Hello, hello; today is National Kitten Day, which is the brainchild of author Colleen Paige. It's me, Sylvia, your host of the Los Angeles Daily — here to impart all the most important things happening locally. Enjoy...

It appears that road rage led to a bear spray attack. Also, a motor home caught on fire. Finally, the mayor signed the Hotel Worker Protection Ordinance into law.

Plenty of sunshine. High: 85 Low: 63.

FYI: To locate a cooling center in Los Angeles, call 3-1-1, reach out to the Los Angeles Public Library Public Information Office at (213) 228-7555, or find your nearest location and its hours on the current list of county facilities.

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💧 Water Crisis Poll! 💧 Residents are limited to watering their landscapes two days per week, before 9 a.m. or after 4 p.m. What else should the City do to deal with the water crisis? Please let me know your thoughts! So far, 21.1% want to mandate drought-resistant landscaping, 19.7% want to recycle wastewater for irrigation, another 40.8% want to build a desalination plant at the coast, and 18.4% don't believe residential water use contributes to the water crisis.

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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.

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