u/Kirbacho

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!

My older Camry got the CC stolen last night. The guys did it in about a minute. I’m very salty but also very impressed…

I am looking to see if anyone had a recommendation on what type of guard or shield works best for older Camry’s.

I appreciate any and all feedback, thank you!

Curious if others got hit too.

Hi there LAPD,

My friend's Toyota tailgate was stolen. Fortunately we were able to very easily track because he had put an airtag in it. We have it tracked to a house in Southgate and it's showing that it's sitting in this person's garage.

What is the best way to approach this? Is there a process we need to look into so LAPD can help us get our tailgate back?

Thank you!

Just bought and moved in the last month to a 2 story townhome in the los angeles area. we live on a hillside and have two crawl spaces. One under a portion of the upper story, one under a portion of the lower story.

the place checked all the boxes but did have some ongoing moisture and mold issues. one was related to old copper pipes with pinhole leaks and a small gap in the porch allowing water into crawlspace. Both have been addressed (repiping of whole home, addressed gap), mold remediation occurred, and mold inspector gave the clear.

Due to the past moisture and mold issues, i've been hypersensitive to anything moisture related. I've been in and out of the crawlspaces checking for pipe leaks and all seems okay however i am unsure of humidity in the home and crawlspace.

Indoors, our humidity swings between 40-65% throughout the day. Most of the day, humidity is around 40-55% however during overnight into morning when the HVAC is turned off and windows are closed, it can hit as high as 65%. It seems to be worse downstairs.

In the crawlspace, humidity has been hovering between upper 50's to mid 60's. some spikes as high as 68%. It's a vented crawlspace, not encapsulated, and i'm assuming humidity is affected by outdoor humidity. with June gloom the last two weeks, the average high humidity has been 77%, the average low humidity has been 41%.

although our crawlspace was remediated, i'm concerned about mold coming back and even feel like i'm starting to see little patches here and there.

Is this all fine or do I need to take action? if i need to take action, what would that action be? am i just overreacting being a new home owner? My wife thinks i am going crazy...

Thank you in advance!

Looking to go watch a movie there but would like to ride my bike over. There's a few racks out front but concerned about theft. Anyone else regularly lock up there? Any issues?

Hey there,

My neighbor is from Mexico City. He and I were chatting yesterday and he mentioned that as long as he's been in LA, he has not had good tacos de canasta and seems to be having trouble finding rajas con queso tamales.

Can anyone recommend spots for these two things?

TIA!

I posted below on another sub and not getting much advice. After thinking it through, maybe ultimately I would need a mini split. Could any HVAC folks provide some guidance? Will the combination of exterior shades, window film, and double pane windows help keep my place cool or would it be marginal and ultimately will require a mini split?

https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/1u0bo2l/need_advice_short_term_and_long_term_solutions/
We recently bought a townhome and I can tell heat will get brutal in the upcoming months. I have some solutions but looking to see if others can also provide guidance.

Context:

Two story townhouse on a hillside that faces WEST. We are located in Los Angeles CA so we will have hot summers. We enter the home on the upper floor. Living and dining areas are on the upper floor and also face WEST. On WEST side of home, we have two large windows (~6'x6.5') and two medium sized windows (~3.5'x5'). All windows are SINGLE PANE.

In the late afternoons (currently between 4:00PM to 6:00PM), it gets pretty hot in the upstairs living and dining area (opposite side of home and lower floor is fine). HVAC system is about 8 yrs old and was recently thoroughly serviced. Thermostat is set to 72 degrees. The opposite side of home and lower floor is great and is at 72 degrees but the living and dining area get up to 79-81 degrees. Outdoor temperature lately has been pleasant around 70-75 degrees. I can only imagine how hot it will get come full blown summer.

What We've Done So Far (not much yet):

• Blackout curtains on all WEST windows. This has helped quite a bit from how it was before but it still gets pretty hot.
• Reduced airflow to the lower floor HVAC supply vents hoping to pump more cool air into upstairs. I think we can close more but worried it might damage or make HVAC malfunction.

What We're Thinking of Doing:

• Getting a large patio umbrella on our balcony/patio which will provide shade to the largest upstairs window. Hoping this would help block heat from even reaching the window.
• Is there some kind of window film we can use? I think it was called ceramic window film?
• Long term, would it make sense to get double pane windows? Would it make much of a difference?

Open to all other suggestions!