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LETTERS
Coronavirus by the numbers and local updates
Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of November 6:
Culver City: 2,991 (deaths 114); Del Rey: 41 (deaths one); El Segundo: 1,104 (deaths 10); Marina del Rey: 703 (deaths four); Mar Vista: 2,965 (deaths 37); Palms: 3,506 (deaths 66); Playa del Rey: 191 (deaths one); Playa Vista: 888 (deaths 12); Santa Monica: 6,855 (deaths 189); Venice: 2,782 (deaths 18); Westchester: 3,678 (deaths 58) Total Westside cases: 25,704 Total Westside deaths: 510
Total confirmed cases in LA County:
1,501,527 Total deaths in LA County: 26,740 Total new cases as of November 6: 1,647 Total new deaths: 25 Hospitalizations: 664
Positivity rate (seven-day daily
average): .99%
Total number of people tested:
9,140,812
(Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)
Letter on Ballona Wetlands Editor:
Contrary to Ballona bulldozer defender and pseudo-restoration expert David Kay’s fiction fest in the October 7 Argonaut, most of the California taxpayers’ Ballona Wetlands is not buried in “unproductive weed-infested fill dirt” thus necessitating killing all the wildlife for 10 years, cutting off public access and bulldozing virtually the entire site for 10 years and spending virtually all of $200 million for a solution in search of a problem. According to a report safeguarded by a local environmental library and accessible on the internet, 150 acres out of the state-owned 600-acre preserve is covered by clean marina mud. The land the state wants to spend the bulk of $200 million defiling is not damaged nor degraded at all, contrary to the state’s year 2011 lockeddoor archeo-geology report. In fact, this undisturbed land was not filled in because it was an island surrounded by lower lying wetland soil. Why the details are kept secret, you may ask, when their conclusion is that all the Tongva cultural sites are junk? Because the methodology and basis for these cock-eyed conclusions is being challenged in court by several environmental groups! In fact, the archeo-geology reports written by the prior landowner 30 years ago concluded that the 82 acres of land sought for the bulk of the bulldozing “appeared relatively undisturbed.” So Mr. Kay wants to use $200 million of our tax dollars fixing wildlife habitat that isn’t broken! Read the 30-year-old report: ballona. blogspot.com/p/ballona-environmentallibrary.html Click on Volume 23: drive.google.com/ drive/folders/0B5SGRAMv8RXuSzdqcXp mSjFfTms?resourcekey=0-AhPmx3n8TcNSb9jzLXi0Cw Go to pages 13528 and 13530. Save Egret Island!
Rex Frankel President, Ballona Ecosystem Education Project Los Angeles
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Spend a relaxing Thanksgiving at Brizo Bar & Restaurant in the marina of Marina del Rey or choose a pick up option to enjoy in your home.
Indulge in three delectable courses by Executive Chef Chris Houlihan. The special menu includes all traditional fixings and features a 24-Hour Beer-Brined Turkey, Confit Garlic Mashed Potato, Pretzel Bread Turkey Stuffing and Blue Lake Green Beans with Crispy Onion. Whole steamed lobster can be added for $55.00 + tax and a half pound of Alaskan Crab Legs for $55 + tax or 1 pound for $85 + tax. Top it all off with traditional pumpkin pie or apple crumble for dessert.
$59 per adult • $25 per child (10 & under) (Not including 9.5% Tax and Gratuity) Open 11am–8pm on Thanksgiving Day for this menu Make reservations or pre orders for pick up call 424-443-5807. To go option available with pre orders due by Monday, Nov 22. Same pricing applies above.
