🌱 Sameday Health Test Refunds + Big Rig Loaded With Fish Burns On 5

Sylvia Cochran
Updated ·4 min read

Hey, people of Los Angeles; today is National Audubon Day! It's me again, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily.

If you paid Sameday Health out of pocket for a COVID test, you may be eligible for a refund. Also, there was a vehicle and cargo fire on the 5. Finally, a bike lane is making progress on 1st Street.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 81 Low: 55.

Here are the top five stories today in Los Angeles:

  1. Fraudulent COVID Testing Update: Last week, we talked about the settlement between L.A. and Sameday Health. On Monday, there was the announcement that “Californians who paid out of pocket for a PCR test between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020 are expected to be refunded by the company.” If you were tested outside that timeframe or didn’t get test results by the advertised deadline, you may also be eligible for a refund. (Patch)

  2. Did you smell it? On Monday, at around 12:52 a.m., a “big rig loaded with 21,000 pounds of fish crashed into a sedan and both vehicles caught fire early on the 5 Freeway just south of the Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway.” According to witnesses, there was a blue low-rider involved in the collision. We learned that “there was no indication of any fatalities.” (The Eastsider L.A.)

  3. If you routinely bike from Little Tokyo to Boyle Heights, you will notice that there’s a new protected bike lane on 1st Street. We learned on Monday that “right now, the project is only on the westbound lane, heading into downtown.” (L.A. Streets Blog)

  4. If you have a hankering for 45-day dry-aged beef, head to Prime Rib in Beverly Hills or Tam O’Shanter in Atwater Village. Both restaurants typically serve “non-aged Certified Angus beef,” but they will have the specialty aged meat until May 1. If you miss out, your only option is to visit “Fanny’s at the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.” (L.A. Eater)

  5. We hit a temperature record on Sunday. At Los Angeles International Airport, the high was 86 degrees Fahrenheit. This is higher than the 85-degree record we set in 2020. (NWS)

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Today in Los Angeles:

  • Improv at The Lyric Hyperion (12 PM)

  • Hadestown at The Ahmanson Theatre (1 PM)

  • Jefferson Family Cooking Workshop at the Grandview Library (3 PM)

  • Celebrate Día: Food Traditions & Family Fun at the Florence Library (3:30 PM)

  • Women & Femme Night OPEN MIC at the Greenway Court Theatre (8 PM)

From my notebook:

  • An El Sereno Hills neighbor needs yard work done. Twice a month, trim bushes, pull weeds. No lawn. Do you have a referral? (Nextdoor)

  • Our Little Holmby-Westwood neighbor found a beautiful brown dog in the Beverly Hills area today without a leash or a collar at the time. Please contact them if you are the owner or have any information regarding whose dog this may be. (Nextdoor)

  • An El Sereno Central West neighbor needs to know where to go to upholster a couch. (Nextdoor)

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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