🌱 LAPD Recovers Stolen Property + Armed Man At Whitsett Field

Good day, neighbors; today is National Frozen Food Day! Sylvia here with a fresh issue of the Los Angeles Daily.

Check out the photos of the recovered property! Also, there was an armed man in a homeless encampment off the 170. Finally, there is a new mobile program to reach residents in psychological crisis.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 63 Low: 43.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. Has someone recently broken into your car? Are you missing a purse, iPad, credit card, sunglasses, or luggage? On Thursday, the LAPD Wilshire arrested “4 suspects that stole from cars at restaurants, malls, gyms and tourist locations in a city-wide crime spree.” Check out the photos and see if any of the things belong to you. (@LAPDHQ)
2. The Whitsett Sports Field homeless encampment near Sherman Way and the 170 Freeway saw some police action Friday evening around 8:15 p.m. Someone reported an agitated and armed man inside the encampment. SWAT rolled after several hours of negotiations, and the individual “was finally taken into custody at 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning.” (CBS)
3. On Thursday, the LAFD unveiled a new program that offers “specialized mobile assistance and transportation for those experiencing serious psychological crisis.” Teams with special training will be available around the clock to assist residents. There will be five of these mobile units “deployed from five strategically located LAFD stations.” (Los Angeles Fire Department)
4. An Oscar-winning sound mixer quit the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Saturday. The reason for resigning from the organization that hands out the Academy Awards was timing. It planned “to present Academy Awards in several categories — including sound — prior to the show’s national telecast.” Falling ratings have the Academy looking for ways to make the ceremony “tighter and more electric.” (Spectrum New 1)
5. Grassroots organizers want to place an item on the ballot, “mandating that L.A. implement its own Mobility Plan when repaving streets.” As of Saturday, the City Council has a plan that passed in 2015; however, only 3% have been implemented. (@LosAngelesWalks)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Conscious Market: Vintage Market at The Hollywood Roosevelt (10 AM to 5 PM)
• The Zeen to Showcase Revolutionary Mobility Device at Abilities Expo Los Angeles Convention Center (11 AM to 4 PM)
• A Genie's Tail Family Friendly Movie Matinée at the Laemmle Town Center 5 (12:30 PM)
• MashUp Contemporary Dance Company presents International Women's Day Festival (1 PM)
• Puppet Up! Comedy at The Jim Henson Company (3 PM, 7 PM)
  

From my notebook:

• The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. was honored to join Mayor Cerda and the Gardena Police for a birthday drive-by to celebrate Gardena resident Esther Barbick’s 102nd birthday! (Instagram)
• A kind Laurel Canyon South neighbor found a stray, friendly small dog. Is it yours? (Nextdoor)
• The Watts Neighborhood Council meets March 8 at 6pm. (Nextdoor)
• A Western Heights neighbor saw a juvenile coyote on 20th between Western and Gramercy! Be careful walking your pets! (Nextdoor)
• Our Melrose Village neighbor needs general contractor recommendations! Can you help? (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.