🌱 Family Van Stolen In Baldwin Park + 5 Men's Central Jail Inmates OD

Happy Tuesday, neighbors; today is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

Who stole a van from in front of a family’s home? Also, what caused an overdose at the jail? Finally, Baldwin Hills is getting a film studio!

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and breezy. High: 68 Low: 51.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. Who stole a family’s van in Baldwin Park? The family, who are leaders at the Apostolic Worship Epicenter Church, had parked the vehicle in front of their home. It is a necessary conveyance for this family of 10 to get around town. (Patch)
2. How did five inmates at the Men's Central Jail get their hands on drugs? Most importantly, what did they take that caused firefighters to receive “an overdose call around 7:15 a.m. Monday.” Scuttlebutt claims it's fentanyl. (ABC)
3. Baldwin Hills is getting a film studio, we heard on Saturday! The brainchild of Stocker Street Creative, it “features 50,000 feet of sound stage studio space (and) transform a 5.12-acre block along Stocker Street, with Santa Rosalia Drive on the east end and Don Felipe Drive on the west end.” (L.A. Standard)
4. What would an expanded Los Angeles Convention Center look like? We learned on Monday that “the proposed convention center expansion project will feature a 700,000-square-foot new hall building, which would connect the existing south and west halls over Pico Boulevard.” Concurrently, “the expansion project would add 870 hotel rooms to the JW Marriott, nearly doubling its size and making it the city’s largest hotel.” (LA Downtown News)
5. On Monday, the Lakers decided to part ways with three-season head coach Frank Vogel. The team “finished the season with a 33-49 record, good for just fourth place in the Pacific Division,” which is a far cry from when “Vogel led the Lakers to the NBA championship in 2020.” (Patch)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Versa Event at the Amazing Lash Studio (10 AM)
• Terrific Tuesday Storytime at the Peninsula Center Library (10:15 AM)
• C.R.A.M.P.S Week with Let it Flow Yoga at the SRC (10:30 AM)
• Botho Art Collective's Inaugural International Artist-Led Fair at 821 E 3rd St. (11 AM)
• Marketing Your Art Business Online Webinar Series (2 PM)

From my notebook:

• Congratulations to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Century Station for placing 2nd in their division at the 120-Mile Baker to Vegas Relay Race. Great job! (Facebook)
• The LASD Women's Team took 1st Place overall this weekend at the 120-mile Baker to Vegas Relay Race! Congratulations! Great Job (Facebook)
• This weekend, LASD Men’s Elite Team took 1st Place Overall at the Baker to Vegas Relay Race! Congratulations (Facebook)
• Congratulations to the LASD Court Services Bureau running team! They took 3rd place in their division at the 120-mile Baker to Vegas relay race. (Facebook)
• In this virtual-only Los Angeles Public Library program, Fr Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world, will share what he has learned in three decades working with marginalized populations. (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.