Good evening, SoCal. We end the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather forecasts.
Your weather planner
Low clouds rise well inland and up mountain slopes Saturday morning, which in turn allows for measurable drizzle.
The clouds will be very slow to clear and there may not be clearing at all in some places on Saturday. This will lead to cooler temperatures, especially inland.
Wind gusts affect the deserts all weekend, with the strongest winds beginning Saturday night and peaking Sunday night to Monday. A wind warning is in effect, but will likely turn into a high wind warning at some point this weekend.
Tomorrow’s highlights
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Today’s big stories
1. LA County buys infant formula for $ 750,000 to combat deficiency
Los Angeles County has purchased $ 750,000 breast milk substitute to combat the current shortage, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis announced Friday.
Solis said the first shipment is expected to arrive next week and will be distributed through the Department of Public Health’s Nurse Family Partnership Program, which serves new parents through home visits.
The Department of Children & Family Services purchases $ 500,000 of infant formula at the supervisor’s direction, some of which is already distributed to families in the child welfare service.
The closure of one of the country’s largest production facilities due to pollution triggered the shortage, officials said.
2. Liberal Los Angeles could take right turns in the mayoral race
Many voters in the highly democratic Los Angeles are simmering over rising crime and homelessness, and it could cause the city to take a turn for the political right for the first time in decades.
These are busy times in Los Angeles, where more than 40,000 people live in garbage-laden homeless camps and rusty campers, plagued by naughty robberies and home invasions, while inflation and taxes tear the wallet – gas in a region built on car travel has cracked $ 6 per tonne. gallon. Rents and house prices have risen.
Twelve names are on the ballot for the primary election, which ends on June 7, although several candidates have dropped out, and the race takes the form of a battle between Rick Caruso and Democratic US Representative Karen Bass, who was on then-presidential candidate Joe Biden . shortlist for Vice President.
If no candidate passes 50% – which is likely with a crowded ballot – the two best candidates will move on to a change in November. Bass could become the first woman to take care of the office and the second black person.
3. LA River Recreation Zones open for the summer season on Memorial Day
The Los Angeles River Elysian Valley and Sepulveda Basin Recreation Zones will be open for kayaking and other activities on Memorial Day and for the remainder of the 2022 summer season, which runs through September 30th.
The zones are managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority, which offers guided tours and kayak rentals to a limited number of private groups.
“We look forward to operating the ninth season of the LA River Recreation Zone,” said Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority Chief Ranger Fernando Gomez.
Swimming is not allowed in the river and people are encouraged to check the river’s water quality and conditions prior to planning their trip by going to lacitysan.org/waterquality.
4. Dodgers to retire Gil Hodges’ No. 14 in June
Gil Hodges, who helped the Dodgers win World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, will have his No. 14 jersey retired.
The pregame ceremony takes place on June 4, when the New York Mets visit Dodger Stadium. Hodges played his last two seasons with the Mets in 1962 and ’63. His 96-year-old widow, Joan, still lives in Brooklyn.
Hodges will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 24th. He was voted in by the Veterans Committee.
During his 16 years with the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, Hodges helped the team win World Series titles in 1955 and ’59. He was an eight-time All-Star. From 1949-55 he ran over 100 races per. season.
Hodges died in 1972 at the age of 47 when he was in charge of the Mets. He guided the team to the 1969 World Series title.
The 21 victims of the mass school shooting in Texas
Nineteen students and two teachers were victims of the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary on Tuesday. The class was closing out the school year when an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in the fourth-grade classroom, killing 21 people.
Click on the link above to learn their names and who they were.
Crosses with the names of Tuesday’s gun victims are located outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)
Your notes for this weekend
- President Biden will give a keynote address at Alma Mater University of Delaware on Saturday
- Saturday is World Hunger Day
- On Sunday, President Biden & First Lady travels to Uvalde, Texas
- Monday is Memorial Day
- President Biden attends Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery
If you missed it
Here is the lion saying to the Father
Like the opening scene of Disney’s 1993 animated film The Lion King, in which the animals are drawn to celebrate new life, Disneyland’s newly adapted stage show “The Tale of the Lion King” has a similar opening.
From the woodland environment to the Swahili language woven into dialogue and lyrics, colorful costume and dance styles, Disneyland’s newly re-enacted musical celebrates life inspired by African and African-American black culture, narrated through the re-enactment of “The Lion King.”
Disneyland Resort’s creative director of Live Entertainment Susana Tubert said they wanted to tell Simba’s story in a new and unique way separate from the movie and stage show on Broadway.
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