GIGA GRANADA HILLS

COUNCIL DISTRICT 12 DINESH "DANNY" LAKHANPAL 163 1.98 KELLY M. LORD, JR. 536 6.51 BRAD SMITH 1,986 24.12 NAVRAJ "SINGH" SINGH 463 5.62 ARMINEH CHELEBIAN 301 3.66 MITCHELL ENGLANDER 4,784 58.11 In an outcome that was surprising to no one, Mitchell Englander, the oft-demonized Chief of Staff to outgoing Councilman Greig Smith, handily won the District 12 Councilman seat with 58% of the vote. Englander's formidable war chest, stoked by business donations that many feared would make for troubling obligations, by far outstripped that of any other candidate. Englander also had the heftiest list of endorsements, including that of the Los Angeles Times, The Daily News, and lefty Congressman Brad Sherman. Granada Hills Neighborhood Council Member Brad Smith, the second-biggest vote getter and the only candidate to secure the endorsement of the Democratic Party of L.A. County, brought in 24% of votes, not nearly enough to topp...

As of 9:21 pm, vote by mail results are favoring Mitch Englander at 4,784 votes with Brad Smith in second place at 1,986. The total of all alternative candidates is 3,449 to Englander's 4,784, which at this point means no runoff. And Dinesh "Danny" Lakhanpal's last place ranking means no monorail. Next GigaGranadaHills update will be tomorrow morning. DINESH "DANNY" LAKHANPAL 163 1.98 KELLY M. LORD, JR. 536 6.51 BRAD SMITH 1,986 24.12 NAVRAJ "SINGH" SINGH 463 5.62 ARMINEH CHELEBIAN 301 3.66 MITCHELL ENGLANDER 4,784 58.11

Just reminding you. I'm going to refrain from doing endorsements because, well, you don't need me to tell you how to think. I've done my best to give you the tools with which to make your own decision. I will say, however, that it's interesting how little attention most people pay to local elections. I've know people who tend to become exceptionally wound up with things that take place in Washington, yet not care a whit what's taking place in our own backyard. Don't be one of them. Go out and vote. It matters.

In addition to Sprouts Farmers Market, Regency Center also plans to add a HomeGoods and PETCO at its Zelzah and Chatsworth location, according to an article at GlobeSt.com . Of course we all know PETCO as the go-to place when you need to disguise your cat as a Rastafarian ("No sir, Mr. Landlord, I don't have any pets, that's just Mister Nice Guy, my Jamaican cousin"). HomeGoods, however, may be less familiar. The blog Racked.com describes it thus: If you've never been to Home Goods, it's like a gigantic jumble-sale (emphasis on the jumble). Organization and visual merchandising? Shmorganization and shmisual shmerchandising! Everything's everywhere! It's kind of like going into a stranger's attic, if that stranger were a hoarder. One HuffPo blogger says, "I have literally seen women almost fighting in the aisles over merchandise." I can hardly wait.

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Tonight, A Sweet Design will once again host a multi-truck dinnertime event, including Papas Tapas, Munchie Machine, Grill 'em All, and the long-awaited Grilled Cheese Truck, among others. Across the street at Menchies, GH favorites Smokin' Willie's BBQ truck will be serving up both vegan and meaty fare. To avoid the conflicts with nearby business owners her last event suffered, Joeleen of Sweet Design has requested that trucks park off Chatsworth, on Yarmouth Street. Unconfirmed reports indicate that nearby business owners called LAPD on last Wednesday's gathering of trucks, but LAPD didn't show. So it seems unlikely that Granada Hills will see a repeat of last month's shutdown. Sweet Design is located at the corner of Chatsworth and Yarmouth. Event begins at 7pm.