🌱 LAPD Closes $588M Bridge + Odd Accident At Washington & Broadway

Hello, everybody; today is National Milk Chocolate Day, which is brought to you by the National Confectioners Association! I'm here with your fresh copy of the Los Angeles Daily, filled with everything you need to know about what's going on in town.

Because of all the lawbreaking going on, the PD has closed the 6th Street Bridge until further notice. Also, there was an odd car accident on Washington Boulevard. Finally, the vote on an ordinance on homeless encampments near schools did not happen.

First, today's weather:

Clouds yielding to sun. High: 83 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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Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. On Tuesday, the LAPD closed the 6th Street Bridge “until further notice.” After spending $588 million to build it and celebrating its opening on July 10, the PD “has given out 57 citations” in the last four days. And this is just the tip of the iceberg that is “street takeovers, graffiti and crashes.” (Fox)
2. On Wednesday, there was a car accident at Washington Boulevard and South Broadway that caused damage to a fire hydrant, which led to water gushing across the intersection. “A woman had broadsided a Lyft with a passenger inside before crashing into the utility box and the fire hydrant. The subsequent crash took out power to the area, which was alongside Metro Blue Line train tracks.” It is unclear how this factors into the story, but the woman “did have a rabbit in the car with her.” There were no arrests. (CBS)
3. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council delayed its vote on “an ordinance that would ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.” Council members will look at it again on Tuesday. (Spectrum News 1)
4. The Banning, a 64-unit building, celebrated its groundbreaking on Tuesday. The venue will be at 841 North Banning Boulevard and “dedicated to chronically homeless individuals and families.” Funding for the project comes from “Measure HHH and No Place Like Home (NPLH).” (HACLA)
5. We’re number 2 — and 5! Ranking the nation’s best hospitals identify Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as second after the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In fifth place was UCLA Medical Center, which was tied with Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. (U.S. News)

Today in Los Angeles:

• LIFE CYCLES, A Bamboo Exploration With Tanabe Chikuunsai IV at the Japan House (11 a.m.)
• Lifestyles Of The Slimy & Squishy at the Canoga Park Branch Library (2 p.m.)
• Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival at the Old Los Angeles Zoo (7 p.m.)
• Leimert Park Comedy Night at the Regency West (8 p.m.)
• Fangbanger at El Cid (8:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• An El Sereno Central West neighbor wants to know why the mailbox outside the post office was removed. (Nextdoor)
• Our Larchmont Beverly North neighbor has air conditioning that needs some repair. (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor in the Westside Village - Rose/Glendon area is looking for anyone here who is a vegetable gardener with Tuscan Blue Rosemary? They’d love to be able to take/buy a few clippings if you grow this specific type of rosemary. (Nextdoor)
• Our Toluca Lake neighbor saw a coyote on Navajo! Just chilling! (Nextdoor)
• A HaFoSaFo neighbor is looking for a house cleaner three times a week. Must be ok with a dog and a cat. Recommendations? (Nextdoor)

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You're all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow morning 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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