Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took no sides in her first statement since the start of the Writers Guild of America strike, instead focusing on a resolution.
13.04.2023 - 12:45 / foxnews.com
After being hailed a hero for filling in a pothole in his Brentwood community, Arnold Schwarzenegger's good deed has not gone unpunished, with the city claiming he interrupted scheduled maintenance for a service trench. A city spokesperson clarified that the location "is not a pothole," but rather "a service trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas, who expects the work to be completed by the end of May," in a statement given to NBC Los Angeles.
A city spokesperson later told Fox News Digital that work began on Jan. 26 to "upgrade the pipeline system on Mandeville Canyon Road," where temporary paving was applied.
Standard procedure followed by SoCalGas includes permanently paving the area within approximately 30 days from the conclusion of work, however the city saw complications due to "extraordinary wet and inclement weather." The expectation now is that they will be finished by the end of the week. A representative for Schwarzenegger believes the city is "being careful with their wording to imply Arnold prevented their gas line work without directly saying it, because it's not true." According to Schwarzenegger's rep, the former California governor actually filled in two potholes, and only one of them was a service trench.
In photos taken by Schwarzenegger and obtained by Fox News Digital, a hazard sign can be seen in the middle of the road, blocking off a significant portion of the street. A second photo shows another pothole, which allegedly was not a service trench. Schwarzenegger's rep says the city has left it out of their statements.
"The city’s first response to this news was that the service trench would be filled by the end of May," his rep continued. "So it
.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took no sides in her first statement since the start of the Writers Guild of America strike, instead focusing on a resolution.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is willing to fill more potholes in the city of Los Angeles. The 75-year-old actor went viral last week when he shared a video of him filling a pothole in his Brentwood neighborhood after becoming frustrated that it was "screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks." The move caused controversy with the City of Los Angeles. A city spokesperson later said it was "not a pothole" but a "utility trench" for ongoing repair work being conducted by SoCalGas.
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writers’ strike in Hollywood next month has taken its toll on production in Los Angeles, as the new quarterly report from FilmLA shows a 24% drop in the number of on-location shoot days recorded in the county. In Q1 of 2022, FilmLA recorded 9,832 shoot days as Hollywood pushed to make up for the time lost by the COVID-19 shutdown.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger fixed a pothole outside his house himself after waiting weeks for a repair.The Terminator star grew tired of the “giant” pothole outside his Los Angeles residence that he decided to take matters into his own hands.With footage showing he and his team fixing the hole, the former California governor said: “Today, after the whole neighbourhood has been upset about this giant pothole that’s been screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks, I went out with my team and fixed it.“I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it. Here you go.”After he was thanked for the work by a neighbour in the video, he added: “You have to do it yourself.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's California home has a proper good samaritan as their neighbor. It seems that the actor turned politician, who was Governor of California from 2003 to 2011, still has an unwavering commitment to public service, even 20 years after being sworn into office.