The LA Report

Here's your morning news: Kaiser Permanente now offering boosters to all adult members; SoCal Edison cuts power for some customers due to high winds; Supply chain crisis affecting small restaurants; L.A. City Council holding drive-thru pantry for families in need.

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In this Sunday edition: On Monday night, the Pomona City Council voted to resume using local police in its schools. It’s a reversal from just a few months ago when the school board decided to stop paying for school police. Criminal Justice reporter Emily Elena Dugdale talked about it this week with KPCC's Nick Roman.

Then, as redistricting wraps up in the City of Los Angeles – there are still some parts of the draft map that are causing tension. Like which council district - or districts - should have South L.A.’s big landmarks, like USC and Exposition Park? Our community engagement reporter Carla Javier looked into it.

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In this Weekend edition: Starting next July, Medi-Cal will offer a new benefit to help pay for more preventative care at families’ routine pediatrician appointments.  Mariana Dale reports.

Then: Every two weeks, 10 teachers from El Monte and South El Monte come together to discuss not only what they’ll teach their students about ethnic studies, but how they’ll go about it. Julia Barajas reports.

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What's happening today:

• A jury in the Criminal Courts building in Downtown LA found a LA County Sheriff's Deputy not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting 5-years ago of an unarmed driver at a Norwalk gas station. 
• Local reaction in the acquittal of an Illinois teenager in the 2020 killing of two men and the wounding of another in Kenosha during a racial justice rally
• Baldwin Park Mayor Emanuel Estrada has finished a stay at his city's tiny home village which will provide clean and safe housing for anyone living on the streets in Baldwin Park. 
• Fire weather watch Sunday

Here's your morning news: State senator proposes supervised drug consumption sites; Four year old boy critically hurt while in foster care; Sheriff Villanueva demands apology for department's treatment, continues to defy subpoenas.

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What's happening today: L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti is back after overseas COVID infection; The City of L.A. is now sending unvaccinated workers home without pay; L.A. Metro looking to end law enforcement contracts; Hundreds of Mexican children bussed across U.S. border for vaccinations; New Tiny Home village opening in Baldwin Park; Jury deliberations begin in trial of L.A. Sheriff's deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man in Norwalk.

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Here's your morning news: Busy holiday travel season set to begin; L.A. Sheriff Villanueva speaks out against proposal to terminate LASD contract on L.A. Metro lines; Sidewalk repair program lagging behind goals; CA seeks to overturn ruling in private immigration center case.

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What's happening today: U.S. drug overdoses top 100,000 in 2021; Script supervisor files lawsuit in film set shooting; DA George Gascon to ramp up restorative justice for youth offenders; UC employees avoid strike; Staples Center to be renamed.

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