🌱 Possible Flooding This Weekend + 14,100 Square Feet Of Pizza

Hello, friends! Today, we enthusiastically participate in National Cheese Lover’s Day. (Yum!) It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — here to explain everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Including news about:

• ☕ An uncertain future for a beloved donut shop
• 💰 A new name for Banc of California Stadium
• 🎈 The 124th Annual Golden Dragon Parade

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☀️ But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 61 Low: 42.

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⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations in the City of Los Angeles

• United Oil at 9815 National Blvd., $3.99
• World at 7201 S San Pedro St., $3.99
• Sinclair at 924 N Virgil Ave., $4.09

💐 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, 44.3% take a bah-humbug approach, while 47.1% plan on a Valentine’s Day with all the trimmings. 2.8% plan on celebrating Galentine’s Day, and 5.6% focus on Singles Awareness Day.

📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1. Do you live near the beach? Consider stocking up on some sandbags before this weekend. According to the National Weather Service, we’re expecting “gusty winds of up to 25 knots and outer waters of up to 10 to 12 feet” with surf being “4 to 7 feet on the coasts near the Los Angeles area.” Experts warn of coastal flooding. (KTLA)
2. What’ll happen to Ms Donuts at 1353 Glendale Boulevard? The property where it’s located is for sale and the news is that “the sale will be completed by the end of this month or the beginning of February.” The owners, Annenn and Sophany Nou, have been kept in the dark about their business’ future at the location; however, they have been on a month-to-month lease for about a year, which gives the new owner leverage. (The Eastsider LA)
3. Hear ye, hear ye, the Banc of California Stadium is now the BMO Stadium. We learned on Thursday that the Bank of Montreal (BMO) acquired the naming rights of the venue at 3939 South Figueroa Street. BMO “is a Canadian financial firm moving aggressively into the U.S. with a proposed takeover of California-based Bank of the West.” Don’t mistake BMO Stadium for BMO Field, which it also owns. (Spectrum News1)
4. Did you smell the pizza on Wednesday? It was a Pizza Hut publicity stunt. The company “cooked up a pizza measuring more than 14,100 square feet at the Los Angeles Convention Center” to announce and celebrate the “return of The Big New Yorker to its menu.” After the measuring, Pizza Hut donated the food to a number of charities. (ABC)
5. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce will host the 124th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on January 28. It kicks off at 1 p.m. around Broadway and ends at Hill Street. “With over thousands and thousands of individuals lining the parade route and thousands viewing the telecast each year, this colorful celebration along North Broadway in Chinatown has become the premiere cultural event in the Southern California Asian-American Community.” (Culture LA)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Free Online Sing-Along Sessions For Seniors from Music Mends Minds (11:30 AM)
• Covid-19 & HIV: New Year, New Beginnings Free Zoom Event (12 PM)
• 21st Annual Dance Camera West Film Festival at the Barnsdall Art Park (12 PM)
• Friday Night Live at the Comedy Château (7:30 PM)
• The Gibney Company performs at the Bovard Auditorium (7:30 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "They count, will you? Join the Greater LA Homeless Count on January 24-26. The data you collect will help determine funding priorities for housing and services. Sign up at theycountwillyou.org." (County of Los Angeles via Instagram)
• "Los Angeles Unified Update to the Marquez Charter Elementary Community" (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• "This Winter's unprecedented run of swell gave our Rescue Water Craft operators plenty of opportunity to train in larger surf and more hazardous conditions. RWC’s are one of our more versatile tools, being able to launch at a moment's notice." (Los Angeles County Fire Department, Lifeguard Division via Facebook)
• "Townscape Partners and their consultant team who helped facilitate the demolition of the historic Lytton Savings will not be following through with their approved plan to build at 8150 Sunset Boulevard: the site is for sale." (Los Angeles Conservancy via Facebook)
• Our NoHo North East neighbor says, "help us find our friend! - He escaped on Monday, and we haven’t seen him ever since. We live off of Laurel Canyon and Vanowen; $1,000 reward for our friend 818-927-8487" (Nextdoor)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. 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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