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65 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a city bus. Little did she know that her act would help end segregation laws in the South.

I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer, the actor wrote in part on Instagram.

Tom Sharkey says Alexis wasnt always the happy person she portrayed on social media and revealed the last conversation he had with his wife.

Centrist Democrats and Republicans announced a $908 billion plan to address COVID relief that would help state and local governments, small businesses and individuals.

The television series, which aired in Southern California earlier this summer, allows viewers nationwide to experience iconic moments from the LA Phil archives at the Hollywood Bowl.

Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot.

Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan and four others have been added to the criminal case alleging a widespread corruption scheme led by former City Councilman Jose Huizar, bringing to nine the number of defendants charged as a result of the sprawling federal investigation.

Restaurants that have lost business due to coronavirus health regulations in Los Angeles County, which recently cut off in-person dining due to surging COVID cases, can apply this week to receive up to $30,000 in aid. The Keep Los Angeles County Dining Grant Program officially begins Thursday, allowing eligible eateries -- excluding those in the cities of Los Angeles and Pasadena -- to receive up to $30,000 in assistance for employee payroll, capital to continue operations, payment of outstanding business expenses and adaptive business practices needed to remain open.

Authorities in Utah say a California man has died after falling about 400 feet while speed flying near Mineral Bottom in eastern Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the Grand County sheriffs office and first responders responded to a report of the fall Friday around 4:30 p.m. north of Canyonlands National Park border. Grand County EMS Director Andy Smith said rescue personnel climbed up about 1,000 feet to reach the man. He was declared dead at the scene. Deputies identified the man as 23-year-old Gaje Anthis of Long Beach, California. Speed flying is a faster form of paragliding and requires participants to jump from a cliffs edge.

Zhang was the picture of despair the first time I met him. He had accidentally delivered a package to a neighbor who took it and would not give it back. Now, trembling, he wanted to personally reimburse me for the lost item. I refused to take his money, but for two days, he called me nonstop to apologize. At the time, I did not understand why he was so repentant. Then I found out how closely monitored and severely punished delivery workers like him are. Customers complain, and after multiple complaints, we get fined very heavily, says Zhang. NPR spoke with nearly a dozen delivery workers in Beijing for this story and agreed to use only surnames, because the workers could be punished for talking to a reporter. The delivery workers described grueling routines: 12-hour days, six days a week, under the automated and watchful eye of mobile apps that track how and when they deliver hundreds of packages a day. Delivery workers are a critical link in Chinas on-demand courier services,

Monday through Thursday at lunchtime, KVCR News has your daily news rundown. Stories highlighted today include: 1. A first-in-the-nation directive in California will ensure healthcare workers are being regularly tested for exposure to COVID-19. 2. More than 300 thousand doses of a vaccine from Pfizer will be distributed in California later this month. 3. Government climatologists say two-thirds of California is in some degree of drought. 4. California would provide temporary tax relief and $500 million in aid to small businesses struggling this year. 5. The Walt Disney Co. is announcing plans to lay off 4,000 more employees due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What does college sound like For the past two years the NPR Student Podcast Challenge has been open to students in grades 5-12. Weve heard podcasts about climate change and racism and what its like to be young at this moment. And now, today, were opening the contest up to higher education . We want to hear the ideas, the issues, the discussions that are bubbling up on campus the stories that will make us laugh or cry, and everything in between. Last year, despite a massive disruption to the school year amid the global pandemic, the Student Podcast Challenge brought in more than 2,200 podcasts from high school and middle school students in 46 states and the District of Columbia. And ever since the project began in 2018, weve been hearing from college podcasters all over the U.S. saying, Hey, what about us The basics are pretty much the same: Students will create a podcast about a topic they want to explore and that can be just about anything. In the past, weve had podcasts

Everything in Gemma Castros new Quiero Saber de Tithe idea, the lyrics, the music, the production and the videowas made as a counterattack against confinement both physical and psychic as she quarantined in her abuelas strict Catholic house in Guadalajara. Shes always created her own space, and in some ways quarantine just gave her more possibilities to work with. Slight warning: if you still have a job to go to and that job even more hideously oppressive and uptight than most jobs, you may want to save this for later.

What we wouldnt give to attend a safe, live concert right now. The sheer euphoria of connection that only live music can bring. And boy, do we need it more than ever. One day we will. It will happen. Although not possible right now, our

You already know Ten-Headed Skeleton even if you dont think you know Ten-Headed Skeletonthats the recent alias-slash-identity-reinvention of L.A.s Michael Nhat, the ferociously independent outsider artist/rapper/producer/and probably more, with recent musical output including the Suffocate On Honey 7 and his earlier full-length Evil Doing. But

A diferencia de Sofa Aragn, las ganadoras del certamen afirmaron que en el mes que estuvieron en concentracin, no padecieron malos tratos

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David Gindler is a partner in Milbanks Los Angeles office with over 35 years of expertise

Jennifer Hagle is on the Executive Committee of one of the countrys most distinguished global law firms, Sidley Austin, and is recognized as one of the top transactional bankruptcy lawyers in the country.

Dawn Haghighi serves as general counsel & privacy/compliance officer at PCV Murcor Real Estate, Hightide Settlement, and VRM Mortgage Services RIHC, and as an independent director at Elevate Services.

The SoLa I CAN Foundation and The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, two nonprofit organizations, partnered with the Los Angeles Kings, Wells Fargo and AEG to distribute laptops and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots to underserved students and families of South Los

For 13 years, the annual HomeWalk 5K in Downtown Los Angeles has been the nations largest annual event to end homelessness. For 2020, it went virtual and COVID-safe with HomeWalk at Home, sponsored by United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Little Tokyo Service Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a virtual gala on October 10 that featured musical performances and a silent auction.

California again records its most coronavirus cases in a single day, this time amid a wave of infections that is threatening to overwhelm hospitals.

As COVID-19 explodes, Latino neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley face brunt of sickness, fear, despair.

After wildfires that ravaged Santa Rosa and Paradise, residents who lost homes have seen none of the $1.3 billion in federal funding earmarked for relief.

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Armie Hammer has signed on to star in The Offer at Paramount Plus, which will tell the behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather. Hammer will star as Al Ruddy, who produced The Godfather back in 1972. The series will focus on Ruddys experience on the set of the iconic mob drama, with Ruddy

Disney Television entertainment chief Dana Walden is reshuffling her executive team as she consolidates the companys programming operations. The moves will see Disney streamline its three distinct studios into two and integrate programming teams at ABC and Hulu. Karey Burke will move from her role as head of ABC Entertainment into a new position as

Dick Alen, a music agent renowned for a six-decade-plus career that included representing icons like Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, died of natural causes Nov. 27. He was 89. Before Alen retired in 2010, he had spent the last 39 years of his career at what was formerly the William Morris Agency and