The LA Report

Here's your morning news: Busy holiday travel season set to begin; L.A. Sheriff Villanueva speaks out against proposal to terminate LASD contract on L.A. Metro lines; Sidewalk repair program lagging behind goals; CA seeks to overturn ruling in private immigration center case.

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What's happening today: U.S. drug overdoses top 100,000 in 2021; Script supervisor files lawsuit in film set shooting; DA George Gascon to ramp up restorative justice for youth offenders; UC employees avoid strike; Staples Center to be renamed.

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Here's your morning news: A state park along the L.A. River will get $9 million makeover; 100,000 community college students to receive extra funds; Police to return to Pomona schools.

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What's happening today: L.A. Supervisors appoint Rev. Andy Bales to homeless commission; LAUSD's safety plan for the spring semester; Shipping container fines delayed; Ontario Airport at near-normal capacity; COVID safety for in-person Thanksgivings.

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Here's your morning news: New program provides rent relief to small businesses; Vigilance recommended after a rash of follow-home robberies; Hollywood workers agree on new contract; Medi-Cal recipients may benefit more at future pediatrician appointments.

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What's happening today: Hollywood workers ratify new contract; New fines imposed on cargo ships in clogged ports; Kevin de León recall effort fizzles out; Pomona to vote on whether to use local police in schools; Cool temps ahead.

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Here's your morning news: Kaiser Permanente strike averted; Gas prices near record high; L.A.'s unhoused street engagement strategy; UCLA to step up crowd control efforts.

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In this Sunday edition: 

This week, in a 3 part series, Ethan Ward reported on the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ people experiencing homelessness. You’ll hear from Lisa Chilton, a 63-year-old bisexual woman who couch-surfed for almost five years while dealing with health issues and trying to stay sane. Lisa has her own apartment now but is spending nearly 60% of her income on rent. The keys she’s collected from friends’ houses over the years? They all told her to keep them because she may need them again if the cost of housing continues to rise.

There’s also the trans and nonbinary unhoused population that faces even bigger barriers to housing -- from dealing with prejudice from landlords to a lack of shelter beds for people who don’t identify as male or female. Ethan spoke with several experts who say the LGBTQ community needs more resources to address substance use, mental health, and health services. 

But the series starts with Tryron Ramsey, who lived in a shelter for almost two years. Why? His grandfather found out he is gay and kicked him out two weeks before Thanksgiving in 2019. He considers himself lucky to be back in his own apartment now, but Tryron is one example of the thousands of youth who end up unhoused in Los Angeles each year -- many without anywhere to go because of a lack of shelter beds.

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