The LA Report

Here's what we're following this morning:

• L.A. County could drop to the CDC's "medium" COVID-19 community risk level as soon as today
• Angelenos are remembering Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, who died Tuesday at the age of 94
• A bill pending in the legislature will no longer expand a program that sends incarcerated people with serious medical conditions to nursing homes
• Heavy downpours in San Bernardino this week have left roadways littered with debris
• Animators from Disney and other studios are sharing non-animated art in a new gallery show

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Here's what we're following today:

• Remembering Vin Scully's storied career and revisiting his greatest calls

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.

Here's what we're following this morning:

• The death of longtime Dodgers announcer Vin Scully
• Advocates for unhoused Angelenos disrupted yesterday's LA City Council meeting
• L.A. supervisors declare local monkeypox emergency
• LAUSD announces new COVID protocols
• Novavax COVID vaccine now available in L.A.
• A potential supermarket pharmacy strike
• A project to revitalize a portion of the Salton Sea.

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Here's what we're following today:

• Advocates for unhoused Angelenos protest against anti-camping ban
• Monkeypox public health emergency
• On the November ballot: Should the Board of Supervisors should have the power to remove a sheriff "for cause"?

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Here's what we're following this morning:

• The expanding homeless encampment ban
• A measure to fire an elected sheriff
• Monkeypox state of emergency declared
• Updated LAUSD health protocols
• Banana Boat sunscreen recall
• L.A. County's new acting fire chief
• The Liberty Canyon Wildlife Corridor's construction camera
• Applications for the 2023 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Royal Court

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Here's what we're following today:

• Skid Row residents running low on water as temps rise
• Counting L.A.'s unhoused after a yearlong hiatus
• Novavax COVID vaccine rolls out
• New acting chief of LA County Fire starts today
• Latest on McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest

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Here's what we're following today:

• Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols dies at 89
• Elder statesman and trailblazer among U.S. Latinos Julian Nava dies at 95
• Poll shows majority of Latino voters supports environmental policies
• Part of Highway 38 closed due to heavy rain
• No vote this year for proposal for amendment that would let non-citizens vote in Santa Ana elections.
• The Long Beach health department to hand out nearly a thousand cans of baby formula
• How California's landscape could be permanently changed by extreme dryness

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In this Sunday edition: People who gave birth early in the pandemic reported elevated stress and anxiety levels. We'll speak with some new parents about their experience during a frightening and difficult time.

Then, you may be following the chaotic opening of the impressive new bridge connecting Boyle Heights and downtown L.A. It’s fair to say the first weeks of the 6th Street Viaduct have not gone smoothly.  Brian De Los Santos – who's the host of our upcoming weekday podcast How To LA....went to check it out – and came away with the question: Who’s the bridge really for? 

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.