'The Purge' In LA? + Snow Day Trips + 500 LAUSD Employees Fired

Los Angeles CA

09 December, 2021

12:51 AM

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Good day, people of Los Angeles! Paige Austin here with today's copy of the Los Angeles Daily. First, today's weather: A touch of rain; cooler. High: 56 Low: 44. Here are the top stories today in Los Angeles: Top Snowy Vacation Destinations Within a Short Drive of LA (L.A. Weekly) 4 Los Angeles High Schools Respond To Threats (Los Angeles Patch) LAPD Detective compares Los Angeles to 'The Purge' due to rise in crime (FOX 11 Los Angeles) 4 L.A. freeways make list of roads with most traffic in U.S. (KTLA Los Angeles) Almost 500 Unvaccinated LAUSD Employees Lose Their Jobs (Los Angeles Patch) LA Mayoral Candidates To Meet In First Public Forum On Sunday (CBS Los Angeles) Los Angeles Listed Among America's Most Fun Cities 2021: Report (Los Angeles Patch) Judge Mulls Bid For Injunction Vs. LAUSD Student Vaccine Mandate (City News Service) How to 'haze' a coyote if it gets too close | Greater LA (KCRW) Where to Eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Los Angeles (Eater LA) Today's Los Angeles Daily is brought to you in part by Newrez, a leading nationwide mortgage lender. Make a smart move for your future and refinance with Newrez today. Call 844-979-1707 to connect with a Newrez loan officer. Newrez, LLC (NMLS #3013) Today in Los Angeles: City Council Subcommittee on Homelessness Meeting (8:30 AM) Healthcare Committee - Valley Industry & Commerce Association (12:00 PM) Downtown Dialogue (Events) - Downtown Business High (12:00 PM) San Fernando Valley Veterans Employment Committee (SFV/VEC) (1:00 PM) From my notebook: Discover Los Angeles: "#TagToWin: $1,000 Holiday Shopping Spree Giveaway! 🛍 To celebrate the holiday season, we're giving away a $1,000 #WestfieldTopanga and #TheVillage gift card to one lucky winner! 🎁 Tag a friend in the comment section below and follow @d..." (Instagram) County of Los Angeles: "Through January 16, #Lightscape brings singing trees, gigantic flowers, psychedelic colors and festive fields of light to @laarboretum. Learn more and grab tickets at www.arboretum.org/lightscape" (Instagram) Los Angeles County Fire Dept.: "EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT FOR ELIGIBLE LA COUNTY RESIDENTS The Emergency Broadband Benefit is designed to provide cost relief for Home Internet to eligible individuals and families. Know a student with a Pell Grant? They may qualify...." (Instagram) Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: "#LASD is Asking for the Public's Help Locating At Risk Missing Person Michael John Ouimet, #Lancaster Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Missing Persons Unit investigators are asking for the public's help locating At Risk Missing Pe..." (Facebook) Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department: "Our HOST LASD Homeless Outreach Services Team is currently working to provide Services in the Placita Olvera area." (Facebook) Los Angeles, CA - Lost Dogs, Cats & Pets: "Please spread the word! Pushkin was LOST on December 6, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA 90031 near Off the 134 freeway by San Fernando Rd Description: Small fluffy black poodle. Scared of people but friendly. Blackish brown eyes and black fur. F..." (Facebook) Los Angeles County Fire Department: "GET READY FOR RAIN! Heavy rainfall throughout Southern California is expected tomorrow. Be sure you and your family are prepared and remain safe for this weather event and any other upcoming storms!" (Facebook) From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! 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See you all tomorrow morning for your next update. — 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