The LA Report

Here's your morning news: The California Independent System Operator is calling on Califonrians to voluntarily curb their energy use from 4 to 9 p.m. tonight; Most families displaced by last week's fireworks explosion in South L-A can begin the process of returning home, and more.

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What's happening today: Gov. Newsom asks residents to conserve water during drought; New COVID cases rising faster; Little evidence of an exodus from California.

Here's your morning news: COVID numbers tick up among the unvaccinated in L.A. County; Excessive heat warning in effect through Monday; Fire experts push back against state's proposed reforms to fire safety regulations; Long Beach to launch guaranteed income pilot program.

What's happening today: Judges review appeal of L.A. County Skid Row housing ruling; Excessive heat warnings issued ahead of next heatwave; State attempting to rewrite outdated fire regulations; Republican lawmaker jumps into recall race.

Here's your morning news: Back in April, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter issued a sweeping injunction to compel the City and County of L.A. to offer shelter to everyone on Skid Row by mid-October.Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a challenge to that order; Long Beach police are investigating the vandalism of a statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a hate crime, and more.

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What's happening today: Search underway for man accused of abducting his two year old son and killing his mother; UCLA researches link extreme precipitation and greenhouse gas emissions; Long Beach LGBTQ coalition says businesses need more help; Wrong message received from last month's flex alert.

Here's your morning news: Los Angeles County health officials Monday recorded another 436 new coronavirus cases, along with two additional deaths; An L.A. man has been arrested and charged with illegally transporting some 32,000 pounds of fireworks and other explosives into California. Those are the fireworks that led to that massive explosion in South LA last week. and more.

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In this special weekend edition: Our Race In LA series asks Angelenos how race and identity shapes their day-to-day lives. Tracy Park began writing an illustrated letter as a way to shed her fear of the person who racially insulted her children. By the end, she says that she remembered that racists are the ones who are truly afraid.