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Moviegoers Will Love the Academy Award Museum

April 11, 2022
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We were delighted to visit the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences not long after it opened on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. We parked for the day at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, next door to the new domed building, which allowed us to visit that museum, too, as well…

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2 People Killed and 5 Wounded in Shooting Near Los Angeles

April 11, 2022
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WILLOWBROOK, Calif.—Two people were killed in a weekend shooting near Los Angeles and five people were wounded and hospitalized, authorities said. The gunfire erupted at about 4 p.m. Sunday on a residential block in the community of Willowbrook, about 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. A 17-year-old…

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Thousands Protest Vaccine Mandates at Los Angeles Rally

April 11, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Thousands of people packed Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to cheer on truckers, doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, and educators fighting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Speakers at the event included dozens of big names in the battle against the mandates, including lead truckers in The People’s Convoy Brian Brase and…

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LIVE at 3 PM ET: ‘Defeat the Mandates’ Rally in Los Angeles

April 10, 2022
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A day-long “Defeat the Mandates” rally will be held at the Grand Park in Los Angeles starting 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET) Sunday. A wide range of featured guests including prominent doctors, recording artists, actors, journalists, and premier thought leaders will give a series of inspiring talks and musical performances. Watch here on Sunday,…

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LIVE: ‘Defeat the Mandates’ Rally in Los Angeles

April 10, 2022
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A day-long “Defeat the Mandates” rally will be held at the Grand Park in Los Angeles starting 12 p.m. PT (3 p.m. ET) Sunday. A wide range of featured guests including prominent doctors, recording artists, actors, journalists, and premier thought leaders will give a series of inspiring talks and musical performances. Watch here on Sunday,…

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Fake ‘Bot’ Students Enrolling in LA Community Colleges: Professor

April 8, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Reports of fake “bot students”—computer programs that imitate or replace human users online—continue to circulate in the Los Angeles Community College District with estimates of thousands of the accounts suspected of enrolling to receive financial aid or COVID-19 relief grants, according to Professor Kim Rich at Pierce College. Rich, who teaches Criminal Justice, has…

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New LA Unified Superintendent Presents 100-Day Plan to LA City Council

April 8, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—New Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho presented his 100-day plan to the Los Angeles City Council on April 8—saying it will include developing a five-year strategic road map that has not existed in the district for more than seven years. “Without a strategic plan, without a north star, without a journey,…

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Mayoral Candidate Caruso Seeks to Remove City Council From Land-Use Decisions

April 8, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—One Los Angeles mayoral candidate wants to remove the city council from all land use and real estate decisions after allegations of bribery and corruption have troubled City Hall in recent years. Billionaire businessman Rick Caruso—developer of The Grove in LA and Glendale’s Americana at Brand—is the only candidate running who is seeking to…

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Los Angeles to Resume Towing Vehicle Encampments

April 7, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles will resume the parking enforcement and towing of vehicles used as dwellings on city streets—which have been suspended since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic—beginning May 15 amid increasing complaints from residents. On April 6, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11–1 to pass a motion to resume the enforcement and…

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LA Unified Hired 1,700 Teachers Without Full Credentials This School Year

April 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—More than three-quarters of the teachers hired by the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) this school year were not fully credentialed, according to a quarterly report by the LAUSD Board of Education. The LAUSD hired 2,336 new teachers during the 2021–22 school year, among whom only 607 teachers, or 26 percent, were fully credentialed…

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