The LA Report

Here's your morning news: All of LA County is now on the same page when it comes to a return to facemasks indoors for everyone, and Pasadena will soon post its new health order; California is launching the country's largest statewide universal free lunch program, and more.

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What's happening today: Day two of face mask indoors for LA County; Rises in Delta variant infections; Businesses respond; Health experts say "get vaccinated or get Covid"; LA Mayor Eric Garcetti on Homelessness in Los Angeles.

Here's your morning news: Masks are once again required in indoor public places in Los Angeles County. Just yesterday, public health officials reported more than 16,000 new cases; California elections officials are out with their list of candidates running in the recall election targeting Governor Newsom, and more.

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Latinidad is very diverse. We come in all colors and stripes. We don’t talk the same, we don’t vote the same, and...we don’t look the same either. LAist’s own Erick Galindo knows this well. His essay is called “On Life As A Freckle Faced, Red-Headed, Mexican American From Southeast Los Angeles.”

In this Sunday edition: we continue our series on the overwhelming connection between domestic violence and homelessness. KPCC and LAist producer Julia Paskin brings in the perspective of providers working in an overtaxed system, and we look at ways the social services system can prevent survivors from entering homelessness when escaping an abuser.

In this Saturday edition: we explore the overwhelming connection between domestic violence and homelessness. More than half of all women who are unhoused say they’re in that situation because they’ve been abused by a partner. KPCC and LAist.com producer Julia Paskin reports on the experiences of local women to understand how fleeing domestic violence often means becoming unhoused.

What's happening today: Two Bay Area men have been charged with plotting to blow up the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento; Mask mandates return this weekend; L.A. child welfare system to address racial bias; Beckwourth Complex fire surpasses 105,000 acres.

Here's your morning news: Los Angeles County will once again require people wear masks in indoor settings, even those who've been vaccinated, beginning tomorrow night; The approval this week of an ethnic studies requirement for community college students is having a ripple effect on the California State University system, and more.