🌱 Fire On Kingsley Dr + FREE Bus And Rail Rides On New Year’s Eve

Hello again! Today, we celebrate New Year’s Eve! It's Sylvia, your host of the Daily. Follow along to find out everything you need to know that's happening these days in town. Today you'll find news about:

• 🔐 A West Hills restaurant losing its liquor license
• 🐰 A FREE Kotohajime celebrating the Year of the Rabbit
• 🎉 The Angelus Temple is turning 100.

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🌧️ But first, today's weather:

Cool with rain and drizzle. High: 61 Low: 50.

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Here are the top stories today in Los Angeles:

1. A three-story apartment building at 425 South Kingsley Drive in Koreatown caught fire on Friday morning at 6:07 a.m. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) arrived and found a “modern style apartment building (two stories over parking) with nothing showing.” However, once firefighters went inside, they found heavy smoke coming from the second floor. They went in, contained the fire to just one unit, put it out and evaluated a neighbor for possible smoke inhalation. “Cause and $ loss TBD.” (LAFD)
2. Kyoto Sushi in the West Hills neighborhood lost its liquor license last week. Reportedly, the “restaurant furnished alcohol to a 20-year-old employee” who was later involved “in a deadly crash that killed a 12-year-old and 16-year-old passenger in another vehicle.” The restaurant is now listed as “permanently closed.” (California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control)
3. Attend a FREE virtual event put on by the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center. Scheduled for January 1 at 2 p.m., a “Kotohajime will celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with the theme Hatsu-U or ‘First Hare.’” Enjoy the artistry of “internationally acclaimed violinist Ken Aiso, pianist Valeria Morgovskaya, kimono organization Nadeshikokai, the Honorable Fujima Kansuma, and dancers from the Colburn School.” (Rafu Shimpo)
4. Sister Aimee Semple McPherson’s Angelus Temple at 1100 Glendale Boulevard is turning 100! Now housed in the Foursquare Church, the congregation is hosting a virtual centennial celebration on New Year’s Day. Down the line, the congregation plans on tent revivals and other events to celebrate. (The Eastsider L.A.)
5. If you’re partying this weekend, don’t drive drunk. Metro offers FREE bus and rail rides on New Year's Eve from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. In related news, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) plans on “a blitz of DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols to catch intoxicated drivers.” (L.A. Department of Transportation, Patch)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Happy Noon Year’s Eve Celebration at the Miraleste Library (10 AM)
• VIBEZ: A Drug- & Alcohol-free New Year’s Eve Celebration at Fiesta Hall (8 PM)
• Prohibition-Themed New Year's Eve Party at Union Station (9 PM)
• Dita Von Teese at The Orpheum Theatre (9 PM)
• ’23 Above Grand New Year's Celebration at the Aqua Viva Restaurant (9 PM)

From my notebook:

• "On behalf of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, I offer my condolences to Sheriff Chad Bianco & the men and women of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department during this difficult time." (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)
• "The LAFD sends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Deputy Cordero." (Los Angeles Fire Department via Facebook)
• "The clock's-a-tickin'! 🕰️ With just two days left in 2022, there's still time to include the Los Angeles Conservancy with your end-of-year giving plans!" (Los Angeles Conservancy via Facebook)
• "2023 is almost here, and so is the deadline to apply for the L.A. Conservancy's 2023 Preservation Awards! Applications are now being accepted for outstanding achievements in historic preservation: ** deadline to apply is January 16th.**" (Los Angeles Conservancy via Facebook)
• "Parking Enforcement Is IN Effect - Montebello Residents and guests - Parking Enforcement of posted parking signs and street sweeping is in effect this weekend and January 2 as usual." (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow for another 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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