🌱 Agoura Hills Wildlife Crossing Broke Ground + Truckers Protest On 5

Sylvia Cochran
Updated ·4 min read

Hello, neighbors; today is National Picnic Day! It's me again, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily.

There was a groundbreaking ceremony for the wildlife crossing that will go over the 101. Also, truckers near Griffith Park protested high diesel prices. Finally, the mask mandate is back on L.A. public transportation.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and pleasant. High: 73 Low: 59.

Here are the top five stories in Los Angeles today:

  1. On Friday, a day after an 18-month-old mountain lion named P-97 was killed on the 405, construction crews broke ground on the wildlife crossing that will stretch over the 101 in Agoura Hills. Building the 200-feet bridge is expected to cost $90 million and may make “more room to roam for animals stifled by urban development, including big cats, coyotes, deer, lizards, snakes and other creatures.” It’s important to note that there are “more than 450 animal species” in the area. (KTLA)

  2. On Friday morning, 10 semi-trucks shut down the 5 near the 134 interchange in the Griffith Park area. They protested high gas prices. “The trucks had a sign which read, ‘Lower diesel prices, brokers need to be controlled, ripping off customers and carriers’. Some protesters walked out onto the freeway holding signs.” Thirty minutes and a conversation with the CA Highway Patrol later, the trucks moved off the highway. (CBS)

  3. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle struck down the mask mandate for public transportation earlier this week. On Thursday, L.A. County health officials “issued a new COVID-19 health order, mandating masks on trains and buses, in taxis and ride-sharing vehicles, and inside airports and train and bus stations.” (Patch)

  4. Friday morning at 11 a.m., there was a meeting with “officials from the U.S. State Department, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Consul General for LA’s Peruvian Consulate, & UCLA.” Called a “repatriation ceremony,” it was the return of “cultural pieces following investigations by the FBI’s Art Crime Team.” (FBI)

  5. A Seinfeld-themed food truck is in town. This weekend, it will “park at Abbot Kinney (Giant Wheel Court) from noon through 6 p.m., and then again at Irvine Spectrum from noon through 6 p.m. Sunday.” Dishes might include muffin tops, big salads, spicy chicken, and paella. (Patch)

Today in Los Angeles:

  • Annual Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books on the USC Campus, L.A. (10 AM)

  • Soul Therapy at The Plant Chica (3 PM)

  • Out Of Mind Fest at The Echo (6 PM)

  • March for Babies: A Mother of a Movement at Grand Park (7 PM)

  • Gutterplum By Courtney Pauroso at The Elysian Theater (9:30 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Watch the Esteban Torres High School📺 Eastside Arts Festival Sneak Peek. Diego, Class of 2023, is getting ready for his solo performance. To partake in all the excitement and magic of our students,join us this Saturday from 9am to 2:30pm. (Instagram)

  • The City thanks everyone who joined for the Ribbon Cutting of Rhodes Avenue Park! Visit today to check out all the new amenities; such as the new walking path and fitness equipment. Learn more about the upcoming additions. (Instagram)

  • Garfield High School's JROTC, as partof their service-learning project,donates 1,000 dental hygiene kits toLos Angeles homeless veterans. Garfield High School is about serving the community! (Instagram)

  • A Hancock Park area neighbor is asking if anyone has gotten passports recently. They can't get an appointment with any post office for any time soon. (Nextdoor)

  • A Silver Lake Marathon neighbor needs help for potentially sick stray kittens. Are there local vets that help with this? Any advice appreciated. 🐈 (Nextdoor)

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You're all caught up for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with another update.

— 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.

This article originally appeared on the Los Angeles Patch