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Like many people in the beauty industry, Dennie Smithâs phone has been ringing off the hook as people clamour for appointments when salons reopen in England on Monday.
Her Vintage 62 unisex hair salon in south Croydon had just two 45-minute slots left for the rest of April, and May is nearly all booked up too. âWe have been inundated, my phone is literally going 24/7,â said Smith, who has spent the last few days completely redecorating the salon in time for the big reopening. âIâve spoken to hundreds of people and theyâre all excited to come back.â
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Several large metal lanterns were knocked down during the incident. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
The LAPD has launched a hate crime arson investigation after the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Little Tokyo was vandalized.
The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Thursday. Reverend Noriaki Ito says a man climbed over the temple s fence and set two wooden lantern stands on fire. He then knocked a pair of large metal lanterns off their stands, and threw a rock that shattered a floor-to-ceiling glass panel at the entrance.
Higashi Honganji Temple after the incident. You can see the boarded up glass on the entrance. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)