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The karate stance is next level. I love how the old guy gets the scoreboard to attack the karate sinsei.

• This was Saturday. Not sure what their daily traffic is like.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/VeniceBeach/comments/1tv1lbi/dudley_market_and_its_businesses_dudley_street/

For the first time in our organization's history (more than 50 years), we had to put a waitlist in place last winter for clients who can not pay for their meals. Economic pressures have compounded to the point where we on track to see 100 neighbors on our waitlist with no solve in the immediate future.

How did we get here...? Here's a few factors that come into play.

• The increase in aging adults (known as the "gray wave" or "silver tsunami") will have our population sitting with more people older than 65 years old than children (under 18 years) by 2030. Infrastructurally, most sectors and communities are not equipped to manage this shift in our population.
• Meals on Wheels programs are all independently run as their own nonprofit organizations, meaning we are all working hard to secure our own funding for our own programs. Only a select few receive government or health insurance support/coverage (despite "food as medicine" being a cornerstone of healthcare nowadays). Just in LA County, there are more than 20 Meals on Wheels programs all working hard to secure funding for their programs.
• In this country, food insecurity has quadrupled for seniors over the last 25 years.
• More than 60% of Meals on Wheels programs in California have a waitlist (double the national average)

We will continue to share these insights with the community, as neighbors helping neighbors is our path forward. Read more about the waitlist and challenges in the cover story in this week's The Argonaut HERE.

• https://venicetraqueromonument.org/
• https://www.instagram.com/p/DcAMmZVP9f6/
• The Venice Traquero Monument will honor ALL Mexican and Mexican Railroad Workers known as "Traqueros" who helped build the Main Railroad Transportation System and the Pacific Electric InterUrban Railway System throughout Los Angeles County. 
• The monument will be a bronze sculpture of a Traquero on a railroad track, holding his daughter's hand, his son on his shoulders, and his wife by his side. The bronze sculpture will be placed in the middle of a 23-foot-round diameter water fountain.

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I was just at Oakwood park and this husky showed up. No collar, a little skinny but very friendly. Brought him home with no issues. I’m thinking he may belong to an unhoused person. Anyone recognize him? I’m thinking he may have wandered up from the boardwalk or over from Rose area.

Update: He is chipped and was adopted by someone in Venice last year. The shelter is trying to get in touch with the owner but hasn’t been able to reach her.