The LA Report

In this Sunday edition: On today's show, we'll tell you about our Voter Game Plan – a new resource from LAist and KPCC that will help you make sense of the upcoming elections.

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In this weekend edition: We'll meet a family that hiked all the way from Mexico to Canada – a voyage of over 2,500 miles. And if the rigorous journey wasn't enough, they tackled the challenge with toddlers in tow.

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What's happening today: Health officials urge caution as COVID-19 community levels back up to 'medium'; L.A. City Council unanimously votes to start process of buying Chinatown apartment building where tenants say they faced huge rent hikes; With at least 26 states poised to ban abortion, California's clinics preparing for an influx of patients; CHP urges caution in light of extra traffic caused by Memorial Day travelers.

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Here's your morning news: Local students call for tougher gun control laws following Texas school massacre; California discovers first known case of monkeypox; UCLA requiring masking again; Public health advocates say California is losing medical professionals to competition from the private sector and the political polarization of COVID-19; Jif peanut butter faces global recall due to Salmonella outbreak; Los Angeles County officials approve contingency plan in case Sheriff Alex Villanueva follows through on threat to pull deputies from bus and rail lines; Metro Board unanimously votes to drop decades-old plan to widen the 710; Los Angeles has a new farmers' market.

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What's happening today: Following mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, teachers reflect on protocols in place at their own schools; New campaign hopes to stop the rise in deaths among unhoused young people; A new study indicates that California's $66 million effort to reduce racial inequities and access to developmental services have been largely ineffective; A strike by nurses has been averted at L.A. County run hospitals and clinics; Marymount California University in Rancho Palos Verdes hosted its final graduation ceremony after more than 50 years.

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Here's your morning news: "Moms Demand Action" group says focus must be on access to guns; Valencia resident accused of driving onto a sidewalk and hitting three kids in Santa Ana; Unionized L.A. County nurses expected to announce strike, starting next week; Sylmar man convicted of 2014 shooting rampage in the San Fernando Valley that killed five;  The CSU Board of Trustees heard details on staff salary report this week; L.A. County receives grant of over $1 million for solar projects at two public housing developments for seniors.

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What's happening today: In the wake of massacre at Texas elementary school, Governor Newsom asks state lawmakers to fast-track more than a dozen gun control bills; L.A. City Council adjourned Wednesday's meeting in memory mass shooting victims; LAPD says it's working with school police to increase patrols around local schools; Few regulations left to prevent more COVID cases amid latest increase; The push to decriminalize jaywalking  takes step forward.

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Here's your morning news: How to talk to your kids about school shootings; Powerful testimony at public hearing into deputy gangs held by the Sheriff's Civilian Oversight Commission; LAFD opens investigation into video of firefighters dragging and kicking an unhoused man off the property at Silver Lake fire station; Anaheim City Council holds  marathon meeting to discuss troubled Angel Stadium sale; L.A. City Council members unanimously voted to give Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy first dibs on city-owned lands; A statewide ban on the watering of decorative lawns is coming.

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