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I came across thousands (I’m guessing an entire hive) of dead and dying bees on a sidewalk around the intersection of Rosewood and Orange Grove Ave, right behind Fairfax.

I’ve never seen anything like this before. I reported it to 311 who said they’ll send someone from street services.

But does anyone know if this is legal? It seems really unethical and cruel to kill an entire colony and just leave them on the sidewalk for people to trample over, while some are still alive.

In the pictures, every single brown dot on the sidewalk is a dead bee. It was really jarring.

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I feel like I’ve read a couple post about people in this sort of situation so I wanted to repost for those that might find it helpful.

A lot of people are unaware that there is an app for 311. The app has several features, but is primarily useful for creating city service requests. I’ve created several for graffiti and they’ve been resolved sometimes within 24h and at most within about 3-4 days. It works great and you can make a request for just about anything that’s messed up or want to complain about your neighbor’s 6am leaf blower. There are tons of services to choose from. You’ll also get status updates about your request. I highly recommend downloading it and having a look.

I won't be typing on this but I hope people will contribute.

I tried to keep up with the Sheriffs one and it wasn't easy to keep up.

While on a Metro A-Line train from Pico to Union Station, the most impossible thing happened: I was standing near the door of the train, waiting for passengers to board when my headphone fell out of my bag’s side pocket, slid out the train car’s open door, and down the 1-inch crack between the train car and the platform. I think I have better chances of being struck my lightening than this happening. These are expensive headphones that I use on a daily basis for work - they are vital to my day to day life, and to be quite honest, I’m not in a place to immediately replace them.

I got off at Union Station and hopped on the next train back to the Little Tokyo station to look for them - though I was certain they were done for. Upon arrival, I was able to peek over the edge of the platform and to my shock, I saw the headphones just under the edge below! The thought of hopping down to get them myself crossed my mind, but I know the dangers of high-voltage shock if I were to attempt it.

I spoke with a very kind and helpful ambassador who advised I should use the call box to contact someone who could help. I called using the speaker box at the far end of the Little Tokyo station. A gentleman answered, heard me out, and said he would get a supervisor over as soon as possible. He even called back via a page at the station to provide the update that the supervisor was on their way, but may be a little while, as they were all the way in Long Beach. I assured him I would stick around for them to arrive.

A little while later, the supervisor arrive at the station. I explained what happened, pointed out where they were, she coordinated via walkie talkie about what she was doing, and once cleared, she went down to the track and retrieved them for me!

You bet I’ve already submitted an Employee Recognition Form. I remembered the supervisor’s name, I just wish I knew the name of the ambassador and the help-call technician, as they deserve huge kudos as well! Any one of them could have scoffed off some dude and his stupid headphones, but never once did they make me feel like an inconvenience. I cannot express my thanks enough to all who helped get back something I rely on everyday!

I am so, SO grateful for Metro and the many great people who keep it going.

The title says it, why do they do this? It makes zero sense, it's not like electricity is so cheap that you can get by paying every other month. Wouldn't it make more sense to send people $150-$300 bill each month instead of a $300-$600 bill every other month?

If they want people to "watch their usage", why not bill monthly? "Here's you bill for last month. Change your behavior or pay the price." instead of "Here's your bill for the last two months, get f*cked."

For the first time since 2019, the Burial of the Unclaimed Dead ceremony is open to the public--but only 75 of us. My hope is that next year, all caring Angelenos will be welcomed to pay their respects to our community members, many of them experiencing homelessness and some of them unidentified, who did not have family able to handle their funeral services.

The ceremony streams live at 10 on Facebook if you'd like to attend virtually: https://www.facebook.com/events/1255917365065658

Learn more about this old Los Angeles tradition in a blog post I wrote about looking for the delightful Santa Monica Promenade street performer, Leo of the Psychic Cats, and finding he was there.

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Does anyone have experience using this service? I live in a neighborhood with a large number of folks 60+ and would love to recommend other programs that Redditors may be aware of.

I visited the LA county animal services website and paid for my registration back in April. Four months later, I still haven’t received a pet license from them. Whose leg do I have to hump to license my dog?

Also that website / registration looks like it was put together by a middle school CS class, the payment portion looks like a scam. I actually went through the process two or three times to make sure it was the legit LA county webpage.

I think KCRW > KPCC generally.