The LA Report

Here's your morning news: After leaked SCOTUS opinion, LA County supervisors prepare  state legislation to create an "abortion access safe haven"; Supervisors set to consider  recommendations from Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness; Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant set to fully close by 2025; President Biden signals openness to canceling some student loan debt; With COVID cases going up, L.A. County tells employers to use "common sense strategies" to increase workplace safety; Jimmy Kimmel infected with COVID and taking a break from hosting talk show; Long Beach-based space company uses helicopter to snag rocket booster as it parachuted down to Earth.

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What's happening today: Headed to the November ballot is a measure that would tax the sale of expensive homes in California to pay for homelessness programs; Latino deaths in the unhoused population jumped by 69% since start of pandemic; There are 188,000 fewer Californians this year than last; Despite rise in BA.2 infections, hospitals not seeing a giant wave of COVID-19 positive patients; Climate activist group says they agree with Gov. Newsom's support for nuclear power.

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Here's your morning news: New leadership at L.A. Homeless Services Authority; Californians asked to make significant cuts to water use; Tourists return, but not yet at pre-pandemic numbers; Landlords intensify background checks after two years of eviction protections; Overdose deaths among the unhoused soared during pandemic; Low income residents could be eligible to attend community college free for two years; Grunion running for next couple of nights;

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In this weekend edition: One L.A. father recognized his son’s symptoms after his own months-long COVID ordeal. A doctor at Children's Hospital L.A. estimates between 10 to 20 percent of children infected with the coronavirus will develop "long COVID". In L.A. County that could mean thousands of kids. A report from Jackie Fortier.

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In this Sunday edition: Thirty years ago, when the Korean community struggled to get info or help to contend with the unrest rocking Koreatown, the Korean language radio station was its lifeline. Josie Huang spoke with Richard Choi who stepped into the studio the day the uprisings started and is still broadcasting today.

Then: Three decades later, people who live and work around the intersection say the area of Florence and Normandie is still beset by disinvestment and neglect. A report from Leslie Berenstein Rojas.

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What's happening today: MLB suspends Dodger pitcher Trevor Bower for two seasons over violations of its sexual assault and domestic violence policies; Mayor Garcetti, families gather at Florence & Normandie to commemorate 1992 uprisings; New study says that 68% of Angelenos expect future violence; Get to know mayoral candidate Karen Bass; Stage Coach country music festival returns after pandemic hiatus.

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Here's your morning news: Another top L.A. County sheriff's official accuses Sheriff Alex Villanueva of covering up controversial jail house video; Friday marks 30 years since a jury acquitted four white LAPD officers in the beating of Rodney King; Get to know your candidates in this year's midterm election; LAUSD superintendent recommends that the district push back implementation of its COVID vaccination mandate; A rapid bus line from North Hollywood to Pasadena was unanimously approved by the Metro board; Californians need to conserve more water–but besides restricting water use, what else should we do?

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What's happening today: Second top official accuses Sheriff Villanueva of coverup In controversial jail video case; Drunk driver slams into CHP vehicle on the 105 in Downey; What's become of Florence and Normandie, the intersection that was a touchpoint of the 1992 uprisings?; Survey finds that more than two-thirds of L.A. residents expect similar violence in next five years; Unions representing more than 85,000 county workers rally on Thursday;

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