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    Sewage, big waves and a strong riptide causing dangerous coastal waters. Exploring legal challenges to mandatory parental reporting policies in public schools. Efforts to save the nearly extinct southern mountain yellow-legged frog in the San Gabriel Valley. Plus, more.

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    Dangerous Coastal Waters, Legality Of Transgender Reporting, & LA's Endangered Frog -- The Saturday Edition
    Sewage, big waves and a strong riptide causing dangerous coastal waters. Exploring legal challenges to mandatory parental reporting policies in public schools. Efforts to save the nearly extinct southern mountain yellow-legged frog in the San Gabriel Valley. Plus, more.

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    More on the explosive accusation that an OC judge led a criminal coverup of the county's "jailhouse snitch" scandal. School officials in the City of Orange vote in favor of a "gender notification" policy. CA cities demand "zero-emission" building standard. Plus, more.

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    OC Snitch Scandal, City of Orange Schools Approve "Forced Outing" Policy, CA Cities Push Climate Standards -- The P.M. Report
    More on the explosive accusation that an OC judge led a criminal coverup of the county's "jailhouse snitch" scandal. School officials in the City of Orange vote in favor of a "gender notification" policy. CA cities demand "zero-emission" building standard. Plus, more.

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  • The L.A. Report
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    L.A. County health officials report an uptick in COVID transmission in the workplace and at school. Orange Unified School District approves policy to inform parents if a student requests a gender or name change. A state bill could extend unemployment benefits to Hollywood strikers.

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    COVID Cases Spike At Work, OC School District's New Gender ID Policy & Hollywood Strikers Call For Unemployment Benefits — The A.M. Edition
    L.A. County health officials report an uptick in COVID transmission in the workplace and at school. Orange Unified School District approves policy to inform parents if a student requests a gender or name change. A state bill could extend unemployment benefits to Hollywood strikers.

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  • The L.A. Report
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    A court filing accuses an OC judge and former prosecutor of leading a criminal cover-up. Plans for a luxury hotel in Benedict Canyon are killed. An update on local landfills, including one in Castaic that smells terrible. Plus, more.

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    OC Judge Accused Of Cover-Up, Bulgari Hotel Project Is Dead, SoCal Landfills Are Major Polluters — The P.M. Edition
    A court filing accuses an OC judge and former prosecutor of leading a criminal cover-up. Plans for a luxury hotel in Benedict Canyon are killed. An update on local landfills, including one in Castaic that smells terrible. Plus, more.

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  • The L.A. Report
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    The International Olympic Committee delayed its decision on which sports to include in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Actor Danny Masterson is set to be sentenced today after rape conviction. Major League Baseball placed Dodger pitcher Julio Urias on administrative leave after arrest.

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    IOC Delays 2028 Olympics Sports Decision, Danny Masterson Awaits Sentencing & Dodgers' Urias Put On Leave — The A.M. Edition
    The International Olympic Committee delayed its decision on which sports to include in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Actor Danny Masterson is set to be sentenced today after rape conviction. Major League Baseball placed Dodger pitcher Julio Urias on administrative leave after arrest.

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  • The L.A. Report
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    A judge halts a Chino Valley school policy that outs students who want to change their gender ID and pronouns. The L.A. County DA takes aim at wage theft. Huntington Beach bans COVID-19 face masks and vaccine mandates. Plus, more.

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    Judge Halts Chino Valley Schools 'Forced Outing' Policy, LA DA Tackles Wage Theft, Huntington Beach Bans Masks, Vaccine Mandates — The P.M. Edition
    A judge halts a Chino Valley school policy that outs students who want to change their gender ID and pronouns. The L.A. County DA takes aim at wage theft. Huntington Beach bans COVID-19 face masks and vaccine mandates. Plus, more.

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  • The L.A. Report
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    Huntington Beach votes to ban universal masking and COVID vaccine mandates, with one exception. A bill that would make California the first state to ban discrimination based on caste is headed to the governor's desk. Major movies change release dates to make way for Taylor Swift.

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    Huntington Beach Bans COVID Mandates, Anti-Caste Bill Passes & Hollywood Shifts For 'Swift' — The A.M. Edition
    Huntington Beach votes to ban universal masking and COVID vaccine mandates, with one exception. A bill that would make California the first state to ban discrimination based on caste is headed to the governor's desk. Major movies change release dates to make way for Taylor Swift.

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    The video game industry could be next in line for a strike. Affordable housing is a key issue in this summer's labor actions. Death Valley National Park is closed indefinitely after Tropical Storm Hilary. Plus, more.

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    Video Game Workers Take Strike Vote, Summer Strikers Call Out Housing Crisis, Major Rain Damage In Death Valley — The P.M. Edition
    The video game industry could be next in line for a strike. Affordable housing is a key issue in this summer's labor actions. Death Valley National Park is closed indefinitely after Tropical Storm Hilary. Plus, more.

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