🌱 The Metro Video “They” Dislike + Silverlake Area Parking Improves

Sylvia Cochran
Updated ·5 min read

Good morning, people of Los Angeles; today is International Mother Earth Day! Sylvia here with the latest copy of the Los Angeles Daily.

News correspondent Steve Gregory released a video that could be considered a bombshell. Also, has Hi Tech Automotive become a good neighbor? Finally, why did a company run into trouble with rapid COVID tests?

First, today's weather:

Clearing and cool. High: 66 Low: 51.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

  1. Steve Gregory, who is a correspondent for KFI AM 640 and known for hard-hitting news coverage, released “the video Metro Los Angeles doesn’t want you to see” on Wednesday. Although it only lasts 2.5 minutes, it shows “assault, homicide, burglary, and other violent offenses -- committed in 2019, 2020 and 2021” “aboard Metropolitan Transportation Authority trains” and train platforms. “Violent crimes have jumped on the Metro system 36% this year.” (Fox)

  2. Have you noticed that parking in the Silverlake neighborhood has improved? “Just a month ago, many of the spots were taken by Porsches and Ferraris, leaving residents and customers of some businesses with no place to park.” On Wednesday, a new report suggests I-Team coverage may have resulted in the current availability of “open meters and plenty of parking spots on residential streets.” Apparently, residents “had been complaining to city officials for over twenty years, about Hi Tech Automotive, a high-end repair shop that was monopolizing street parking in Silverlake with its customers' Porsches, Ferraris, and Maseratis.” (NBC)

  3. On Thursday, L.A.-based Sameday Health settled with City Attorney Mike Feuer for $26 million "over allegations that it faked hundreds of COVID test results" when it couldn't turn them around as quickly as promised. The company allegedly provided “fake COVID test results to more than 500 clients, informing them they were negative when their tests had not been run.” Sameday Health said it corrected the problems and “made significant investments in compliance and systems to ensure that we meet our customers' expectations.” (Fortune)

  4. Although “more than 95% of passengers and all the crew members are vaccinated,” a Princess Cruise ship reached orange status for COVID cases. This means that “.3% of passengers or crew tested positive.” What was supposed to be a 15-day Hawaiian cruise ended with the ship’s return to L.A. earlier this week. (ABC)

  5. What caused the massive Verizon outage on Wednesday? “Verizon said the problem was caused by a fiber issue in the network that led to call failures.” If you’re a Verizon customer and still have problems, “please restart your device.” (NBC)

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— 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