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Live NOW: Far-Left District Attorney Has Been Recalled; Billionaire Pulled Ahead in Los Angeles Mayor’s Race | The Larry Elder Show

June 8, 2022
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Tuesday, June 7, was California’s primary election day. San Francisco voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing, and public safety reform. In another deep-blue city, Los Angeles, billionaire developer Rick Caruso held a narrow but widening lead over U.S. Rep. Karen Bass early…

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LA Unified Dropping Weekly COVID Testing Mandates for Students, Staff

June 7, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District will ease its COVID-19 testing requirement for students and staff, announcing on June 7 that such tests will only be required for those experiencing virus symptoms and those who have been exposed to the virus. The change will take effect on Monday, June 13, and is based on…

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Ex-LADWP Executive Gets 4 Years for Lying to Feds in Corruption Case

June 7, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) cyber security chief was sentenced to four years behind bars on June 7 for lying to the FBI about his role in a bribery scheme connected to the botched launch of a computerized billing system for the municipal utility. David Alexander, 54, of Arcadia,…

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California Officials Call for Funding to Hire More Asian-Language Teachers

June 7, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—State legislators joined a June 6 news briefing, addressing what they call an accredited ethnic language teacher shortage in California, and calling on the state to fix it with a one-time $5 million funding package. The funding is intended to support California State Universities’ (CSU) Asian Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium, a multi-campus effort…

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California Officials Call for Funding to Train More Asian-Language Teachers

June 7, 2022
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State legislators joined a June 6 news briefing, addressing what they call an accredited ethnic language teacher shortage in California, and calling on the state to fix it with a one-time $5 million funding package. The funding is intended to support California State Universities’ (CSU) Asian Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium, a multi-campus effort to…

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Gascón Issues ‘Lightweight Sentencing’ for Juvenile Who Plowed Into Mother and Baby

June 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A California juvenile under the influence of drugs who plowed into a mother and her 8-month-old baby last year will serve a 5-to-7-month sentence, according to a recent ruling made by Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón. On Aug. 6, 2021, surveillance footage showed a 16-year-old suspect crashing his vehicle into a mother and…

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Summit of Americas in LA Overshadowed by Mexico’s Boycott

June 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Summit of the Americas is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced June 6 he would boycott the event and not attend due to United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because not all the…

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Mexico Boycotts US-Hosted Americas Summit

June 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Summit of the Americas is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced June 6 he would boycott the event and not attend due to United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because not all the…

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Mexico President Boycotts US-Hosted Americas Summit

June 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Summit of the Americas is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced on June 6 that he would boycott the event and not attend due to the United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because…

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Mexico’s President Boycotts US-Hosted Americas Summit

June 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador announced on June 6 that he would boycott the Summit of the Americas, which is kicking off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and not attend due to the United States’ exclusion of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. “I am not going to the Summit because not all the…

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