🌱 Suspicious Fire On N Lombardy + Angels Are Looking For A Buyer!

Happy National Waffle Day! It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — here to tell you all the most important things happening in town these days. Keep scrolling for the scoop…

• 🚒 A 10-acre brush fire in El Sereno had three separate starting points
• ⚾ The Angels are for sale
• 🏥 L.A. expanded Monkeypox vaccine eligibility

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

1) When firefighters arrived in the area of the 2600 block of North Lombardy Boulevard on Tuesday morning, they faced a 10-acre brush fire. Now, experts say that the El Sereno fire “was deemed suspicious, prompting a response from arson investigators.” It appears that the blaze began in three separate spots. (ABC)

2) The scuttlebutt that the Angels might be for sale is confirmed! On Tuesday, “Angels Baseball announced that the organization has initiated a formal process to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the team.” Owner Arte Moreno explained that the organization has “ultimately come to the conclusion that now is the time.” (Los Angeles Angels)

3) The city expanded monkeypox vaccine eligibility on Monday. Guidelines now include “persons of any gender . . . who engaged in commercial . . . sex” as well as “gay or bisexual men and transgender persons who had skin-to-skin or intimate contact (e.g., kissing, hugging) with persons at large venues or events in the past 14 days.” (LA Public Health)

4) A scathing Tuesday report takes the current City Council to task for hindering new bikeway implementation. “Under Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, bike facility implementation peaked at 200-plus new bikeway lane-miles annually. Since Mayor Eric Garcetti took office in 2013, . . . new bikeway mileage has been dismal, hovering between 10 and 52 miles annually for the past seven years.” Moreover, current bikeway miles that are reported as being improved may actually feature as little as “an extra buffer stripe.” (Streets Blog)

5) The Crypto.com Arena and associated Xbox Plaza at L.A. Live are getting a makeover! Currently the home of the Clippers, Kings, Lakers and Sparks, owner AEG announced Monday that the venue would get a nine-figure renovation. It will include “a new ‘City View Terrace' featuring dining and entertainment with a view of the downtown Los Angeles skyline, a ‘Tunnel Club' with event-level viewing and a backstage window for VIP guests, and the arena's first-ever main concourse suites.” The estimated completion will be in the fall of 2024. (ABC)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Smarty Pants Storytime at the Willowbrook Library (11 a.m.)
• Provenance Research In African Arts at the Fowler Museum at UCLA (noon)
• Dolby Theatre Guided Tour (noon)
• P.E. For The Entire Family at Ted Watkins Memorial Park (2:30 p.m.)
• Live Band Azúcar & DJ Extreme perform at La Zona Rosa (8:30 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• Learn about what it takes to become an electrical load dispatcher, one of the most important jobs at LADWP. Trainees start at $119,ooo-plus. (City of Los Angeles - Jobs via Instagram)
• A Ladera Heights neighbor is rehoming a house-trained, good dog. He’s older. (Nextdoor)
• The WeHo Station will be hosting another Catalytic Theft Prevention event on August 31. Please email or call the station 310-855-8850 or email mwumpaib@lasd.org to reserve your spot. (Nextdoor)
• A Hollywood Marmont landlord has a tenant that’s being very loud at night. Is there anything they can do legally ? Call cops ? They refuse to be quiet even though being asked nicely. (Nextdoor)
• Our N Hollywood E Lankershim-Vinelnd neighbor received the latest water bill today and noticed it has spiked considerably, despite having someone come out just as the water restrictions started, to make sure there were no leaks and cap off some sprinklers. Anyone else? (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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