🌱 Takeover Sparks Enforcement + Vigilante Attacks Vendor On Canoga

Hi neighbors; today is World Mosquito Day! It’s Sylvia, your well-informed host of the Los Angeles Daily. Here’s all the community news you need to know right now.

• 🚓 A Harbor Gateway street takeover is upping the ante for enforcement
• 🧑‍⚖️ City Councilman Bob Blumenfield files motion to protect street vendors
• 🚧 Temporary Griffith Park Drive closure becomes permanent

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

1) Participating in a street takeover just got more serious. We learned on Friday that in the wake of the looters swarming “a 7-Eleven store in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles as part of a street takeover,” the LAPD is stepping up enforcement. “Police will now be impounding vehicles for up to 30 days of people who take part” in these events. (10 News)

2) Last Sunday, a man struck a street vendor’s cart “at the intersection of Canoga Avenue and Dumetz Road.” He had previously done something similar in May. On Friday, City Councilman Bob Blumenfield filed a motion to “expand protections for street vendors.” “Violent vigilante behavior is illegal and immoral. This individual will be held accountable. Such an attack is clearly an attempt to intimidate both his victim and other street vendors and cannot be tolerated,” he said. (Spectrum News 1)

3) On Thursday, the Board of Recreation and Parks Commission decided to permanently close “Griffith Park Drive from Travel Town to the Griffith Park Composting Facility” to cars. There had already been a temporary closure in place since June because a car struck and killed a 77-year-old cyclist. Drivers had begun using the route to avoid traffic congestion on “the 5 and 134 freeways.” (NBC)

4) The city announced Friday that it is looking for “conceptual ideas from individuals, firms, or groups of artists, designers, architects and others” for a memorial remembering those who died in the 1871 Chinese Massacre. Eighteen residents were killed. (Michael Woo has penned a summary of the incident.) (Culture LA)

5) Mark your calendars! Black Restaurant Week has begun and will continue through August 28. Participants include Harold & Belle's, Hotville Chicken, Les Sisters Southern Kitchen, and Mel's Fish Shack. Best of all, festivities are not limited to brick-and-mortar locations but also include food trucks. "Dive into the African diaspora and tantalize your taste buds with flavors of African, African-American, and Caribbean cuisine." (NBC)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Council District 14 Library Reopening Celebration at the Arroyo Seco Regional Library (10 a.m.)
• Sticker Planet's 30th Anniversary Celebration (10 a.m.)
• BOBS from Skechers + Petco Love to host a Pet Adoption Event at 228 Manhattan Beach Boulevard (10 a.m.)
• KCON at the Crypto.com Arena (8 p.m.)
• Markus Schulz performs at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot (10 p.m.)

📓 From my notebook:

• The City of Los Angeles is now accepting applications for Custodian Supervisor! Salary: $40,361 - $85,524 - Closes: September 1. (City of Los Angeles - Jobs via Instagram)
• A Glassell Park neighbor announces the GPIA Community Cleanup event this Saturday! Added bonus, Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell will be joining! (Nextdoor)
• Our neighbor in the Little Holmby-Westwood area is looking for a good manicurist on the westside of Los Angeles. (Nextdoor)
• Want to learn how you can help the County of Los Angeles combat the climate crisis? If so, apply to be a part of the inaugural Los Angeles County Youth Climate Commission! (Nextdoor)
• A Lincoln Heights North neighbor needs help finding someone to build a custom storage shed. Can't find a stock shed that fits our space. Any recommendations? (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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