🌱 Inspections At Chesapeake Apartments + Wadsworth Shooting Arrest

Hello, hello; ; today is National Egg Roll Day, which was founded by Van’s Kitchen in 2019. It's me, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in our community today. Keep scrolling for the scoop.

The Health Department and Code Enforcement will be spending several weeks at the Chesapeake Apartments. Also, the LAPD arrested an alleged shooter near Wadsworth and 80th. Finally, the LAPD dismisses a DTLA mass shooting threat as not credible.

First, today's weather:

Warm with clouds, then sun. High: 85 Low: 65.

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📢 Fireworks Poll!
Fireworks are illegal in the City of Los Angeles. Scofflaws may be fined $500, $1,000, or more. How do you feel about that? Please let me know your thoughts! (As of today, 74.4% don’t want fireworks, 17.9% want “safe and sane fireworks,” 5.1% want to choose what to buy, and another 2.6% don’t care one way or the other.)

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. The Chesapeake Apartment complex on Obama Blvd. is getting an inspection by the Health Department and by Code Enforcement. Inspectors began their work on Monday, after numerous residents of the 425-unit complex complained, protested and otherwise made their voices heard. Allegations include “broken pipes spewing raw sewage into the building, vermin, toxic black mold and faulty heaters causing carbon monoxide poisoning.” (LA Sentinel)
2. On Wednesday, there was a shooting near Wadsworth and 80th Street. Witnesses saw someone running with a gun. The LAPD made quick work of the situation, found the suspect, took them into custody and collected a rifle and a handgun. (LAPD)
3. On Thursday, the LAPD announced that a threat of a mass shooting in downtown L.A. is not credible. The threat surfaced on Wednesday, when a suicide prevention center employee took to social media and posted they “got a call from someone saying they were going to shoot as many people as he can.” Some offices closed. (Fox)
4. Could Valley Boulevard get a cyclist-friendly makeover? Thursday’s scuttlebutt suggests that the makeover would run from Mission Road to Soto Street. This four-mile-stretch could “include bus lanes and a possible sidewalk level and a two-way cycle track, while sinking railroad tracks to reduce crossings and improve safety.” However, if this plan does come to fruition, it’ll take five to ten years to make it happen. (Biking LA)
5. If you are a loyal guest at Lulu, located in Westwood’s Hammer Museum, listen up! Although open since November, the restaurant will just now offer “dinner service on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m.” A “prix fixe menu is available only to those who reserve.” (L.A. Eater, Lulu)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• The Summer Home & Backyard Show at the Pomona Fairplex (noon)
• Liberacion & Mojado at the Leonardos De Huntington Park (9 p.m.)
• The Stand Outs at The Hollywood Comedy (9:30 p.m.)
• Excision w/Level Up & LAYZ's Official Stadium Preparty at the Exchange LA (10 p.m.)
• Pride Like It's 1999 at 6250 Hollywood Blvd (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• On June 8, the 16th annual LAFD Merit Scholar Awards Ceremony honored the academic excellence and demonstrated leadership of 11 college-bound students. Details on each of the winners are available on the Flickr album for the event. (LAFD via Instagram)
• Our neighbor in the Hollywood West Central area asks if anyone knows where they can spay a cat for free. (Nextdoor)
• A Sunset Square resident warns that it's rattlesnake season in the Runyon hills. Keep an eye out! (Nextdoor)
• The HireLAX Apprenticeship Readiness Program is accepting applications for its latest cohort, which is scheduled to begin in July. (Nextdoor)
• A next door neighbor in the Vermont Vista Central area noticed that there is an increasing number of vacant lots being turned into parking lots for big rig trucks and their trailers. Within the last two months, at least three locations have been taken over. (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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