u/Kirbacho

I have a flight out in one week. Its myself, my wife, and 5 yr old twins. Completely forgot to arrange seating and now we have to sit all separate from each other... Is there anything I can do to somehow get us at least 2 and 2 seating arrangements so the kids can be adjacent to at least one parent?

Thank you!

Starting to see more used condoms on my daily picks. Also, someone dumped like five full dog poo bags on my sidewalk...

Last weekend, my wife ran into our directly adjacent neighbor when she went out to get the mail. They were both standing at our front entry porch to chat and catch up. During this interaction, our small dog came out and laid down on our porch next to my wife. While they were having a quick chat, one of our HOA board members happened to be walking down the street (shared area) and she berated my wife about not having our dog on a leash. She informed us that our dog must be leashed as she's in the process of training her dog and that my dog being off leash would be detrimental. Keep in mind that my dog never left our porch, didn't even get up. Later that day, while I was walking our dog (on leash) she then approached me and then gave me a reminder and told me about her interaction with my wife. Unnecessary but whatever.

I then remembered that she keeps a large porch potty (grass patch on a plastic tray) in our shared roadway/street that is completely brown with dead grass and riddled in dog shit. She also keeps a waste bin next to it also full of dog shit. It's disgusting.

I want to go give her a piece of my mind however I am new to this community. We just bought our place a few months ago. What is the best way to approach this? Just ignore and move on or should I call her out?

I posted here yesterday and got so many excellent comments, many very profound and had me reflect on myself as a person. Woke up this morning, headed out with my dog Frank, and we did our daily pickup with a clearer head.

Thank you and I’ll keep pickin’ on.

Appreciate you all.

Background:

Twin 5 yr old boys. On the ASD spectrum but mild. They've had early intervention and have progressed extremely well. They had IEP for preschool and no longer have them in kinder.

They've been in daycare since 7mon old. They went to preschool last year and did great. For summer, they spent half the day at home (wife and I work from home) with their nanny, the other half at an afternoon summer camp. They spent a lot of time with us during summer break and I think they got really used to it.

They started kinder this week. After kinder they go to aftercare at local rec center. Twin B has had no issues but Twin A has been having really hard time with separation. Cries and screams and eventually barfs at morning drop off. During the school day, he tells his teacher that he does not feel good and it results him going to nurses office to call us and tell us he wants to go home. When we take them to aftercare, he also cries and screams and eventually barfs.

They never had separation anxiety with daycare and preschool but it's coming on hard with kinder.

Any guidance on how to best approach?

Hey there,

My kids will be starting kinder at Keppel tomorrow. Any recommendations on best place to park and walk them to class? I'm assuming it's going to be a zoo anywhere near the main entrances.

Thank you in advance!

Recently moved into a new community. We live near the top of a nice overlook. We have people regularly come by to hang out during sunset and often later in the evening to watch the city lights. I have no issues with people hanging out and enjoying the view but they trash the place.

A few neighbors and I regularly pick up trash in the morning. Usually beer cans, nitrous tanks (ugh...), and fastfood trash.

I have contacted local law enforcement to see if they can help and was told to pound sand.

What options do I have? Will putting out my own trash bins help or will that further exacerbate and invite more people? Does signage typically help?

Open to all suggestions.

Thank you!

Hey there,

Checking to see if anyone has any thoughts or can share experiences regarding the rec centers after school program. Looking to send our 5 yr old twins there this year. TIA!

Hey there,

Checking to see if anyone has any thoughts or can share experiences regarding the rec centers after school program. Looking to send our 5 yr old twins there this year. TIA!

I’m over in Highland Park and it smells like the bottom of a garbage bin over here.

Smells like garbage. Is it the frozen food warehouse waste?

I recently moved from Burbank into LA city. We've had some issues on our street with illegal dumping (old furniture, trash). My neighbors mentioned using myLA311. I was a bit skeptical at first but sure enough, all the stuff I have reported so far has been addressed.

Am I a one-off with these positive experiences or has it been pretty positive for us all?

Edit/Update: Looks like overall pretty positive. I wonder if the City of Los Angeles has their own user account. They should know that we appreciate their service.

Hello,

Hoping I can get some guidance on how to best approach.

I live in an area at the top of a hill in the Highland Park area. Recently my catalytic converter was stolen and the night after, my neighbor had confront two individuals trying to break into cars on our street with a glass breaker. In the last 12 months, we've had other adjacent neighbors also get their cat converters stolen and in another instance, had a whole car stolen.

Our neighborhood/hill has an overlook that is also popular with people coming by to watch the sunset and hang out after sundown and late at night. We have no problem with people enjoying the view but its results in a lot of litter, mainly being beer cans and whippet stuff (i.e., gas tanks and balloon). We come together as a neighborhood to clean up but it's getting a bit overwhelming.

Is there any way I can request an increase in patrol, specifically later in the evening and early morning hours? Also open to any other suggestions.

Thank you!