The LA Report

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

• Jurors make decision in Vanessa Bryant case
• Street safety initiatives on the ballot in 2024
• LA Metro not ready for pre-pandemic levels
• Planned freeway closure in Corona put off indefinitely
• What Biden's student loan plan might mean for narrowing the racial wealth gap
• Newsom announces $209M for Project Home Key

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Here's what we're following today:

• President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
• California's new college savings accounts for children
• Jurors begin deliberating Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit against L.A. County
• The Anaheim City Council votes on formal recognition for "Little Arabia" community

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

• Angels up for sale
• Kobe Bryant trial
• Woodland Hills street vendor cart vandalized
• W. Hollywood date rape testing kit availability
• Proposed state ban on flavored tobacco products
• Hyundai recalls SUVs
• Inland flood watch

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Here's what we're following this afternoon:

• Angels owner announces intent to sell team
• $1.5M in federal pandemic relief money is going to programs at LA County libraries
• Closing arguments began Tuesday in Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit against LA County
• Inflation is shoving the cost of rent across the LA area higher and higher
• COVID cases see sharp drop in last month

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

• Health officials monitoring two new COVID variants
• State department of health seeks to rename monkeypox
• West Hollywood cancels Halloween carnival for third consecutive year
• Road fatalities reach levels not seen in decades
• Sixth Street Bridge graffiti removal
• K Line metro soon open for business

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Here's what we're following this afternoon:

• Griffith Park Drive closure
• COVID-19 bills moving toward final votes
• Long Beach mayor tests positive for COVID
• Fraternities break away from USC
• What is "quiet quitting"?
• Excessive heat watch in some parts Tuesday

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

• Are Californians ready to move on from Joe Biden?
• How much warmer will it get over the next 30 years?
• Kobe Bryant photos trial set to resume
• California struggling to secure enough monkeypox vaccine doses
• L.A.'s community fridges
• East L.A. College announces Central American Studies program 

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In this Sunday edition: The casting of actor James Franco as Fidel Castro in an upcoming film has met with some backlash. We'll talk about the controversial decision to fill the role of the iconic Cuban leader with a non-Latino…

Then, it's been almost 50 years since actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather faced sharp criticism when she stood in for Marlon Brando and declined his Best Actor award for the Godfather. We'll hear why the Academy is now apologizing to her for the aftermath. 

And climate researchers project how hot the country will get in 30 years. 

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.