The LA Report

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. 

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In this weekend edition: Former dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar have filed with Actor's Equity to form the country's first stripper's union.

Los Angeles now has its first vegan deli and butcher. KPCC Weekend host Julia Paskin visit's Maciel's in Highland Park to try vegan pastrami and more. 

And we get a peek at the Jewish Deli exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center. 

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Happy Friday! Here's what we're following today:

• Feds cut back Colorado River water supplies to Arizona, Nevada, and northern Mexico
• Taiwanese Presbyterian Church shooter pleads not guilty
• Extending "Project Roomkey"
• Algae bloom in Lake Elsinore prohibits swimming
• North Hollywood strippers seek to unionize

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

• COVID cases continue to drop
• Monkeypox cases increase to over 1,000 in L.A. County
• Former LAPD officer who punched a man in the face two years ago pleads no contest to assault
• Boeing has entered a new agreement over cleaning up former Santa Susana Field Lab 
• L.A.'s only UNESCO World Heritage Site back open for public tours

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