The LA Report

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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Here's your morning news: A state park along the L.A. River will get $9 million makeover; 100,000 community college students to receive extra funds; Police to return to Pomona schools.

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What's happening today: L.A. Supervisors appoint Rev. Andy Bales to homeless commission; LAUSD's safety plan for the spring semester; Shipping container fines delayed; Ontario Airport at near-normal capacity; COVID safety for in-person Thanksgivings.

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