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The Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County gave the award to a key figure in the long-running “snitch scandal” for his volunteer work with mock trial students.
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Rideshare drivers sue Uber over being kicked off app in new challenge to California law
The drivers say Uber is violating the law it wrote in California because drivers have no real way to appeal when they’re kicked off the app.
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LAUSD teachers will get paid parental leave for the first time
Teachers with the Los Angeles Unified School District will get four weeks of paid parental leave under terms of a new contract.
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