100 Plus Firefighters Put On Leave + Rain + DWP Bribery Scandal

Los Angeles CA

07 December, 2021

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Rise and shine, Los Angeles! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in town today. First, today's weather: High: 63 Low: 50. Chance of light showers. Here are the top stories in Los Angeles today: 113 Los Angeles Firefighters Pulled From Duty Over COVID Vaccine (Los Angeles Patch)Back-To-Back Storms To Bring Rain, Cool Temps To Los Angeles (Los Angeles Patch) Ex-LA utility head admits taking bribes in billing scandal (The Bakersfield Californian) December Food and Lifestyle News (Los Angeles Patch)Another Effort To Recall DA George Gascon Begins (Los Angeles Patch) LA County Confirms New Omicron Cases (Los Angeles Patch) This Vintage Speakeasy Hides Above a Swanky Melrose Coffee Shop (Eater LA) The Doors' "LA Woman": A classic from Jim Morrison's chaos (Los Angeles Times)Drake Withdraws From Grammy Consideration (Hollywood Patch) Today's Los Angeles Daily is brought to you in part by our friends at Ring, the home security company. Ring does a lot more than doorbells: check out their full suite of smart home products at Ring.com. And thank you Ring for helping to make local news happen in Los Angeles! Today in Los Angeles: Parent Center Workshop: Tarzana tratment Centers "Healing your inner child" In-person &on zoom ID: 8... (12:00 AM) Los Angeles Parks Foundation To Plant Micro Forest At Devonshire Arleta Park On Tuesday, December 7 (8:30 AM) Chronic Disorganization? Hoarding? There is Hope! A class to help. Register today! (9:00 AM) SteelCraft Bellflower Parent & Me Music Classes! (9:30 AM) ELAC Meeting/Reunion - Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice (10:00 AM) LAFC|Red Cross Blood Drive - Exposition Park (10:00 AM) Virtual Book Club - Miraleste Library (11:00 AM) A Virtual Town Hall for Small Businesses and Non-Profits with Representative Karen Bass & Representa (11:00 AM) From my notebook: LA County Museum of Art: "Starting off the week with a wintry late night collection highlight ❄️" (Instagram) Mayor Eric Garcetti: "Today, I was excited to officially launch the Angeleno Corps program and celebrate 400 corps members who collectively will complete 120,000 hours of paid service work with our 38 partners in education, healthcare, tech, and immigration. ..." (Instagram) County of Los Angeles: "Taking your child to get their COVID-19 vaccine? Here is what you need to know. For more info & to find a vaccination site near you, visit VaccinateLACounty.com" (Instagram) Los Angeles County Fire Dept.: "Spark of Love 🎄🎁🧸🏀 Join @abc7community, #SoCal firefighters, and Toys for Tots, along with our presenting sponsor @subaru_usa, in celebrating the 29th year of the Spark of Love Toy Drive - the largest community toy drive in the nati..." (Instagram) Los Angeles County Fire Department: "#WildlandTrainingDay Wildland Training Day for #LACoFD Recruit Class 165. Recruits continue their rigorous training curriculum to prepare them for a successful career with the LACoFD. 📸 Doug Morrison, LACoFD Photographer #Firefighter #J..." (Facebook) County of Los Angeles: "According to @wearelahealth, pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to be admitted to the ICU, be put on a ventilator, or die from COVID-19 compared to non-pregnant women. Pregnant people with COVID-19 are also more likely to exper..." (Instagram) Los Angeles County Fire Department, Lifeguard Division: "Last week, LACoFD EMS Bureau and Assistant Medical Director Dr. Gupta spent time delivering new EMS tools and training with our Lifeguard Paramedics on Catalina Island. These new tools include the King Vision Video Laryngoscope as well a..." (Facebook) Los Angeles, CA - Lost Dogs, Cats & Pets: "Please spread the word! Nova was LOST on December 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA 90059 near Locke High School Message from Owner: Please help me find it, it was a early birthday gift Description: Has a red collor blue eyes and a 4 month year..." (Facebook) Los Angeles LGBT Center: ""We have an opportunity at the NFL to create change. At creative, we dream up the impossible, but for me, life imitated art. I stand here rebranded as my authentic self." 🏈 🏳️‍🌈 🙌🏼" (Facebook) From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! 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I have a couple LaCantina folding doors for sale (Details) Add your item Gigs & services: 📌 Resume Writing Services (2x Certified) FREE Gift w/Purchase (Details) Add your gig or service Housing: These Santa Monica Apartments Are Offering 8 Weeks Free Rent! (Details) Add your listing Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday. See you all tomorrow morning for another update! If you're feeling these newsletters, consider bringing some of your friends and neighbors along for the ride. You can send them this link to subscribe. — Paige Austin About me: Email: [email protected] Phone: 714-721-1222 Birthday: Gemini I learned how to be a reporter at the Orange County Register before moving to The Press-Enterprise in Riverside. I covered everything from cities, to the national forest, to courts and prisons. I do have some pretty colorful war stories from those beats. So if you see me around town, you tell me your stories, and I'll tell you about the time I met Gov. Schwarzenegger…in prison…while wearing a stab-proof vest. Or I can tell you about the time I watched a Manson girl give a talk on anger management. I joke around. A lot. However, journalism might be the only thing I take seriously. It's a very humbling job. Everyday, people trust you with their voice on topics that matter to them, and you have to try to live up to the responsibility. If I ever fail, I need you to tell me about it, so that I can get it right. It's important. I am insecure enough to tell you about some of the journalism awards I have won – the Associated Press Award for investigative reporting, California Newspapers Publishers Association awards for investigative reporting and best special section, the Price Child Health and Welfare Journalism award from the Children's Advocacy Institute as well as Society of Professional Journalists awards for best enterprise stories, beat reporting, feature writing, and best environmental story. I think I tried to collect awards in an effort to intimidate editors into letting me chase the kinds of stories I want to do. It doesn't really work. Working for Patch.com, my office consists of the cities I cover, Starbucks, and my house where my co-workers include a lovely gent named D'Wayne and two pugs – Monkey and Maggie. If we ever talk on the phone, it's Maggie you might hear faintly snoring in the background. Sorry, she just can't help it. Your Beliefs At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know. Politics: pro-environment and equality for all Religion: The unholy trinity of Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut and John Steinbeck Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Los Angeles Daily? I'm all ears. You can contact me at [email protected].