Jackie Fortiér
Former Senior Health Reporter
(she/her)
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Parents and students pivoted while a three-day strike shut down Los Angeles Unified School District. There were teachable moments, some more successful than others. -
Rent protections are among the emergency orders that will expire.
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District support staff have a lot on the line, with many hoping for a reprieve from needing multiple jobs.
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Parents picked up food and homework while union rank-and-file pounded the pavement.
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The outbreak of the gastrointestinal virus began in February.
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Skirting safety and infection control cost 14 people their lives, alleges DA.
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Three people tell us what it’s really like to have long COVID. "We feel swept under the rug," says one.
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Xylazine or ‘Tranq’ is linked to increasing overdoses and has now been found up and down the West Coast
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Visitors and patients will not be required to wear a mask.
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California gave high-risk patients one month notice of the change.
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