California lawmakers push to protect immigrants at schools, hospitals
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California lawmakers push to protect immigrants at schools, hospitals

SACRAMENTO — Responding to the Trump administration’s aggressive and unceasing immigration raids in Southern California, state lawmakers this week began strengthening protections for immigrants in schools, hospitals and other areas…

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UC warns Trump funding cuts could impact entire 10-campus system: ‘The risks are very real’
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UC warns Trump funding cuts could impact entire 10-campus system: ‘The risks are very real’

The University of California’s top leader has raised the “distinct possibility” that financial losses due to the Trump administration’s funding cuts could amount to billions of dollars and…

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‘I lost me’: How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage
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‘I lost me’: How frontotemporal dementia changed a mind and a marriage

I lost me. You lost yourself? Yeah. Where did you go? I don’t know. I don’t have a sense of who I am. Marc Pierrat’s mind once ran…

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Homelessness has declined in L.A. County, but progress is at risk
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Homelessness has declined in L.A. County, but progress is at risk

There’s a long way to go, but the Los Angeles area appears to be making progress in its fight against homelessness. In the city, data show homeless people…

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Parents can opt kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons. How schools are preparing
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Parents can opt kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons. How schools are preparing

As the new academic year begins, schools throughout California are grappling with how to carry out a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to withdraw their child…

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L.A. parks are too vital to neglect. Here’s your chance to weigh in on a rescue plan
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L.A. parks are too vital to neglect. Here’s your chance to weigh in on a rescue plan

It’s been said many times before. In Los Angeles, for many people, the neighborhood park is their frontyard and backyard. It’s where tables are staked out early and…

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Heavily armed ‘Angel of Death’ charged with threatening SoCal church
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Heavily armed ‘Angel of Death’ charged with threatening SoCal church

An Alabama man who claimed to be Michael the Angel of Death has been charged with multiple felonies after he threatened to “do the Lord’s reaping” at a…

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Was that young bald eagle visiting Jackie and Shadow’s nest their baby?
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Was that young bald eagle visiting Jackie and Shadow’s nest their baby?

When bald eagle power couple Jackie and Shadow’s two baby girls flew their Big Bear nest earlier this summer, it was bittersweet. Thousands of adoring fans had watched…

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Galya Lookout Tower Renamed in Honor of National Blue Trail Founder
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Galya Lookout Tower Renamed in Honor of National Blue Trail Founder

The Galya Lookout Tower, one of Hungary’s highest and most beautiful panoramic towers, was renamed in honor of Lajos Thuróczy in the Mátra Mountains. On the 100th anniversary…

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Influential group behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory seeks to oust L.A. Democratic congressman
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Influential group behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory seeks to oust L.A. Democratic congressman

The group behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shocking 2018 victory in New York is looking west for its next fight. Justice Democrats — the influential left-wing PAC known for…

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