The LA Report

Here's your morning news: Hundreds of employees at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center  expected to walk off job today; Contract talks to resume today between LA County officials and leaders with SEIU Local 721; LAPD investigating deaths of three children in their home in West Hills; County officials say 365 firearms turned in at weekend gun buy-back event in Lynwood; Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park set to re-open today after  lightning fire forced its closure; Study finds that decades of wildfire suppression is fueling megafires and making them more dangerous; “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” has posted the biggest box office opening of the year.

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What's happening today: Thousands of L.A. County workers threaten to strike if contract talks stall; Which L.A. Sheriff candidate will address deputy 'gangs'?; Guilty plea 50 year old man charged with killing seven people in 2018, including a number of unhoused men; Protest tonight at Lincoln Park in Long Beach in response to US Supreme Court abortion ruling leak; Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival starts today.

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Here's your morning news: Man accused of knocking down comedian Dave Chappelle at Hollywood Bowl expected in court Friday; Database of America's dams missing data for thousands of structures; L.A. City Councilmembers want to see city become regional "green hydrogen hub"; L.A. tenant groups suing state over decision to wind down rent relief program; Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, when you'll find a selection of free issues at local comic stores.

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What's happening today: Sheriff candidates vow to end Villanueva's 'chaos'; Activist group suing the LAPD and the city of L.A. over security cameras at Echo Park Lake; Tenants who live in the Villa Apartments in Chinatown say they are facing huge rent hikes; In audit of 920 dams in the U.S. the status of some of the largest is still unknown. 

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Here's your morning news: COVID transmissions ramping up in L.A. County; Record number of mosquitos reported in SGV; Parks increasingly seen as essential infrastructure for addressing climate change and social justice; L.A. mayoral candidates pushing to build more group shelters for unhoused people; L.A. Sheriff's deputy awaiting arraignment on felony assault charges; Sheriff Villanueva facing third whistleblower lawsuit in alleged video coverup; State D.A. investigating fatal CHP shooting of man walking on 105 freeway in Paramount; California building up its Tribal Assistance Program.

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What's happening today: Newsom: the state of California will guarantee the right to an abortion in the state Constitution; Getting to know L.A. Sheriff's candidate Sergeant Carla Cornza; About 370,000 Californians who use TurboTax to file their tax returns figure to get some money back; Comedian Dave Chapelle attacked on stage at Hollywood Bowl performance.

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Here's your morning news: L.A. County Supervisors backing state legislation that would help make county a so-called "abortion access safe-haven"; Abortion rights demonstrators took to the streets of DTLA; Prosecutors in Sacramento file murder charges in mass shooting that left 6 people dead last month; Starting June 1st, millions of southern Californians won't be allowed to water their lawns more than once a week; LAUSD launches program that will pay for wired internet connections in students' homes.

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What's happening today: Gov. Newsom, state assembly to move quickly to protect abortion rights in California; Planned Parenthood prepares for wave of out-of-state patients; Get to know county sheriff candidate Britta Steinbrenner; LAUSD launches program to pay for wired internet connections in students' homes. 

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