🌱 Hit-And-Run At 3rd & Flower + Sheared Fire Hydrant On Zelzah Avenue

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• 🚓 The LAPD is looking for a royal blue Mini Cooper with a sunroof
• 🚒 A sheared fire hydrant flooded streets around Zelzah
• 🚓 Thieves are targeting rental car drivers in and around Griffith Park

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

1) The LAPD needs your help finding a hit-and-run driver in a “royal blue Mini Cooper with a sunroof.” We learned Wednesday that the crime occurred on August 14 at 3rd and Flower streets. The car slammed into a moped stopped at a red light, lingered for a moment, and then drove away. Bystanders came to the injured party’s help. Drop a dime if you know the driver, who may be a “man in his 40s with black hair.” There’s a $25,000 reward. The number to call is “213-833-3713 or via email at 39761@lapd.online.” (NBC)

2) On Monday, the LAFD was called to the 10300 block of Zelzah Avenue. A traffic collision resulted in a sheared fire hydrant that was flooding the streets and intersections. Fire officials were able to “stem the flow of water” before utility officials arrived. (LAFD)

3) Thieves are targeting cars parked in and around Griffith Park. We learned on Tuesday that they “have been targeting vehicles in the area, especially rentals.” Criminals reason that with rentals, “there's a greater likelihood that there will be money, credit cards, IDs, possibly passports, and/or valuables.” As of today, the PD has received 121 reports of thefts from Griffith Park. (Spectrum News 1)

4) The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council is fed up with the “challenges facing pedestrians, cyclists and motorists as they navigate through the junction of Glendale Boulevard, Fletcher Drive and Silver Ridge Avenue.” We learned on Wednesday that the council has addressed City Council members Mitch O’Farell and Nithya Raman to follow its suggestions for “critical mobility improvements.” (The Eastsider LA)

5) On Wednesday, Angelenos unofficially observed Kobe Day. Part of the celebration was the unveiling of a stunningly lifelike mural off Hope and 12th Street. If you’re a fan of the Lakers star, you owe it to yourself to check it out! (MekahloNBCLA)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Online Climate Cafe And Gardening Club with the Encino - Tarzana Branch Library (5 p.m.)
• Line Dancing at the Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library (6 p.m.)
• Los Rieleros Del Norte perform at La Boom (8 p.m.)
• Mark Hayes & Friends ft. Brandon Wardell at the Hollywood Improv (10:15 p.m.)
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind plays at the Rooftop Cinema Club DTLA (11 p.m.)

📆 From my notebook:

• There's a new youth jobs program! Young Angelenos don’t have to choose between doing well and doing good. Californians For All Youth Jobs Corps is hiring 4,000 young Angelenos to help solve some of our state's biggest challenges. (Mayor Eric Garcetti via Instagram)
• Sheriff Villanueva hosted His Eminence Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist Monk, in his office, in the Hall of Justice. The sheriff and his Eminence exchanged wishes of peace, harmony and equality to the people of Los Angeles County. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)
• Earlier this afternoon, LACoFD firefighters responded to a report of a brush fire near N. Reeder Avenue and E. Renshaw Street in San Dimas. (Los Angeles County Fire Department via Facebook)
• Registration is now open for the 2022 Women’s Leadership & Empowerment Conference Presents BEYOND THE BADGE. (Los Angeles City Park Rangers via Instagram)
• A Garvanza Central neighbor is looking for an ethical dentist. Recommendations? (Nextdoor)

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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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