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Coming up: Adaptive Arts on the West Hollywood Patch calendar
Hello West Hollywood! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Need AC this week? Here's how West Hollywood can cool you down
- Why a cease-and-desist against Erickson's former opponent matters in WeHo
- How a jazz rebel spent her final years in West Hollywood
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Toasty conditions, temps: high: 95, low: 74.
- Thursday: Record-breaking heat, with a high of 97 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
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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🗓 Events Nearby
- Adaptive Arts
Brand Library and Art Center Montrose Library -
11:00 am - Little Artists
Brand Library and Art Center Library Connection @ Adams Square -
11:00 am - Literacy Class
Brand Library and Art Center Glendale Central Library -
11:00 am - Literacy Class (Intermediate to Advanced Levels)
Brand Library and Art Center Montrose Library -
11:00 am - Family Coloring
Brand Library and Art Center Grandview Library -
1:30 pm - Bring Back Canasta
Brand Library and Art Center Montrose Library -
1:30 pm - Girls' Flag Football vs. Torrance HS
Inglewood High School @ Torrance HS
6:00 pm - "Gentle Giants" by Raphaele Cohen-Bacry
Brand Library and Art Center Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station - - Recoding the Codex: Cultural Heritage Through Language
Brand Library and Art Center Glendale Central Library - - Brand 54: National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper
Brand Library and Art Center Brand Library & Art Center - - AERIES and ParentSquare Support
Kelso Elementary School Inglewood, CA 90301
7:30 am - California Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Insights from the UCLA Anderson Forecast Real Estate Survey
The Century City Chamber of Commerce Allen Matkins 1901 Avenue of the Stars
11:30 am
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The LASD Detective Division Street Racing Task Force conducted a targeted enforcement operation at multiple locations identified as areas of illegal street racing and street takeover activity.
Results from last night's operation: • 19 traffic citations issued • 6 arrests • 4 vehicles impounded for 30 days Street racing and street takeovers… (Nextdoor )
- Sweetgreen, Inc. posted a job opening for Sunset Strip - Kitchen Lead in West Hollywood. Apply here.
- Robert Half posted a job opening for Accounts Payable Specialist in Beverly Hills. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Hollywood here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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