🌱 Police Station On 6th St Evacuated + Zoom Room Dog Training Opens

Hello and happy Thursday! Today, we appreciate our feathered friends on National Bird Day! I'm back in your inbox this morning with all the most important things happening these days in Los Angeles. Today's issue includes news about...

• 🚒 A man wedged beneath a subway station platform
• 👮 A hit-and-run arrest
• 🪧 A protest in front of the Getty House

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🌧️ But first, today's weather:

Cool with rain, some heavy. High: 60 Low: 46.

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💐 Valentine’s Day Poll! 🥂
Pink hearts, boxes of chocolates, and greeting cards – reminders that Valentine’s Day is coming are everywhere. But responses to the holiday are mixed. What are your feelings about the occasion? Do you celebrate? So far, 41.2% take a bah-humbug approach, while 47.1% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 5.9% each plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day or Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Los Angeles:

1. The Central Community Police Station at 251 East 6th Street evacuated on Wednesday morning right around 7:40 a.m. An employee “was hospitalized after opening an envelope containing an unknown substance.” There’s no word yet what was in the envelope or how the hospitalized employee is doing. (Patch)
2. A man was “wedged beneath (a) subway station platform at (the) Hollywood/Western Metro Station” on Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded to the scene and said there’s a possibility the man was struck by a train on the B (Red) line. First responders succeeded in safely extricating the individual. His medical condition “and the circumstances of his being at track level have yet to be determined.” (LAFD)
3. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) booked a 24-year-old man on Friday “for felony hit-and-run.” He is thought to have been “the driver seen fleeing the scene after a stolen 2006 Saturn Ion collided with a 1998 Toyota truck” near Glendale Boulevard and Scott Avenue. The Toyota’s occupants had minor injuries. “The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office decided to charge the hit-and-run as a misdemeanor, though they added a felony charge of driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent.” (KTLA)
4. What was happening in front of the Getty House at 605 South Irving Boulevard on Tuesday evening? Numerous Armenian American protesters brought in a semi truck and spent time at the site to raise awareness of a “blockade that is cutting off a vital road linking Armenia to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.” The truck held a sign that read, “Airlift Now!” You may recall that the Getty House is Karen Bass’ official mayoral residence. (ABC)
5. Zoom Room Agility Dog Training at 6200 Variel Avenue will celebrate its grand opening on January 7 at 4 p.m.! There’ll be a FREE party with games, a pet photographer, caricature artist, giveaways and more. And yes, of course your dog is welcome! (Zoom Room)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• "20 Flowers & Some Bigger Pictures" display at LA Louver (10 AM)
• ABCs & 123s Mini Storytimes online on demand from the Miraleste Library! (10:15 AM)
• Pop-Up Food Pantry at the Valley Vineyard Christian Church (12 PM)
• Queer Sounds songwriter showcase at The Crow (8 PM)
• The Double Life Of Veronique plays at the Los Feliz Theater (10 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "The Los Angeles Fire Department and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) encourage you to *keep memories* of the holiday season and *remove the hazards*: FACT: Nearly one-third (30%) of Christmas Tree fires in U.S. homes occur in January." (Los Angeles Fire Department via Facebook)
• "Let’s raise awareness about human trafficking and learn about how to identify and prevent this crime. If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, help is available 24/7 at 888-373-7888 or humantraffickinghotline.org" (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• "📣VNC Elections ☑️CANDIDATE FILING DEADLINE IS JANUARY 10th🗳 - 🔹Only Seven Days left to submit your application to run for one of the twenty-one VNC Board Officers that comprise the Venice Neighborhood Council." (Nextdoor)
• "FYI, The old Archlight in Culver City has re-opened. - It's now called The Culver Theater. It's very nice, clean and sadly empty. They are not doing any promotion. We went to see Babylon and were the only people in the entire theater." (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday! See you 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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