(photo courtesy of Steve Rosenthal)

Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu, 4th District, attended a pancake breakfast hosted by the First-In Fire Foundation on Nov. 22 at Los Angeles Fire Department’s Fire Station 61, located at 5821 W. Third St. Pictured are First-In Fire Foundation president Lyn MacEwen Cohen (left), Ryu and Deputy Chief Daren Palacios, commander of the LAFD’s South Bureau. The councilman toured the fire station’s drought-resistant garden, which the First-In Fire Foundation and the Hancock Park-Windsor Square Historical Society helped to create. Also in attendance was Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz, 5th District.