Video: ‘You Don’t Have to Do Your People Like This’ ~ Nash Baker Reports on...
‘You don’t have to do your people like this.” Nash Baker reports from the scene of the gruesome brawl in Torrance that left three people dead and four others seriously injured. L.A. TACO VIDEO ...
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View ArticleTeachers Strike Update: Both Sides Due in Court on Tuesday After Last-Minute...
The Los Angeles school district and the union representing 34,000 educators once again failed to bridge differences over a new employment contract in last-minute talks Monday at LAUSD headquarters in...
View ArticleSuspect ‘Shot Into’ Chaotic Brawl at Torrance Bowling Alley, Police Say ~...
Police captured the man they say opened fire during a chaotic brawl at a bowling alley in Torrance, killing three people. The arrest came roughly 30 hours after police say Reginald Wallace, 47, fired...
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Where’s Eric Garcetti? ~ L.A. Mayor Ignored by Teachers Union After Offering...
Mayor Eric Garcetti last week said he would mediate a last-minute bargaining session between a L.A. school district and teachers union seemingly incapable of bridging their differences to avoid a...
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Protests Outside West Hollywood Home of Prominent Political Donor, Where a...
Protesters gathered outside a West Hollywood apartment building on Monday night to decry what they called inaction and indifference to the second time in less than two years that a black man was found...
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Video: Who Is L.A. Teachers Union’s Chief Negotiator? ~ Meet Arlene Inouye
It could be make or break today. Despite little progress after more than 20 months of back and forth, UTLA, the union representing 34,000 Los Angeles teachers, and Austin Beutner, superintendent of the...
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Strike Postponed Until Monday ~ Teachers Strike Update
Leaders of the union representing 34,000 teachers and the Los Angeles Unified School District again fell short of an agreement on a new contract Wednesday after meeting in yet another last-ditch effort...
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Newsom Extends Lifeline to Furloughed Federal Workers in California
Federal workers furloughed in California because of the partial U.S. government shutdown can right away apply for state unemployment benefits, although they will have to repay the money if they recover...
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My Children’s Schools Are Facing a Labor Strike ~ This is How We Are Handling It
I am a parent of two students at LAUSD public schools. Life is hectic enough without having to prepare for a school strike. I can barely figure out what’s for dinner every night. With work, school,...
View ArticleJose Huizar Warrant Reveals FBI Is Looking Into Garcetti’s Former Deputy...
An FBI investigation of City Councilman Jose Huizar appears to be part of a much broader corruption probe into the Los Angeles political establishment, including Councilman Curren Price, a senior aide...
View ArticleL.A. Student Removed From Morning Announcements After Publicly Supporting Her...
A senior at an L.A. high school was removed from her post making morning announcements at her campus after she expressed support for her teachers going on strike. Mia Medina, a student at John F....
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The Strike Is On! – Updates from the L.A. Teachers Strike
Thousands of teachers, parents, students, and district managers and personnel of the Los Angeles Unified School District are affected by the city’s first strike in 30 years, that began officially at 7...
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To Avoid Crossing Picket Lines LAUSD Parents Opt for Parks, Rec Centers
Nothing is normal in Los Angeles this morning. It’s pouring rain and teachers have walked out of their classrooms and on to picket lines across the city. Now parents are left figuring out where their...
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‘I’m Not Responsible 100% For Everybody’ ~ Mayor Garcetti Responds To...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he is “not responsible 100 percent for the actions of everybody” in City Hall after revelations over the weekend that the FBI probe into City Councilman Jose Huizar...
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A Struggle Against Charters: This Is Why Teachers in Los Angeles Are on Strike
The L.A. teachers strike is at its a core a struggle between the future of public education in Los Angeles, a future that is murkier than ever. Ingrid Villeda is a fifth grade teacher at 93rd Street...
View ArticleVideo: LAPD Used a Drone for the First Time to Nab Hollywood Robber
The Los Angeles Police Department announced on Tuesday that it had deployed a drone for the first time during a barricade situation last week, under a one-year pilot program authorized by the Police...
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Joshua Tree Is OK for Now ~ How Volunteers Are Pitching in During the Shutdown
Joshua Tree National Park is largely OK now thanks to volunteers and emergency funds. But how much longer can our national parks (and other government agencies) run on goodwill and savings? The day...
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L.A. School Board Member Breaks Ranks to Support Striking Teachers, Blames...
The teachers strike is happening because of Superintendent Austin Beutner and School Board policy of not contradicting him publicly during the negotiations, according to L.A. Unified School Board...
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When One School Is Wedged Onto Another and Starts Taking Its Space ~ An L.A....
There are two-schools-in-one at the Baldwin Hills Elementary School site: Baldwin Hills Elementary, hence the name, and New LA Elementary, a charter school that was placed there three years ago....
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