13 Years' Perfect Attendance + Manhunt + Adios, Masks

LOS ANGELES, CA — Happy Thursday, Los Angeles.

Nearly 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District seniors are graduating this week, including 12 who never missed a day of school since kindergarten. Congratulations!

Also, we are monitoring a 1,000-acre fire near Camp Pendelton. As of yet, the fire is not threatening air quality as far north as Los Angeles. However, if you smell smoke, the air quality is not good and it's best to stay inside, warns the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

All this and more in LA's top stories.

Thursday's Weather Report: Thursday's high is forecast to be 77 with a low of 59, according to the National Weather Service.

Patch Pick: Twelve graduating seniors in the Los Angeles Unified School District haven't missed a single day of school since kindergarten. KTLA talked to two of these hard-working students — both children of immigrants determined to take advantage of opportunities their parents never had (More on KTLA).

Here are 5 of Los Angeles County's top news stories of the day:

1. I can't remember the last time a bear was hit by a car in Los Angeles County, but suddenly two bears were struck in two days. The sad coincidence is a bit of a mystery (More on Patch).
2. Remember when the pandemic hit and you ventured out only for toilet paper precious, precious toilet paper? If we learned anything, it's that we need to rethink our disaster preparedness. The Los Angeles Times has launched a newsletter with a weekly guide to getting ready for the Big One (More on the Los Angeles Times).
3. Los Angeles health officials will align with the state in allowing vaccinated residents to go maskless most places come June 15. Here is what it means for you (More on Patch).
4. The Los Angeles County Democratic Party adopted a resolution calling on L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign. It was an endorsement by the party that propelled Villanueva from an unknown challenger to an upset winner, but it didn't take long for the county's top cop to fall from grace (More on Patch).
5. A tense manhunt ended Wednesday with the arrest of a man suspected of kidnapping his girlfriend and killing a bystander, who tried to intervene in North Hollywood (More on Patch).

Featured Events To Get You Through To The Weekend:

AltaMed PACE free food pantry pick-up, Thursday, 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles

• In honor of its 25th anniversary, the AltaMed Health Services Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) will distribute free grocery kits during drive-thru events for seniors and caregivers in Los Angeles. AltaMed will host a drive-thru event on Thursday, June 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its East Los Angeles site.

NewFilmmakers LA TV Showrunning Panel, Friday, 5:00 p.m., Los Angeles

• Join NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) for a conversation with Leslye Headland (showrunner of Russian Doll and the new Star Wars series The Acolyte) and Colleen Labella (Director of Development at Leslye’s production company Shoot to Midnight). We will discuss underrepresented communities behind and in front of the camera, writing queer and diverse stories, and their projects at Shoot to Midnight.

‘An Octoroon’ to inaugurate Fountain Theatre’s outdoor stage., Friday, 7:00 p.m., Los Angeles

• The Los Angeles premiere of a radical, incendiary and subversively funny Obie award-winning play by MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” recipient Branden Jacobs-Jenkins inaugurates the new outdoor stage at the Fountain Theatre.

Garden Dialogues 2021: Los Angeles, CA, Saturday, 2:00 p.m., Los Angeles, The Goldman House

• Join Pamela Burton on June 12th at the Goldman House, a recently renovated mid-century modern home designed by Richard Neutra in 1951. Extant landscape drawings by Garrett Eckbo for the property depict a sensitivity to the sloping topography and existing native Coast Live Oak trees.

Aquarium Of Pacific Blue Whale Gala Fundraiser - Virtual 2021: LB, Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Long Beach, CA

• "Join us for the Aquarium of the Pacific’s biggest celebration of the year, the Virtual Blue Whale Gala hosted by Iliza Shlesinger. Dive into an inspirational evening of entertainment and philanthropy…

See more on the Los Angeles calendar!

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~Paige

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