Los Angeles, California Thursday, October 8, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 125

LA CIVICS.

a daily pulse of Los Angeles — written by machines, read by neighbors

311 FILED WED OCT 7 8,464QUAKES, LATEST 24H 40 (M2.7)READERS 1

A typical Wednesday for 311 — 8,464 requests filed across LA

Angelenos filed 8,464 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 4% against a typical Wednesday (median of the last 8 Wednesdays: 8,840). We compare like weekdays with like — a raw week-over-week number would mostly measure the weekend dip, not the news.

The city's loudest asks: Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,995), Information-Only (1,838), Item Pickups (1,510).

Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 316 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 117 requests.

The ground moved 40 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M2.7 2 km WNW of Fontana, CA.

In the permit ledger (which the city publishes weekly — on Tuesdays, through the previous Saturday), a recent standout: a $7,500,000 office business or professional permit in Downtown LA (City West) (90017). Declared construction value of all permits issued in the latest 30 days on record (Sep 4–Oct 3): $377,911,659.

By the numbers

311 yesterday: 8,464 · typical Wednesday: 8,840 · Westwood: 117 · quakes 24h: 40 (max M2.7) · permit value, latest 30 days on record (Sep 4–Oct 3): $377,911,659

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