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About 180,000 LAUSD Students Absent from First Day of Spring Semester

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Amid a surge in COIVD-19 cases, almost one-third of students were absent on Jan. 11, the first day of the spring semester in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The district serves over 600,000 students, of whom 30 percent—about 180,000—did not go back to school on Tuesday, mostly because of testing positive or…

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LA County Sheriff Says Super Bowl Draws Human Traffickers

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—As Los Angeles prepares to host the Super Bowl, Sheriff Alex Villanueva Wednesday reminded residents that the event is a magnet for human trafficking. Villanueva also highlighted January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. “This is … always a lead-up to the Super Bowl, which ends up being one of the major events that…

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LA Controller Lists 26 City-Owned Properties Suitable for Homeless Housing

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin released on Jan. 12 a list of 26 properties owned by the city that his team has identified as being suitable to house people experiencing homelessness. The locations were selected with criteria that included their size and current use. “Homelessness is an existential crisis for Los Angeles, and things…

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Veteran Safety Eric Weddle Rejoining LA Rams for Playoffs

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Safety Eric Weddle is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Los Angeles Rams for the playoffs. Weddle turned 37 last week, and he hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2019 season, but the Rams signed him to their practice squad Wednesday to address their glaring need at safety. Leading tackler Jordan Fuller…

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LA City Council Enforces Anti-Camping Law at 58 Locations

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council voted on Jan. 12 to enforce its anti-camping law at 58 new locations, including MacArthur Park, with two council members voting against the resolutions. The five resolutions passed on Thursday will allow enforcement at MacArthur Park’s north and south side, as well as 27 other locations in Councilman Gil…

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Skid Row: The Broken Heart of Los Angeles

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—As the morning sun created dramatic shadows against the skyscrapers of Los Angeles, a man stood in the middle of 7th street blocking traffic and looking in his pockets for something that was not there. He ignored the traffic, while cars gently moved around him and carried on with their commutes, until he slowly…

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LA County Approves $1M Settlement with Inmate/FBI Informant

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The inmate-turned-informant at the center of a scandal that led to the conviction of former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca and other sheriff’s department officials will get a $1 million payout from the county, according to documents obtained Jan 12. Anthony Brown filed a civil rights suit against the county, Baca, and others in…

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US Senate Committee Confirms Garcetti’s Ambassadorial Nomination

January 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmed Jan. 12 the nomination of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India, but the nomination next needs to be confirmed by a majority of the U.S. Senate. The mayor was nominated to be an ambassador by President Joe Biden, who announced the nomination on…

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Court Upholds Firing of 2 Former LAPD Officers for Playing Pokémon Go on Duty

January 11, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A court upheld on Jan. 7 the firing of two police officers who were playing Pokémon Go instead of responding to a robbery in progress. The Second District Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that it was justifiable for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to lay off two LAPD officers who were playing…

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Buttigieg: LA Ports Saved Christmas

January 11, 2022
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In his first visit since the start of the supply chain crisis, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured Los Angeles-area ports Jan. 11, commending port workers and officials for “saving Christmas.” “One of the reasons why Christmas was not, in fact, canceled was because ports like LA and Long Beach moved record levels of…

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