🌱 Tony's Market Clerk Murdered + Union Vote For Topless Dancers

Hello, everybody; today is National Leif Erickson 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. Including news on:

• 🚧 An Atwater Village crash
• 🎶 Reading with a Rapper at Crete Academy
• 🚲 A 6th Street Bridge takeover by CicLAvia

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Clouds breaking for sun. High: 82 Low: 63.

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📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1) A group of teens killed a liquor store worker. We learned on Friday that the 69-year-old man tried to stop four teens from robbing “Tony's Market on East Avenue 40.” He was hit over the head with a scooter and left to die. Bystanders, one of whom took video, tried to help the bleeding man. This crime comes on the heels of the killing of a Fashion District store owner by two teens. (Fox, KTLA)

2) On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board approved the union recognition election for the 30 topless dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar on Lankershim Boulevard. The Board will mail out ballots on October 14 and count the votes on November 7. If the dancers vote to unionize, they could become affiliated with the Actors’ Equity Association. (Deadline)

3) A police chase involving a red Chevy Silverado truck came to an end in the Atwater Village neighborhood. The driver allegedly stole the truck “near the intersection of N. Figueroa Street and Riverside Drive.” The pursuit went through the Elysian Valley and ended when the truck crashed into a vehicle on Riverside Drive and Fletcher Drive. And, yes, the driver was arrested. (CBS)

4) Students at Crete Academy on Crenshaw were introduced to the Reading with a Rapper program. We learned on Friday that this Houston-based program is an excellent way for kids to process language. "My favorite part was probably where we got to look for similes, metaphors, idioms, stuff like that," a 6th grader explained. (ABC)

5) Mark your maps! There’s a 6th Street bridge takeover today, Sunday, but it’s the good kind! CicLAvia is running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and involves streets in the heart of DTLA. For drivers, this means finding alternative routes. (CicLAvia)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• October Adoption Event at the West Los Angeles Animal Shelter (11 AM)
• LAFC vs. Nashville SC (Family Picnic and Road Closure) at Banc of California Stadium(11 AM; game at 2 PM)
• Ever Present: Milka Djordjevich, Victoria Fu, & Matt Rich at the Getty Museum (12 PM)
• CoComelon Live at the Microsoft Theater (3 PM)
  
• Isabella Rossellini at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex (7 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• This weekend is your last chance to see "Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse" before it closes on October 9. (LA County Museum of Art via Instagram)
• Los Angeles celebrated the grand opening of the long-awaited Metro Los Angeles K Line. From Crenshaw to Inglewood to LAX, this is one of the most significant projects in the city’s history. (Mayor Eric Garcetti via Instagram)
• The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial weekend has been observed since 1981. In observance of this weekend, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department honors and remembers all firefighters across this nation. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via Facebook)
• FREE FARE ON ALL METRO Bus and Rail: October 7 to October 9, 2022 - To Celebrate the K Line addition, METRO will be offering FREE fares all weekend on bus, rail and microservice. (Nextdoor)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday. See you all Tuesday for another update!

— 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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