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Huntington Beach City Council Votes To Explore Restrictions On Children's Access To Controversial Library Books

The American Library Association tallied a nearly 75% increase in censorship efforts last year compared to 2021.

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Southern Baptists Say No To Women Pastors, Uphold Expulsion Of Saddleback Megachurch

The Southern Baptist Convention upheld the removal of two churches for having women as pastors. The nearly 13,000 voters, called "messengers," voted overwhelmingly to uphold the churches' removals.

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Education

Schools In Poorer Neighborhoods Struggle To Keep Teachers. How Offering Them More Money And Power Might Help

Teacher turnover is high at schools with large numbers of students living in poverty. Now California is pouring billions of dollars into two programs: One subsidizes college students in credentialing programs and the other offers money to districts that want to create community schools.

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Civics & Democracy

In Same Day, LA County Unanimously Approves New LGBTQ+ Commission, While Orange County Bans Pride Flags

LGBTQ+ representation played out differently in two counties during Pride month.

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Housing & Homelessness

Federal Judge Says Lawsuit Over Feeding Unhoused People In Santa Ana Could Have 'Wide-Ranging Precedent'

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter denied Santa Ana's request to dismiss the case.

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Climate & Environment

Train Service Halted Through San Clemente Again As Coastal Bluffs Keep Crumbling

The problem slope is below Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens.

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Housing & Homelessness

A Nonprofit Feeds People Experiencing Homelessness In Santa Ana. The City Wants It To Stop

A grassroots organization is suing the city over its refusal to grant it a permit to operate.

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Housing & Homelessness

30,000 Orange County Children Experience Homelessness, Watchdog Estimates

The estimate is orders of magnitude larger than the roughly 700 identified in last year’s homeless count. The discrepancy is largely due to competing federal definitions of “homelessness.”

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Climate & Environment

San Clemente's Casa Romantica Reopens After Landslide — But Gardens Remain Off Limits

Metro and Amtrak service on the train tracks below the building was cleared to resume Friday.

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Education

An OC School Removed Nazi Symbols From 'The Sound Of Music.' Some Parents Say It's Censorship

To watch the sixth grade performance of "The Sound of Music," K-3 students at Rolling Hills Elementary in Fullerton must be accompanied by a parent, and those in grades four through six must have parental permission.

A crowd of peope march on the pier with their hands in the air with pride flags. Many people have rainbow colors on their clothing in some way.

News

Huntington Beach's First Unofficial Pride Is A Party And A Protest

Dozens gathered Sunday to mark the city’s first unofficial Pride, an event that grew out of protests against the majority conservative city council’s actions to restrict flags.

Explore LA

Meet The Baby Great Blue Herons Squawking Into The World At Bolsa Chica Wetlands

The hatching of the big, gangly babies heralds springtime.

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