🌱 Suspicious Package At LAFD On Vineland + 7th Street Upgrades Begins

Good morning, people of Los Angeles; today is National Caramel Popcorn Day! Sylvia here with the Wednesday edition of the Los Angeles Daily.

Who would send a suspicious package to a firehouse? Also, avoid 7th Street between Figueroa Street and San Pedro Street. Finally, could the DWP scandal sink Mike Feuer’s candidacy for mayor?

First, today's weather:

Hot with plenty of sun. High: 91 Low: 65.

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. Who sent a “package with suspicious writing” to the Los Angeles Fire Department station on the 4300 block of Vineland Avenue? The LAFD called the LAPD on Monday around 1:35 p.m. They brought a bomb robot and determined after around 5 p.m. that the package wasn’t dangerous. (CBS)
2. We learned on Tuesday that L.A. has “has started construction on an $18.7-million revamp of 7th Street, which will add curb-protected bike lanes and other improvements in the Downtown area.” Fourteenth District Councilmember and mayoral hopeful Kevin de Leon was on hand for the ceremony. The upgrades will affect a mile of 7th Street “between Figueroa Street in the west and San Pedro Street in the east.” In addition to green-painted bike lanes, look for new litter bins, street trees with grates and consistent street lighting. (Urbanize)
3. Will the DWP scandal derail LA City Attorney Mike Feuer’s career hopes? Currently running for mayor, Feuer “maintained he knew nothing of a variety of legal improprieties in the handling of the resulting DWP-billing-related lawsuits until early 2019.” However, he “was scheduled to participate in a December 2017 meeting that's been revealed as a key moment in the extortion prosecution of one of Feuer's former top deputies.” Feuer “acknowledged last week he probably attended this meeting.” (NBC)
4. For freshly-minted Angelenos who haven’t been around for an earthquake, there was an earthquake simulator at Union Station on Tuesday. It was open “for those who'd like to test what it feels like to be in an earthquake ranging in size from magnitude 3.0 to 7.0.” (Fox 11)
5. Did a Los Angeles food influencer behave badly? He is said to have reached out to a restaurant, asking “for $100 in dining credit in exchange for a review on his account.” The eatery declined to give him the discount, he went to eat there anyway, and wrote a review that claimed the food “tasted like ass.” The influencer says, “he would not intentionally leave a negative review after a restaurant declined to ‘work’ with him.” The restaurant says that “an intentionally bad write-up from a large following influencer because of our refusal to accept their collaboration is unprofessional.” (LA Eater)
   

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Today in Los Angeles:

• Kids Takeout Kits: Bunny Hats from the Little Tokyo Branch Library (12 PM to 5:30 PM)
• Estate Planning for Your Loved Ones webinar (6 PM)
• Johnston & Welch at The Elysian Theater (7 PM)
• Reopening the Rooftop Cinema Club DTLA (8 PM)
• Hidden Spheres at Station1640 (9 PM)

From my notebook:

• Our neighbor in the Boyle Heights-Wabash Center area is wondering where are some big parking lots nearby to take a teen to learn how to drive? Cal State is no longer available. (Nextdoor)
• A Fletcher Square neighbor is looking for anyone to recommend a licensed contractor electrician who will install a 240v EV charger. What is LABDS charging for EV permits? (Nextdoor)
• A Rancho Park - East neighbor needs some advice from owners of property in the Rancho Park neighborhood. Does anyone have issues with the cast iron plumbing? (Nextdoor)
• Los Angeles County Public Works asks if you got your kitchen pail. Use your kitchen pail to separate food waste from regular kitchen trash. Place the pail in the kitchen and dispose food waste inside it. Once the kitchen pail is full, discard its contents into the green cart. (Nextdoor)
• Our Angeles Mesa neighbor found a lost dog on 5th Ave and 48th Street. (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.