. Do you think that city governments are doing enough? Are there better solutions? Please let me know your thoughts! So far, 29.4% favor more infrastructure investment, 15.9% want federal involvement, 1.8% say faith-based groups need to step up, 4.7% want the military to open its bases, and 46.5% ask for justice system involvement.

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

1) The West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station investigated a structure fire on Saturday. They were “at the 1300 block of N Laurel Avenue” conducting evacuations. We learned later that the “structure fire appears to have been accidental” and the building “is now safe.” (WHDLASD)

2) On Friday evening, a Lincoln Heights homeowner protected himself with a gun when a 30-year-old man “lunged at him with a knife while he was in the front yard of his home.” He then called LAPD to come to the 500 block of East Avenue 28. The assailant “was pronounced dead at the scene” and the homeowner “was not arrested.” (The Eastsider LA)

3) Windsor Hills Crash Update: We learned Saturday that the traveling nurse, who is the suspect in the crash that killed six people, “has been suspended from practicing nursing in the state of California.” According to the defense, she has had mental health issues “which appear to be increasing in severity, ranging from the defendant jumping on police cars to jumping out of apartment windows.” Besides that, she was involuntarily committed to mental health facilities. It is interesting to note that the California Board of Registered Nursing explained they initially granted her license because the nurse “did not have a criminal history or a record of discipline that would have precluded her from obtaining licensure; and, the BRN did not have any information calling her mental state into question.” (Fox)

4) Who will remain with the Los Angeles Rams for the season? We learned on Saturday that there have been five cuts made. They are “tight end Kendall Blanton, running backs Raymond Calais and A.J. Rose, defensive back Jairon McVea and wide receiver J.J. Koski.” However, all is not lost. “It wouldn't be much of a surprise to see any one of these players end up back on the Rams practice squad this year.” (The Spun)

5) The Channel Street skate park is reopening today! Built in the 2000s under the 110 without the benefit of permits, Caltrans shuttered it in 2014. Behind the scenes, Councilman Joe Buscaino worked with the San Pedro Skate Park Association to make the space legal. Today at noon, it reopens! (Patch)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• CicLAvia: Meet The Hollywoods on Hollywood and Santa Monica boulevards (9 a.m.)
• Yoga at the California African American Museum (11 a.m.)
• Foot Locker In-Store Back-to-School Event at 9060 Firestone Blvd (1 p.m.)
• Annual Pat Pincus Poetry Fest takes place at the Donald Bruce Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library (2 p.m.)
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2 plays at the Electric Dusk Drive-In (8:30 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• The innovative Therapeutic Van program, conceived in 2019, continues to expand with the addition of "TV94" operating out of Fire Station 94 in the Crenshaw neighborhood. (LAFD via Instagram)
• The striking 1942 Regency Revival style residence on Beverly Hills' storied Roxbury Drive will soon be razed. That's despite the home's architectural significance as an excellent work by famed Beverly Hills architect Carleton Burgess. (Los Angeles Conservancy via Facebook)
• Looking to become a vendor for LA Recreation and Parks? Come attend a FREE webinar on August 24th at 1pm PST to learn how to navigate the bidding process, among other things! ⭐️ (LA City Recreation & Parks via Instagram)
• Our Cheviot Hills South neighbor is looking for an ear specialist. Anyone has a referral for an ear nose and throat specialist? (Nextdoor)
• A Los Feliz Square neighbor noticed a weird restaurant “optional” charge. Has anyone else seen these 20% “pay for my employees’ insurance” charges at restaurants? It’s 20% before tip, and if you want it removed, you have to ask your server. (Nextdoor)
• Blaze Pizza, which operates locations locally at 110 N Fairfax Ave and 3335 S. Figueroa St., announced that it's "increasing fundraising donations to 25 percent of a fundraiser's net sales to support school-related organizations in the month of September." (Blaze)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday. I'll be in your inbox Tuesday morning with a new update!

— 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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