Yesterday around 3pm I was grabbing a coffee outside the Fox Theater on 19th Street in downtown Bakersfield when my framed painting slipped from my bag. It's an 18x24 inch acrylic landscape of a warm desert scene, with orange skies and spiky cacti, in a natural oak frame with a tiny crack along the bottom edge. There's a small silver sticker on the back that reads ML Studio and a faint fingerprint on the glass near the lower right corner. I ran back but it wasn't there—really hoping someone picked it up and kept it safe. It matters to me because it's a gift from my grandmother and feels sentimental; I’d be grateful to have it back.
Approximate area where the item was last seen