🌱 Hit-And-Run At Vernon & Towne + LAPD Shoots Man Pointing Pellet Gun

Hello there, Los Angeles; today is International Tiger Day, which the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit declared in 2010! I'm here in your inbox today to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. I'll get right to it.

Do you know a black truck that has some unexplained damage? Also, officers shoot a man with a pellet gun near Elysian Park. Finally, did a local school ask a child to forge a parent’s signature?

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 84 Low: 65.

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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💻 Back To School Poll!
The kids are going back to school soon. Should schools still take COVID precautions? Please let me know your thoughts! As of right now, 39.7% say the kids should just go back to school, 26% say that kids should wear masks, 30.1% want there to be distancing and sanitizing, while 4.1% prefer distance learning for the kids.

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. There was a deadly hit-and-run on Vernon and Towne avenues Thursday at around 1:40 a.m. The victim was a “man in his 40s.” “The suspect vehicle was described as a possible black truck.” (CBS)
2. The LAPD shot and killed a man “near the area of North Broadway and South Avenue 19.” A passerby reported the man as “being armed.” The man “allegedly produced the handgun and pointed it at the officers.” It turns out he had a pellet gun. (Patch)
3. We learned on Thursday that a mother is suing the Los Angeles Unified School District, alleging “her 13-year-old son was given a COVID-19 vaccination at school without her consent” and asked to forge her signature. The school in question was the Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy. According to the parent, the child “was offered a piece of pizza for receiving the vaccine.” (Patch)
4. The National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles announced on Monday that it wants to see the LAPD “held accountable for using violent force against members of the public who attended the demonstrations on June 24 and June 25” in the wake of DTLA reproductive rights protests. The group alleges “LAPD was really getting in people’s faces, manhandling people, pushing and shoving people.” According to the group, the LAPD is signaling “protesters to think twice before demonstrating on the streets of Downtown, or face the risk of injury or arrest.” (LA DT News)
5. There’s a new contender for your alcohol dollar. L.A. based Sake High! It is a canned sake and was “launched with a mission of increasing inclusivity around sake and disrupting the beverage space of hard seltzers, canned cocktails and filling craft beers.” Thursday’s press release identifies the availability of the “premium Junmai Sake (that) is brewed in Kyoto, Japan.” (BevNet)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Experience the Metaverse IRL at the Los Angeles Convention Center (10 a.m.)
• 7th Annual Taoli World Dance Competition at the Irvine Barclay Theatre (1 p.m.)
• Sizzling Summer Jazz Nights at Runway Playa Vista (5 p.m.)
• Dance DTLA Tango Night at the Ahmanson Theatre (7 p.m.)
• LAFC Vs Seattle Sounders at Banc of California Stadium (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Dali's Dog Park is an off-leash County park where residents can let their dogs run around safely. The park is located within Schabarum Regional County Park in Rowland Heights and includes separate fenced areas for large & small dogs. (County of Los Angeles via Instagram)
• As of July 1, the minimum wage for workers in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County is now $15.96 per hour. Employees in the unincorporated areas of LA County must be paid the increased minimum wage, with few exceptions. (County of Los Angeles via Instagram)
• The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor is proud to congratulate Lorena Gonzalez on her new appointment as executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation 👏 👏 👏 As the executive secretary, she will lead the organization. (Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO via Facebook)
• Our Highland Park neighbor is wondering if anyone has hired Cesar Tree Service. The company left a card some time ago, and the neighbor needs someone to deal with an overgrown crape myrtle. (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday. 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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