🌱 Reprieve For Tuna Cannery + Stu Mundel Calls Out Suspect

Good morning, neighbors; today is National Plant a Flower Day! Sylvia here with today's issue of the Los Angeles Daily.

A historic building may not have to be demolished. Also, a reporter sees a suspect before the PD. Finally, a councilwoman wants to help students with loans.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny, nice and warm. High: 79 Low: 49.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. The former Star-Kist tuna cannery on Terminal Island, which is now considered a historic plant, may not get demolished after all. We learned Friday that the Port of L.A. “put a planned demolition of the vacant building on hold.” Neighborhood groups had been objecting to the destruction of the cannery that was founded back in 1914. (The Real Deal)
2. FOX 11 Reporter Stu Mundel doesn’t just report the news, he also wants to help the LAPD catch the suspects. A Friday police chase found Mundel traveling overhead in the news helicopter, when he saw the suspect run “toward a crowded alley near 43rd Street and Avalon Boulevard” only to hide behind a parked car. "Oh, come on, guys! He's right there," he yelled as the officers go past the suspect. Spoiler alert: They caught the suspect. (Patch)
3. Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez wants to help students who are going to be getting student loan bills again starting in May. She filed two motions on Friday “to have the Los Angeles Youth Development Department offer courses and training on college aid and financial management,” which helps younger adults make good fiscal planning decisions. The second motion asks “to provide people who complete the courses with an educational support stipend to help students who have education-related debt.” (My News LA)
4. Best-selling author Sam Quinones wrote an “exposé on black tar heroin and oxycodone.” Back in 2015, the book “Dreamland” was a groundbreaking revelation. On Friday, we learned that he has written “The Least of Us,” which is an exposé on “a cheaper and far more potent strain of speed from Mexico” that he connected to the city’s homelessness crisis. (LA Mag)
5. A highly-skilled L.A. poker player has been “charged in connection with an illegal video gambling operation and money laundering.” The 35-year-old World Series of Poker bracelet winner was arrested Wednesday. He remains “detained pending trial.” (Patch)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Playa Vista Farmer’s Market (9 AM to 2 PM)
• Terasaki Budokan Grand Opening Celebration (10 AM to 6 PM)
• Estate Planning for Your Loved Ones (Free Webinar) (10 AM)
• Calabasas Summer Camp Fair and Expo 2022 at Alice C Stelle Middle School (12 PM to 3 PM)
• Team Triumph Art Exhibit Reception & Art Auction at Malaga Cove Library Art Gallery (6:30 PM to 8:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Our East Del Rey neighbor wants to know where they can donate prescription glasses. (Nextdoor)
• Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell announces that, last weekend, the city completed a MAJOR sidewalk improvement on Normandie Place in Wilshire Center - an area where many families are. (Nextdoor)
• A Little Holmby-Westwood dog lover would love to walk a Great Dane if someone has one. (Nextdoor)
• A Ladera Heights neighbor is a mother of three looking for a kidney donor. She is in desperate need and would appreciate any donors and spreading the word. (Nextdoor)
• Our Melrose Village neighbor is wondering if anyone else heard about Wood Ranch closing at The Grove and moving to Brentwood! (Nextdoor)

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• A FABULOUS NIGHT OF GREAT THEATER! - The Elephant Man Play (March 18)
• Jason Alexander's 20th Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament (March 20)
• [Free Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads Using SEO (March 26)
• 2022 Hollywood Hike to End Homelessness (April 2)
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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.