🌱 Uncle Paulie's Relocates To West Third Street + LAX Vaccine & Booster Clinic Pop-up

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Carlos Hernandez, your host of the Los Angeles Daily. Let's get this day started right.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and cool. High: 65 Low: 54.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. East Coast-inspired Uncle Paulie’s is relocating to a bigger location four months after a large kitchen fire at its Beverly location. It will take over the location of Belcampo on West Third Street. (Eater LA)

2. Metro announced Tuesday that people can ride trains and buses for free on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Fare gates at stations will be unlatched and fare boxes and validators will not deduct fares when people use their TAP cards. (NBC Los Angeles)

3. LAX will host a pop-up COVID-19 vaccine and booster clinics for travelers and employees. The clinics will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting today and on December 29th on the Arrivals level of the Tom Bradley International Terminal, near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit. (CBS Los Angeles)

4. Popular coffee shop Go Get Em Tiger in Los Angeles will move all business outside as COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County. The company urged people to get vaccinated or boosted and help stop the spread of the virus. (Los Angeles Patch)

5. New California congressional maps finalized Monday leave the Los Angeles area with one fewer U.S. House seat and set up a handful of highly competitive races for the 2022 midterm elections. (ABC 7)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• The Obama Portraits Tour at Los Angeles County Museum Of Art. (all day)
• Love Actually Live at Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts. (2:00 PM)
• Lincoln Heights Certified Farmers Market. (3:00 PM)
• Wine and Charcuterie Wednesday at Cork Dork Wine Bar. (4:30 PM)
• Fiesta Navidad at Segerstrom Center For The Arts - Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Los Angeles D.A. George Gascón's chief of staff was arrested for public intoxication in Asuza earlier this month. (Twitter)
• The Rams played without tight end Tyler Higbee, right tackle Rob Havenstein and safety Jordan Fuller because of COVID-19 issues on Tuesday at SoFi Stadium. (The OCR)
• LA Public Health reported 4 additional cases of the Omicron variant, 25 new deaths and 3,052 new positive cases of confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County on Tuesday. (Twitter)
• Politico has a deep-dive into the chaotic 2020 primary election in Los Angeles up. The chaos included missed critical deadlines, failure to oversee vendors/test pollbooks, and workers walking out mid-shift. (Politico)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.