Tag: Southern California

California School District Emails Reveal Students Were Secretly Gender Transitioned

March 17, 2023
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A parental rights group in Orange County, Calif., claims 23 students—eight of them elementary age—began social gender transitioning at a local school district without informed parental consent from January 2020 to October 2022. The group, California Alliance for Education, obtained hundreds of pages of emails and documents from the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, which oversees…

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Los Angeles Metro Station Blasts Classical Music to Deter Crime

March 17, 2023
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In an approach to combating crime and homelessness, the Los Angeles Metro has taken to blasting classical music at one of its stations. The music at the Westlake/Macarthur Station on Metro’s Red Line, which runs from Downtown Los Angeles to North Hollywood, is part of a larger pilot program by the agency to deter criminal…

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Los Angeles Metro Station Blasts Classical Music to Deter Homeless

March 17, 2023
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In an approach to combating crime and homelessness, the Los Angeles Metro has taken to blasting classical music at one of its stations. The music at the Westlake/Macarthur Station on Metro’s Red Line, which runs from Downtown Los Angeles to North Hollywood, is part of a larger pilot program by the agency to deter criminal…

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LA Mayor Karen Bass Announces Homelessness Plan Update

March 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—More than 4,000 Angelenos are expected to be housed through various efforts to address homelessness, Mayor Karen Bass announced March 15, including Bass’s declaration of emergency and the Inside Safe program. During a media presentation Wednesday to provide updates on the ongoing crisis, Bass acknowledged the long-term efforts of the city council and Los…

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Mayor Says Los Angeles is Housing 4,000 Homeless by Her 100th Day in Office Next Week

March 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—More than 4,000 Angelenos are expected to be housed through various efforts to address homelessness, Mayor Karen Bass announced March 15, including Bass’s declaration of emergency and the Inside Safe program. During a media presentation Wednesday to provide updates on the ongoing crisis, Bass acknowledged the long-term efforts of the city council and Los…

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Mayor Says Los Angeles Expected to House 4,000 Homeless by Her 100th Day in Office

March 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—More than 4,000 Angelenos are expected to be housed through various efforts to address homelessness, Mayor Karen Bass announced March 15, including Bass’s declaration of emergency and the Inside Safe program. During a media presentation Wednesday to provide updates on the ongoing crisis, Bass acknowledged the long-term efforts of the city council and Los…

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Southern California Jailbreak Mastermind Convicted

March 17, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—An inmate who organized a daring, elaborate Southern California jailbreak in 2016 was found guilty Thursday of the escape but acquitted of kidnapping a taxi driver while on the run, authorities said. Jurors in Orange County Superior Court also convicted Hossein Nayeri, 44, of Newport Beach of stealing a van but acquitted him…

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Homeless Deaths on the Rise Due to Addiction and Lack of Access to Healthcare: USC Street Medicine Director

March 17, 2023
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Homeless deaths in Los Angeles are on the rise due to addiction and lack of access to healthcare, according to Dr. Brett Feldman, director of Street Medicine at the University of Southern California. LA County saw a 56 percent increase in homeless deaths from 2019 to 2020—from 1,271 in 2019 to 1,988 in 2020, according…

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Homeless Deaths on the Rise Due to Addiction and Lack of Health Care: USC Street Medicine Director

March 17, 2023
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Homeless deaths in Los Angeles are on the rise due to addiction and lack of access to health care, according to Dr. Brett Feldman, director of Street Medicine at the University of Southern California. L.A. County saw a 56 percent increase in homeless deaths from 2019 to 2020—from 1,271 in 2019 to 1,988 in 2020,…

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Newsom Seeks to Move California’s Oil Profit Cap Decision Away From Skeptical Legislature

March 17, 2023
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Instead of letting the California Legislature decide whether to impose a profit cap on oil companies, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced March 16 a proposal to give the state’s Energy Commission—made up of the governor’s appointees—the ability to do so. The proposed change came after lawmakers from both sides of the aisle voiced skepticism in a…

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