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Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. West Hollywood Homes Without AC Face Hottest Week Yet (wehoonline.com) — West Hollywood is extending its Plummer Park cooling center all week, offering a crucial option for residents in the nearly 5,800 local homes estimated to lack any air conditioning. Free Cityline shuttles can get you there, and renters with broken AC in West Hollywood units that came with cooling have specific rights and city support. Expect highs near 100 degrees and unusually warm nights.
2. John Erickson Sends Cease-and-Desist; Former Opponent Refuses to Retract (wehoonline.com) — A legal clash involving West Hollywood Councilmember John Erickson has escalated after former State Senate candidate Zennon Ulyate-Crow publicly refused to retract a video tying an anonymous Instagram account to Erickson's camp. The dispute follows earlier allegations from West Hollywood Public Safety Commissioner Tod Hallman, who said he felt pressured over his council endorsement, though Erickson has denied wrongdoing in both situations. Residents are watching how these tensions may shape local political dynamics.
3. Book Excerpt – Cool Heat: Anita O'Day and Her Dangerous Jazz Life, By James Gavin (jazztimes.com) — Jazz legend Anita O'Day spent her final years at a retirement facility in West Hollywood where her fierce independence and hard-lived past still defined her daily life. This book excerpt traces her addictions, musical breakthroughs, and unflinching attitude as she reflects from her small West Hollywood apartment on a career that reshaped vocal jazz.
4. West Hollywood is Celebrating Women's Equality Day Commemorating Women Winning the Right to Vote (wehotimes.com) — West Hollywood is hosting a free Women's Equality Day Town Hall this Wednesday evening at City Council Chambers, with parking at West Hollywood Park and RSVPs encouraged. Local residents can hear from women's rights and voting advocates, get voter information, and see City Hall and Santa Monica Boulevard lanterns lit in suffrage colors as the city reaffirms its long-standing support for gender equality and voting access.
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