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COVID Vaccine Rollout, Man Exonerated After 27 Years, & Nury Martinez Scandal — The Sunday Edition
Today's headlines:
- New COVID vaccines are rolling out a little slower than planned.
- Attorneys for a local man freed 27 years after a wrongful conviction says false confessions can be common.
- The first episode of the LAist podcast, Imperfect Paradise: Nury and The Secret Tapes.
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Government documents show Va Lecia Adams Kellum, who leads an agency that manages over $700 million in homeless services contracts each year, inked deals with the nonprofit where her husband is a senior staffer. -
All of the proceeds from the sales, which were finalized before the fires, go into a new South Pasadena affordable housing fund. -
‘It was just a regular morning’: Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteersJob seekers, dedicated community members, green card holders among those hit by deportations, according to interviews. -
During the latest round of layoffs, the tiny team was among the hundreds let go. And though some parts of the educational program remain, educators across the country mourn what was lost. -
Andrew Do pleaded guilty to felony bribery last year. The suspension is a step in the California State Bar's process leading to disbarment. -
One month after the fires, many renters still can’t move back to their homes because their landlords won’t say when, or if, they plan to clean up toxic ash.
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