Los Angeles, California Friday, October 9, 2026 Vol. 1 · Day 126

LA CIVICS.

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

311 FILED THU OCT 8 7,167QUAKES, LATEST 24H 66 (M3.2)READERS 1

311 requests down 8% vs a typical Thursday — 7,167 filed across LA

Angelenos filed 7,167 MyLA311 service requests yesterday, down 8% against a typical Thursday (median of the last 8 Thursdays: 7,756). 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: Information-Only (1,785), Illegal Dumping Item Pickup (1,499), Item Pickups (1,338).

Busiest ZIP: Westlake / MacArthur Park (90057) with 254 requests. Around Westwood (90024/90025), neighbors filed 115 requests.

The ground moved 64 times in Southern California over the last day; the largest was a M3.2 2 km SW of Signal Hill, 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: 7,167 · typical Thursday: 7,756 · Westwood: 115 · quakes 24h: 64 (max M3.2) · permit value, latest 30 days on record (Sep 4–Oct 3): $377,911,659

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