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After two years of determination the old Palms Motel on South Figueroa is now owned by KIPP Academy. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Dec. 5

Two LA City Council members appeared in Eagle Rock Monday night alongside protesters demanding the resignation of LA City Councilman Kevin de León. The politicians did not discuss de León’s involvement in the leaked racist recordings, but many others did. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Oct. 24, 2022.

Parents of students at San Rafael Elementary School are divided over comments made by the school principal. Some parents protested Tuesday and they claim the principal is unfit to lead the local elementary school.

Independent truckers snarled traffic on freeways in the Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Pedro areas this week to protest AB 5, a bill passed and signed into law years before that they argue is going to kill trucker jobs amid skyrocketing inflation and the supply chain issue. 

Some independent truck drivers spent a second day throwing a wrench into South Bay port operations, gathering at a couple of entrances and blocking big rigs from coming and going.
Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC 4 News at 5

Hundreds of independent truck drivers staged convoys all around California today to protest a new state law that severely restricts their ability to work as freelancers. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC 4 News at 4

Truckers from the Port of LA protested on the northbound 110 freeway on Wednesday morning, causing delays as they demonstrated against a proposed California labor law.

Hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut helped to subdue a protester that charged the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.

A 22-year-old man was detained Tuesday after scaling the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City as part of a series of dangerous stunts in protest of abortion.

The City of L.A. is hosting this week’s Summit of the Americas, which will include President Biden and other world leaders. But Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not invited.
John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC 4 News at 5

Medical workers, first responders and community members marked National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday with a show of solidarity in Long Beach. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC 4 News at 4

The score was one-set all and Ruud led 4-1 in the third set when the girl glued herself to the net post. Her shirt read “We have 1028 days left,” leaving spectators confused about what she was advocating for.

Students across the country are taking a stand against school violence by walking out of class. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on May 26, 2022.

Hundreds of healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai are expected to strike Monday. As seen on air on May 8, 2022.

Denim Day takes place on the last Wednesday in April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The event encourages people to wear jeans or other clothes made of denim as a symbol of protest against sexual assault.

Dozens of high school and college students rallied at the Torch of Friendship in Miami before boarding a bus for Tallahassee to protest against what many opponents have termed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

The father of a teen boy who was fatally shot at his school in Parkland, Florida, climbed a downtown D.C. construction crane in protest on Monday, which marks four years since the mass killing.

On Friday, Feb. 11, a Canadian judge ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge on the U.S.-Canadian border to end the 5-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods across borders and impacted the auto industry in both nations.

January 22nd marks the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Decision. A recent Mississippi abortion law is being challenged in the Supreme Court, putting Roe v. Wade at risk of being overturned.

Coronado police are investigating a protest at the town’s high school that ended with vandalism marked by racial slurs and hate symbols.