The LA Report

What's happening today: Colorado police arrest former lecturer threatening violence against UCLA; Funeral for slain LAPD officer Wednesday; Pfizer vaccine gets full FDA approval; Lunar New Year.

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Here's your morning news: San Francisco's mask mandate is changing, but not so soon for all; The LA Rams need their fans in the stand for the Super Bowl, but the price is steep; The death row at San Quentin will be repurposed as prisoners are moved out; The Lunar New Year begins today, but no parades for the second year in a row; UC students are back in classes starting this week; SpaceX has a busy week of launches, including a Vandenberg launch on Wednesday, possibly visible from LA at 12:18pm.

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What's happening today: The State Prison at San Quentin is breaking up death row. It has been 15 years since California has held an execution. LA County COVID-19 hospitalizations are dropping fast as well as the test-positivity rate is falling to nearly half of what it was at the beginning of January. The state will soon offer guidelines for COVID endemic in the state of California. Today is the deadline to sign up for Covered California, the state's health insurance marketplace. The LA Rams are going to the Super Bowl! KPCC win's a bet. 

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Here's your morning news: The L.A. Rams are headed to the Super Bowl after defeating the 49ers last night; COVID-positive cases drop below 4,000 in L.A.; State unemployment agency getting new director for third time in two years; Downtown Women's Shelter breaks ground on North Hollywood housing development; New state bill would provide money to care for homeless pets; Overdue Queen Mary makeover about to begin; Street safety advocates say city leaders aren't doing enough. Hiker near Idyllwild does from fall.

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In this Sunday edition: A lot of us have felt lonely during the pandemic, and in a city as big as L.A. it can be easy to get lost in the loneliness. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing, as Los Angeles Times staff writer Julissa James highlighted in her recent photo essay with photographer Dania Maxwell. Recently AirTalk's Larry Mantle spoke with Julissa about her piece, “Lonely in L.A.? These 21 Places And Experiences Will Help You Embrace It,” and heard from listeners about where they like to go when they’re lonely. 

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In this weekend edition: L.A. County Sheriff's deputies working at the Twin Towers jail are flouting COVID-19 regulations and discouraging some people held there from getting vaccinated. That's according to several health care staffers who work at Twin Towers and agreed to speak with criminal justice reporter Emily Elena Dugdale. She talked with KPCC's Nick Roman this week about what she learned.

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What's happening today: Sub-variant of Omicron detected in multiple patients in L.A.; COVID numbers in current surge continue to drop; Amid shortage, proposed bill would provide incentives to blood donors; New bill would provide money for sheltering homeless pets; The precarious future of the Joshua tree.

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Here's your morning news: L.A. to receive $53M from the state to provide youth jobs; After expecting shortfall, City of L.A. see increase in revenue; Continued signs that Omicron surge may be receding; In L.A. County, 5-11 year old vaccinations lag at only 20%; Death of toddler a reminder that COVID can attack most vulnerable; Judge issues third emergency order to delay criminal trials due to high infection rates; Dozens of dead birds found in Venice Beach area.

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