🌱 Super Bowl LVI Ticket Sticker Shock + Galperin Warns Of 22 Woe

Happy Tuesday, Los Angeles, and happy National Kite Flying Day! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started.

If you still need a ticket to the Super Bowl, be prepared to pay a lot of money. Also, while the 2021 financial report looks ok, 2022 could be in trouble. Finally, who shot a Palmdale teen through a glass door?

First, today's weather:

Very warm with plenty of sun. High: 80 Low: 57.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. How much would you pay to have a seat at SoFi Stadium and watch the Los Angeles Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI? If you were surfing Ticketmaster.com on Thursday evening, a ticket cost $5,288. If you don’t want to be in the nosebleed section, be prepared to spend $180,000. Then again, if you shop on ViaGoGo.com, a 100-level end zone ticket in row 14 costs $8,272. (Patch, ViaGoGo)
2. Controller Ron Galperin released the city’s annual financial report for 2021 on January 27. It’s a mixed bag. Revenues went up by 5.2%. However, expenses went up by 4.8%. Galperin warned that next year’s budget could be in trouble because this year’s numbers rely on “$300 million from the federal government to create new programs to build equity and alleviate homelessness and “$70 million from the Police Department.” (L.A. Business Journal/paywall)
3. A Palmdale teen was wounded Sunday morning around 1:30 a.m. when someone shot through a glass door of the apartment. First responders took the boy to Children’s Hospital in L.A. Detectives are currently undertaking the investigation. (Turn to 23)
4. Who pays to clean up the city’s orphaned oil wells? Local politicians are eying “an initial allocation of $61.4 million to California through the bipartisan infrastructure law.” In the state, there are 5,000 wells that need remediation. That said, the county has about 1,400 wells that could be cleaned up with the funds. “Orphaned wells can leak hydrocarbons and methane, and remediation funding would allow the state to cut the wellheads off, fill the wells with cement and remove tanks, vessels, and pipelines.” We learned Monday that cleaning up an urban well costs around $500,000. (My News LA)
5. Rockstar Energy joined forces with L.A. TACO “to give five new street-legal food carts” to Shane’s Tamales, At Bev’s Tamales, La Masita Fina, Tamales Olmeca, and Poncho’s Tlayudas The team then asked L.A. artists Mel Depaz, Defer, Ezra One, Never Made, and Ernesto Yerena to handle the cart design. Visit them Thursday at Angel City Market! (L.A. Taco)

Today in Los Angeles:

• Story Time at the Powell Library (9:30 AM)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art Free Admission Tuesday (10 AM to 4 PM)
• Metronomy Album Release Party at the Lodge Room (7:30 PM)
• Sparks at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (8 PM)
• The Hollywood Improv presents Mark Hayes & Friends featuring Harland Williams, Zainab Johnson, Jared Freid, Max Amini, and more (10:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• An Echo Park-Elysian neighbor is wondering if anyone out there is selling organic vegetable seedlings this year? (Nextdoor)
• An eagle-eyed N Hollywood E Lankershim-Vinelnd neighbor found a set of keys along with an airpod case attached to them on the corner of Vineland and Burbank. Are they yours? (Nextdoor)
• Our Pico-Union West neighbor lost their dog. He went missing on Feb. 4 near Fedora and Normandie. Please call 720-338-1334 with any information. $500 reward (Nextdoor)
• The Palms Neighborhood Council invites you to its next meeting Wed Feb 9th @7 pm. New developments near Overland Café will be discussed. (Nextdoor)
• A Harvard Heights neighbor saw a coyote near 15th Street and Oxford in a neighbor’s yard. Keep your small dogs and cats inside. (Nextdoor)

More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news!

Featured businesses:

• Polished2Perfection LA —
• Yes Assistant - Virtual Assistant Service — (Visit Website)
• Rolling Robots — (Visit website)
• Market-Connections Professional Resume Writing Services — (Visit website)
• Vydeo Media — (Visit website)
• Indian Astrologer, Spiritual Healer, Love Psychic — (Visit website)
• Add your business here

Events:

• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (February 8)
• Top 10 Divorce Mistakes & How to Avoid Them – Vesta Pasadena, CA Hub (February 8)
• Understanding the Probate Process (Webinar w/ Live Chat Q&A) (February 9)
• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (February 9)
• Estate Planning for Your Loved Ones - Webinar w/ Live Chat Q&A (February 12)
• Avoid Trust Administration Mistakes! (Webinar w/ Live Chat Q&A) (February 12)
• Taxes in Retirement Webinar 2/21 & 2/23 (February 21)
• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (February 21)
• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (February 21)
• 41st Annual CARSplus Convention : Networking for Success and Best Practices (February 25)
• [Free Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads Using SEO (February 26)
• Add your event

Housing:

• Luxury Apartments in Santa Monica For Affordable Prices! $200 Off (Details)
• Stunning Santa Monica Apartments - HUGE Patch Discount! (Details)
• Incredible Santa Monica Apartments Located on 4th Street!! 😍 (Details)
• Gorgeous Fully Furnished Apartment in Westwood $1995 and up! (Details)
• Starting at just $1995 - Furnished Studio Apartments in Westwood! (Details)
• Furnished Luxury Apartments $1995 and up - Short Term OK! (Details)
• Add your listing

Loving the Los Angeles Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved:

• Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe
• Get your local business listed in front of readers
• Send me a news tip or suggestion at losangeles@patch.com

Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Tuesday off right! I'll see you around.

— 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.