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Two LA City Council members & Assemblywoman Carrillo Arrested During Labor Protest Thursday

June 23, 2023 12:48 pmJune 23, 2023 12:48 pm

Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martinez, as well as Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), were among the nearly 200 arrested at a labor protest near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Thursday. All three were charged with...

Truckers to POTUS: Withdraw DOL Nominee Julie Su

June 23, 2023 6:50 amJune 23, 2023 6:57 am

Thursday two starkly contrasting messages were sent about the stalled confirmation of Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, California’s failed former Labor and Workforce Development Agency Secretary. It’s the independent truckers versus Lorena Gonzalez. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent a...

CalPERS Announces Data Breach Of 769,000 Californians’ Personal Information

June 23, 2023 2:30 amJune 23, 2023 6:51 am

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System announced on Thursday that the sensitive personal information of approximately 769,000 retired California employees and other related beneficiaries was stolen in a data breach by Russian cybercriminals when they targeted a third party vendor...

Councilman Price Proclaims Innocence, Says He Should Not Be Suspended

June 22, 2023 2:45 amJune 22, 2023 2:46 am

Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price, who is currently charged with 10 criminal counts by the LA County DA’s office, said in a statement on Wednesday that he is innocent and should not be suspended from his position due to...

California Rep. Adam Schiff Censured By House Over Misleading Public In Trump-Russia Investigations

June 22, 2023 2:30 amJune 22, 2023 2:31 am

For only the third time in 40 years the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to censure Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) for misleading the American people over Congressional investigations into possible ties between former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign...

The Slaughter Over Juneteenth Weekend

June 21, 2023 3:57 pmJune 21, 2023 3:58 pm

As many Americans celebrated the end of slavery over the weekend leading up to June 19, called Juneteenth, dozens of people were wounded or murdered in violent attacks across the country. The Associated Press reports on over 103 shootings in...

Support Grows In Assembly For School Translation Bill

June 21, 2023 12:56 pmJune 21, 2023 12:56 pm

A bill to require student Individualized Education Plans (IEP) to be translated for parents whose first language is not English, gained momentum in the Assembly in the past few weeks following passage in the Senate last month. Senate Bill 445,...