🌱 Vote At Dodger Stadium + Chevy Chase Canyon Message Explained

Good morning, people of Los Angeles; today is Peace Officers Memorial Day, which was instituted by President John F. Kennedy in 1962! It's me again, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily.

(In the voice of Vin Scully:) It’s time for Dodger voting! Also, why did you get a Glendale emergency message on Saturday? Finally, there was another brush fire.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 86 Low: 59.

Poll:
Who should be the next Los Angeles Mayor? Please share your thoughts! (As of today, Rick Caruso leads the pack with 51.9% of your votes, and Karen Bass is in second place with 30.2%. Gina Viola is in third with 5.7%, and Kevin De Leon comes in fourth with 3.8%.)

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

1. The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed “to host a Mobile Vote Center at Dodger Stadium for the 2022 Primary Election,” turning the stadium into a voting center for the second time. “The Mobile Vote Center will be available to all voters on Saturday, May 28 – Opening Day of the voting period – from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Any LA County voter can visit the stadium and cast their ballot, drop off their Vote by Mail ballot, or register to vote.” (MLB)
2. If you were awaken by the “Chevy Chase Canyon” emergency notification on Saturday morning, you weren’t alone. Most of L.A. County saw the message and worried. It turns out that the City of Glendale did a drill that was only supposed to go out to a few local residents. Besides that, it took about 20 minutes to follow up the initial message with a second notification that it was only a drill. (KTLA)
3. Another day, another brush fire. This one burned on Friday evening in Granada Hills close to the 118 Freeway near Hayvenhurst Avenue. “There is no connection between this fire and another brush fire that burned to the west near Reseda Boulevard.” (NBC)
4. On Friday, a Pacoima post office was named for Ritchie Valens, “on what would have been his 81st birthday.” However, as you may remember, the 17-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend died alongside Buddy Holly in a 1959 plane crash. (KEYT)
5. On Saturday morning, the LAFD unveiled its “very first electric fire engine in the nation during Fire Service Day!” If you want to get a closer look, you are invited to visit Fire Station 82 at 5769 West Hollywood Boulevard. (City of L.A.)

Today in Los Angeles:

• ZERO - The End Of Prostate Cancer Greater Los Angeles Area Run/Walk meets at ShoreLine Aquatic Park (8 a.m.)
• 11th Annual European Car Show at the Petersen Automotive Museum (9 a.m.)
• Wild Up: M.A. Tiesenga + AIYYER at 2220 Arts + Archives (9 a.m.)
• IrelandWeek Presents Los Angeles Hurling Poc Fada on Santa Monica Beach (11 a.m.)
• Spiritual Discovery: How We Can Better The World at the Ninth Church of Christ, Scientist (2 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. firefighters and camp crews lent out-of-County assistance to the OC Fire Authority battling the Coastal fire southeast of Laguna Beach. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the residents affected by this wildfire. (Instagram)
• The bravery displayed by nurses in the face of unprecedented challenges – especially these past two years – is selfless and inspiring. Recently, Mayor Eric Garcetti stopped by the City of Los Angeles Medical Services to thank them. (Instagram)
• The Residential Representative (Area 4) Lonella Enix, EmpowerLA received many questions and comments regarding ineffectual streetlights in the community. Bureau of Street Lighting representative Leonor Bautista will join us on Monday to explain. (Nextdoor)
• A South Chesterfield Square neighbor needs some plant help! Their plant was doing so well and then just starting dying. Can it be saved? (Nextdoor)
• You are invited to the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council's drive-in movie night featuring the movie :Shrek." The movie will be shown in the parking lot of New Life Vision Church at 4226 E Verdant. (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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