Welcome to L.A. TACO’s daily news briefs, where we bring our loyal members, readers, and supporters the latest headlines about Los Angeles politics and culture. Stay informed and look closely.
—A man was hospitalized following a car-to-car shooting last night near the intersection of San Pedro and East 28th streets. [KTLA]
—LivingLos Angeles is focusing on the suspicious 2009 death of Mitrice Richardson, promising to untangle the web of covers-up by police organizations after her release from the Malibu Los Hills Sheriff's Station quickly led to her apparent disappearance and murder. [LivinLosAngeles; Part 2]
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw will take the mound for the National League to being tonight's MLB All-Star game at Dodger Stadium. [ESPN]
—CEOs of Health Care companies raked it in during the pandemic, with those at the top 300 companies raking in more than $4.5 billion in 2021. [STAT]
—LAPD is telling people not to wear expensive jewelry on Melrose. [NBC]
—Some dipshit crashed his Dodge Challenger on L.A.'s new Sixth Street Bridge last year. [323_1320]
—There was also a street takeover of the Sixth Street Bridge that led to it being shut down last night, not even a week after its unveiling. [NBC]
—U.S. confidence in newspapers and T.V. journalism has hit an all-time low. [Gallup]
—The City of L.A.'s plan to provide jobs by converting a barren plot it purchased in Watts after the 1992 Uprising has resulted in a single street built on a 10-acre vacant piece of land 30 years later. [LAT]
—France is suffering extreme wildfires, Portugal is burning, and England had its hottest day on record. [Reuters]
—The U.N. is warning that a record number of people worldwide are facing the threat of starvation, primarily due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. [NPR]
