The LA Report

In this Sunday edition: Fentanyl – it's in America's streets, and now even in its classrooms – and teen overdoses are on the rise. In our latest installment of How To LA, we'll talk about navigating the Fentanyl crisis with your own kids.

Plus: We'll visit one Saturday school where children of L.A.’s Ukrainian diaspora learn the language and culture. Now, it’s seeing lots of new students who fled Russia’s invasion…

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In this weekend edition: a group of civic leaders has a plan to bring affordable, dependable broadband internet to everyone in LA County. 

And have you ever wondered what your favorite music says about you? We'll chat with the author of a new book explaining just what's happening in your brain when you hear one of those songs that takes you back to another time or place.

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Here's what we're following:

• COVID paid sick leave extended
• Healthcare workers minimum wage increase will go before voters in 2024
• Public school teachers are burning out
• Seven statewide props on the ballot in 2022
• Cash for reporting illegal dumping?
• New laws address housing crisis

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Happy Friday! Here's what's happening:

• Gas prices jump 12¢ overnight, continuing upward trend
• Monkeypox vaccine eligibility expanded
• LAPD mental health hotline struggling with demand
• LADWP asking homeowners to use water monitoring device
• SGV bike share program
• Orange County Museum of Art celebrating 60 years by opening a new building

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Here's what we're following today:

• Record-setting water reduction
• Rust investigation may end up a criminal court case
• California on its way to making girls flag football an official school sport
• Speed humps coming to more L.A. streets

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Good morning! Up first today:

• Six shot in Oakland high school
• Rust shooting investigation may end up a criminal court case
• Two rock climbers die on Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild
• Gas prices up another 15¢ overnight
• Help with high gas prices is on the way as a one-time state refund payment
• State orders two Long Beach home care agencies to pay more than $1.8M for wage theft violations

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Here's what we're following today:

• Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida
• The husband of former L.A. County District Attorney Jackey Lacey has died
• Governor Newsom signs dozens of new bills
• Nearly three dozen formerly unhoused older adults in South L.A. are calling "The Chesterfield" home
• Registrar offices ramping up for November election

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Good morning! Here's what we're following today:

• Weather cooldown ahead
• Angelenos rally outside the DWP demanding an end to utility shutoffs for nonpayment
• LAUSD board members vote to ensure green space on campuses by 2035
• L.A. County tenants who fall behind on rent may soon get more time before getting evicted
• Nearly three dozen formerly unhoused in South L.A. are calling "The Chesterfield" home
• As cold months approach, COVID cases rise 10% in parts of Europe

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