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Parents Sue LA Teachers Union and LAUSD for Personal Injury to Kids for Continuing School Closures

March 31, 2021 10:03 amMarch 31, 2021 10:18 am

It’s been a year since California Gov. Gavin Newsom first declared a state of emergency in March 2020 and authorized school closures across the state. In that year, we’ve learned a lot about the risks of COVID-19, and we’ve watched...

DA Gascón and CDCR Releasing Inmates on Flimsy ‘COVID’ Medical Requests

March 29, 2021 4:21 pm

There is upheaval within the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, and it appears treacherous. The Globe has reported extensively on LA District Attorney George Gascón, who moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles to run for DA in 2020,...

U.S. District Court Judge Carter Faces Historic Decision on Homeless

March 26, 2021 4:09 pmMarch 26, 2021 4:48 pm

By Soledad Ursua and Edward Ring In March 2020 a coalition of downtown businesses and homeowners filed a lawsuit against the City and County of Los Angeles, arguing that conditions on the streets of Los Angeles are inhumane, and tax...

LA Teachers Union Votes To Return To In-Person Instruction In April

March 23, 2021 6:58 amMarch 25, 2021 10:35 am

The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the teachers union for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), voted by a vast majority to return to in-class instruction beginning next month. They held out until Sunday before taking the vote to...

Longtime Los Angeles Teacher Sues LA Teachers Union Over Wrongly Collected Dues

March 18, 2021 10:40 amMarch 18, 2021 10:58 am

When the United States Supreme Court affirmed in the summer of 2018 that public-sector employees can’t be forced, as a condition of employment, to fund a labor union, United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) and other unions hatched a plan...

As Illegal Immigrants Flood U.S. Borders, California City Votes to Allow ‘Undocumented Residents’ to Serve on City Boards

March 18, 2021 8:52 amMarch 18, 2021 10:00 am

The Biden administration has encouraged a massive border surge, with news media reporting 100,000 detentions last month. Biden vowed to not deport migrants for the first 100 days of his presidency, as well as promising to end illegal alien detention...

LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino Announces 2022 Mayoral Candidacy

March 15, 2021 6:06 pmMarch 15, 2021 6:08 pm

On Monday, Councilman and former LAPD officer Joe Buscaino announced that he plans to run for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2022. In his announcement, Buscaino noted that Los Angeles faces an emergency due to high rates of homelessness and...