🌱 Venice Boardwalk Narcotics Death + Feds Want Holmby Hills Mansion

Hello, people of Los Angeles; today is National Recognition Day for Nurses, which the United States Congress designated in 1982! It's me again, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily.

Drugs may have killed another individual on the Venice boardwalk. Also, why does the federal government want to seize a $63.5 million mansion? Finally, a Boyle Heights park project is approved!

First, today's weather:

Areas of low clouds, then sun. High: 76 Low: 58.

Poll:
Who should be the next Los Angeles Mayor? Please share your thoughts! (As of today, Rick Caruso leads the pack with 55% of your votes, and Karen Bass is in second place with 31.7%. Kevin De Leon is coming in third with 3%. John Buscaino and John Jackson have 1.7% each!)

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

1. The LAPD responded to the Venice boardwalk area around Ocean Front Walk and Brooks Avenue on Thursday morning around 6:30 a.m. “When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive man between ages 30 and 40 up against the bathroom near the boardwalk. The police suspect the death was related to narcotics use.” (Los Angeles Times)
2. There’s a Holmby Hills mansion that is on the market for $63.5 million. However, the Justice Department on Monday filed paperwork to size the property. The Feds allege that it “was purchased with millions in bribe money paid to the former finance minister of Armenia and his sons.” (The San Diego Union Tribune)
3. The 13-acre park under the Sixth Street Viaduct is a go! We learned Wednesday that the City Council approved the $30-million project that creates “new open spaces at the foot of the bridge in Boyle Heights and in the Arts District of downtown LA.” (Boyle Heights Beat)
4. LAPD West Traffic said on Thursday that “there have been 9 fatal traffic collisions in (the) Pacific Division” so far this year. With Mother’s Day coming up, officers “will be conducting enforcement task forces today, Saturday and on Sunday in Pacific Division. Pedestrians and drivers, please obey the rules of the road!” (LAPD West Traffic)
5. Mark your calendars! Free Comic Book Day is Saturday. “Over 2,000 stores around the country take part in Free Comic Book Day, which is intended to promote comics and attract new readers to independent comic book stores across North America.” Mega City One at 7301 Melrose Avenue is participating! (Patch)

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Today in Los Angeles:

• Ramen Discoveries/Tsujita Miso no Sho at the Japan House (9 AM)
• Peninsula Center Book Sale at the Miraleste Library (10 AM)
• RUNWAY Kids Club: Zooga Yoga at Runway Playa Vista (10 AM)
• Free Sing-Along Session For Seniors from Music Mends Minds (11:30 AM)
• LIØNE & Friends at Catch One (9 PM)
  

From my notebook:

• In July, Los Angeles will host the @MLB's 2022 All-Star Game for the first time since 1980. The game will be a chance to celebrate the hard work & dedication of baseball players from across the country. (Instagram)
• Participate in the Los Angeles Unified Thought Exchange! Your voices are an important part of how we are learning in the 100-Day Plan and outlining the 2022-26 Strategic Plan. (Instagram)
• A SoRo East neighbor wants to know if anyone can recommend a reliable cleaning person for a large two-bedroom apartment in the Pico/Robertson area? (Nextdoor)
• Our Westwood South-Veteran neighbor is looking for a good, honest place on the Westside to take a Nissan Altima for a brake job. (Nextdoor)
• A Baldwin Hills Estates neighbor is advertising a HUGE GARAGE SALE THIS SAT! (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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