🌱 RIP Yvette Mimieux + Hancock Park Murder Suspect Arrested

Happy Thursday, neighbors, and happy National Cheese Lover’s Day! Let's get this day started off right. These are the most important things happening in Los Angeles today.

We have lost an outspoken actress. Also, the PD arrested a suspect in the furniture store murder. Finally, water-wasting celebrities will see consequences.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and pleasant. High: 76 Low: 52.

Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1. Actress Yvette Mimieux died Tuesday at the age of 80. Her breakout role was “Weena” in the 1960 classic The Time Machine. Over the course of her career, she acted opposite Charlton Heston, Dean Martin, Max von Sydow, and Richard Chamberlain. She once defined the quality of roles written by men for women as being without complexity and all surface. "There's nothing to play. They're either sex objects or vanilla pudding." (KFI)
2. A suspect has been arrested for the murder of the 24-year-old UCLA graduate student working in a Hancock Park furniture store. We learned Wednesday that the suspect is a 31-year-old male with a history of run-ins with the law. He “has a lengthy rap sheet with previous charges out of California, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Online records show at least 11 arrests in Charleston, S.C., dating back to 2010, including a pending case for allegedly discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle on Nov. 13, 2019.” (Fox 11)
3. The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District “serves about 75,000 people in the communities of Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Calabasas, and Hidden Hills,” many of whom are celebrities. When Governor Gavin Newsom called for water conservation, these “customers greatly exceeded their water budgets.” Calabasas Mayor Mary Sue Maurer refers to it as a “lackluster response to the water emergency.” We learned Wednesday that “starting this month, customers will face fines if they go 150% over their monthly (water) budgets.” (Bakersfield Now)
4. Last year, L.A. “set an all-time quarterly record” for movie production. It had declined by 48% in 2020, when the pandemic shut down most venues. Specifically, television production is coming back strong, which insiders attribute to “the proliferation of streaming services.” (Hollywood Reporter)
5. Good Eggs, the online grocery retailer, is coming back to L.A. after a somewhat puzzling market exit in 2015. At the time, the company explained that it could not scale in keeping with its popularity. We learned Wednesday that it has gone back to the drawing board, made some changes, and “is also moving into meal kits, offering pre-packaged dinnertime portions and charcuterie boards and other ideas, delivered at home.” You can sign up for the service on a waitlist already! (L.A. Eater)

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• Horace Mann – High School Musical (K-5) (3:15 PM)
• Whisky A Go Go presents Smith / Kotzen, Amonarchy, KSX, Dissonant (7 PM)
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From my notebook:

• An East Washington Blvd neighbor lost a miniature schnauzer-chihuahua mix with blonde hair, age 11, and weighs about 20 lbs with a small purple bandana. Did you see it? (Nextdoor)
• An eagle-eyed Manchester Square West neighbor found a wallet on the side on 84th St. Is it yours? (Nextdoor)
• Our Southeast Hollywood South neighbor is looking to rent a one-day parking spot in Koreatown near 1st street and Catalina St for this weekend. Is anyone renting out their parking spot or have recommendations on places? (Nextdoor)
• A Winter Gardens-East LA neighbor is wondering if anyone has the new Tonal workout machine? Have you liked the experience with the workout videos? (Nextdoor)
• A kind Ladera Heights neighbor found an older stray German shepherd with a collar but no tags. He’s safe and fed, but they're trying to find his owners (if he has any?) (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.