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Ricky Martin to headline LA Pride in the Park
Ricky Martin will headline LA Pride in the Park, which is set to take place on Saturday, June 8 at the Los Angeles State Historic Park.
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USC cancels main stage ceremony for 2024 commencement amid campus unrest
The University of Southern California announced Thursday it was canceling one of the key events of the 2024 commencement ceremonies amid unrest following Wednesday’s mass protest on campus and the cancelation of the undergraduate valedictorian’s commencement speech.
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Security intensifies at USC as campus remains closed
The University of Southern California campus was set to remain closed to the general public Thursday with only students, faculty members and employees with proper identification being given access as classes were expected to as scheduled. The university’s safety officers as well as officials from the Los Angeles Police Department increased security around the school after tensions flared during...
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USC offering online class options amid campus protest
USC informed its faculty members in its journalism department that they have the option of instructing classes online through the end of the week as pro-Palentine activists conducted a demonstration, calling for the school to cut financial ties with Israel. “Given events on campus, we would like to offer you the option to hold your classes in a hybrid or…
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LAPD pursuit ends in a deadly rollover crash in South LA
One person was dead after a police pursuit ended in a crash in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South LA Wednesday morning. Video from NewsChopper4 showed at least one vehicle was overturned in the incident on East 45th Street and Hooper Avenue. The LAPD Newton division said the pursuit began at around 6:12 a.m. as officers determined the driver may have…
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California fast-food prices are up as much as 8% since minimum wage hike
Since California’s new law went into effect to raise the minimum wage of fast-food workers, who are employed by chains of 60 restaurants and more, from $16 to $20 an hour, some fast-food chains have raised their food prices, according to a new study. Kalinowski Equity Research said that menu prices at some restaurants have gone up as much as…
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Club security guard arrested for injuring a man in West Hollywood
A security guard was arrested for allegedly assaulting a clubgoer and severely injuring him in front of a popular nightclub in West Hollywood, authorities said Thursday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the assault suspect got into a verbal and physical altercation with 53-year-old Albert Vasquez after the hairstylist tried to enter a nightclub without proper identification at...
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Low-cost mammograms offered for uninsured women at Pomona Hospital
Southern California women who do not have health insurance or have limited medical coverage can receive mammograms at a lower cost at a Pomona hospital. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center announced eligible women over the age of 40 can receive the cancer screening service for $50 without a physician’s order or proof of insurance in the month of April. “We’re…
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‘Devastating.' Family of teen killed in Burlington store reacts as LAPD officer won't face charges
Family members of a 14-year-old girl said they are crushed after California prosecutors announced their decision not to pursue criminal charges against a Los Angeles Police Department officer in the deadly shooting of the teen who was struck by gunfire inside a changing room at a Burlington store in North Hollywood in 2021. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office concluded that…
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‘That's how it started in Germany.' Holocaust survivor alarmed by rise in antisemitism
Joseph Alexander still vividly remembers the horrific things he saw and experienced at Nazi concentration camps more than 80 years ago. Alexander, one of the few survivors of the Holocaust, says he went by No. 142584 instead of his name as he rolls up his sleeve to show the tattooed number on his arm. “I had to watch people being…
