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—Bellflower: Following a string of burglaries on small businesses in Long Beach and surrounding communities, a food influencer @GrubWithGreg, used his platform to make Taquería El Sabrosito in Bellflower go viral for their gigantic "Super Wet Burrito." The small business posted a surveillance video showing four burglars rummaging through their restaurant last week. The reel, posted by both the restaurant and influencer, has over 120k views on Instagram. Taquería El Sabrosito is at 14320 Bellflower Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706.
—Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny both sported L.A. Dodgers caps at The Grammy's last night, which included a performance from Compton's own Steve Lacy with Compton-raised Thundercat on bass, and a special new award named for Compton legend Dr. Dre. The show ended with a live performance of legendary emcees outside of Staples Center, which included no L.A. artists. [EW]
—Oof. Instead of providing "closed captions" for Bad Bunny's opening performance at The Grammys last night, some CBS captions read: "singing in non-English" and later when he offered an acceptance speech, "speaking non-English." English-speaking artists were given standard closed captions while later broadcasts and streaming broadcasts reportedly offered updated Spanish-language closed captioning for Bad Bunny's performance. [EW]
—An unnamed LAPD SWAT team member who was caught on body camera footage telling colleagues "happy hunting" before the fatal shooting of Leron James, a reportedly armed and barricaded suspect, in an apartment building in Downtown in 2022, has been suspended for two days for making improper remarks. [IBT]