🌱 Motorcycles Take Over 6th Street Bridge + Fire At West 43rd Place

Hi all! Today is Fat Tuesday, and we celebrate the last day of Carnival. It's Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Patch newsletter. Come along to find out everything you need to know that's going on around town, including news on:

• 📖 The 2023 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance
• 💰 The state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control
• 🥶 Quite possibly the coldest storm this season

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🌤️ But first, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 65 Low: 44.

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⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations in the City of Los Angeles

• Berri Brothers at 3860 E 3rd St., $4.27
• 76 at 3070 Glendale Blvd., $4.29
• Sinaco Oil at 9930 National Blvd., $4.29

🍰 Spring Dessert Poll! 🍓
The first day of spring is March 20! Among the things we look forward to in spring are refreshing desserts. Which is your favorite spring dessert? So far, 21.4% each favor fruit tarts, ambrosia salad, and peach cobbler. 7.1% each like mixed berry buckle and lemon bars, and our write-in candidate key lime pie is up to 21.6%.

📰 Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today:

1. On Saturday, the Japanese American National Museum hosted the 2023 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance that called attention to the forced World War II incarceration of more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry. Survivors of Manzanar were present and told their stories. If you weren’t able to attend, you can watch the event on YouTube. (Japanese American National Museum)
2. On Sunday afternoon, the 6th Street Bridge was — once again — taken over. This time, motorcyclists en masse descended on the bridge and created a traffic jam. What is the police department’s reaction? “Those involved will be held accountable.” (ABC)
3. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded to 963 West 43rd Place on Monday in the late morning. A large single-family home was on fire and had “heavy pressurized smoke coming from the vents.” Firefighters immediately searched the residence and found and rescued seven people. Concurrently, other firefighters ventilated the roof. Two of the residents went to the hospital, as did one firefighter. We have no word yet on what caused the blaze. (LAFD)
4. Last time, we talked about the battery recycling plant that left an area surrounding it contaminated with lead and other toxins. At that time, we learned that the city was going to ask the EPA for help. However, on Monday we learned that the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is in charge of the cleanup, failed to spend money it had. As a result, the money went back to the general fund. (AOL)
5. Don’t put away those sweaters and the heavy jacket just yet. The National Weather Service warns Angelenos that — starting today, Tuesday — we’ll have “a lot of cold air and a lot of wind.” In fact, the experts are going so far as to call it the “coldest storm” of this winter, if not of the “last several years.” Yikes! (LAist)

📆 Today in Los Angeles:

• Particpate in the Breakfast Program at the St. Francis Center (7:30 AM)
• Bring the littles to Zoo Musica at Pan Pacific Park with the friendly staff from Zooga (10 AM)
• Come to the India Dupré Record Release Party at the Hotel Café's Second Stage (7 PM)
• It's Celebrity Impersonation Night as part of Dragged Off at Precinct (9 PM)
• Tuesday Turn Up brings the laughs at The Laugh Factory (10 PM)

🖊️ From my notebook:

• "It was an honor to meet the heroes of the US AID search and rescue and disaster assistance response teams, and thank them for their critical work to help the people of Türkiye, our NATO Ally." (Los Angeles County Fire Dept. via Instagram)
• "African American architect Paul Revere Williams was a major contributor to the diverse architectural history of LA! A master of many styles, from English Tudor to Spanish Colonial and the casual California ranch-style, he dedicated his work to enhancing people’s lives by considering the local climate and light." (Discover Los Angeles via Instagram)
• "It was a great day at the Healing Space Event. Our FS 41 firefighters, CORDI Section Recruitment Unit, along with CSLs Vivero and Chan were happy to be here and meet with our community members." (Los Angeles County Fire Dept. via Instagram)
• "'The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph." – George Washington. Honoring our nation’s leaders on Presidents’ Day." (Los Angeles Unified via Instagram)
• "Meet other residents of CD-1 interested in making change in your district! We are supporting CD-1 community members to organize together and ultimately build an ongoing relationship with the office of LA’s CD-1 councilmember, Eunisses Hernandez." (LA Forward Action)

🏡 What are homes selling for these days in Los Angeles?

• Median Listing Home Price $1.1M
• Median Listing Home Price/Square Foot $658
• Median Sold Home Price $885K

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That's it for today. I'll see you around!

— 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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