🌱 Smash-And-Grab At Wilshire Store + Shoutout To Shin’s Tim Ratcliff!

Hi neighbors; today is National Tell A Joke Day! It’s Sylvia, your friendly host of the Los Angeles Daily. Grab your morning coffee while we dive into:

• 🚓 A new type of smash and grab robbery
• 🚓 A restaurant owner who’s done taking crime lying down
• 🛑 A King’s Hawaiian recall

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📰 Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1) Early Saturday morning, thieves crashed a car “through the front of the Beverly Hills Neiman Marcus store” at 9700 Wilshire Boulevard. Within the three minutes that it took the cops to get there, they had grabbed what they could and fled in another car. If you know anything, the Beverly Hills PD would like you to drop a dime to 310-550-4951. (Patch)

2) A shoutout to Tim Ratcliff, the owner of Shin! We learned on Monday that when he saw “a person sucker punch an elderly man” and run off with the man’s wallet and phone, he didn’t hesitate but tackle the robber. The take-down took place at La Brea and Hollywood. It took the cops nine minutes to take the suspect off the business owner’s hands. “A lot of people like myself are tired of this type of thing happening. ... We're seeing more and more people just not putting up with it and taking it into their own hands… which I'm glad for… and I'd happily do it again,” he said. (Fox, CBS)

3) Although there have been no reports of illness, we learned on Monday that King’s Hawaiian is recalling “pretzel slider buns, pretzel hamburger buns and pretzel bites.” One of the company’s vendors just announced the recall of an ingredient used by King’s Hawaiian. “The company will resume production of the products after making sure all current product has been disposed of and has confirmed the safety of all ingredients.” (KTLA)

4) Ninth District Councilman Curren D. Price, Jr. hosted a neighborhood cleanup this last weekend. Team Price focused on the area “around the Pueblo del Rio public housing community.” If you would like to get involved inf future neighborhood cleanups, please connect with his office at 323-846-2651. (Curren D. Price, Jr.)

5) Mark your calendars! Wednesday is Hamburger Mary's Drag Queen Bingo and Wags & Walks! It starts at 7 p.m. and Hamburger Mary's accepts reservations. This WeHo charity event supports rescue pups. (Wags and Walks)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Online Introduction to Meditation with the West Valley Regional Branch Library (10 a.m.)
• Red Cross Blood Drive at the Larchmont Sanctuary Spa (10 a.m.)
• Yoga For Caregivers And Kids at the California African American Museum (11 a.m.)
• LAFC vs DC United at Banc of California Stadium (7:30 p.m.)
• The Rooftop Cinema Club Arts District shows Scream (10:15 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• Good Morning, Los Angeles! Time for another LAFD Quiz! There are three "lines" seen above the roof of the #LAFD Command 42 vehicle. Two are antennae. What is the third? (clues inside CM42). Photo by Ismael Miranda. (Los Angeles Fire Department via Facebook)
• A Highland Park North neighbor gives a shoutout to Tritch Hardware! The other day, because their cane had busted through the rubber foot, they went in there and the staff scouted out a rubber foot. (Nextdoor)
• A neighbor from the Mount Washington Jessica area needs to know what this white powdery dusting is on their lemon tree leaves? (Nextdoor)
• Our North Hollywood Saticoy neighbor lost their sphinx cat between Laurel Canyon and Whitsett. (Nextdoor)
• A Glassell Park neighbor is looking for a local Flat Screen Mitsubishi repair store. (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.

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