The Board of Supervisors has approved a $28.7 billion budget to fund 2016-17 services ranging from housing the homeless and protecting vulnerable children to building new jails and enforcing a new minimum wage ordinance.
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Police commission nomination
Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated attorney and former California Coastal Commission member Cynthia McClain-Hill to the Los Angeles Police Commission.
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New Demos report outlines why some students graduate debt-free
This week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced major new additions to her plan to provide debt-free public college and reduce the burden of student debt for those struggling to repay.
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L.A. prepared to offer summer jobs to local youth
City and county officials announced a goal this week of helping 15,000 young people get jobs this year as part of the Los Angeles Summer Youth Employment program, which is available to people 14 to 21 years of age.
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Black and Latino Leaders Support Stronger Regulation of Payday and Car-Title Loans
For more than a decade, civil rights organizations, labor, clergy, and consumer advocates have fought to end triple-digit interest rates on small dollar loans.
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St. Louis American Wins Big at NNPA Merit Awards
“The St. Louis American” newspaper was the big winner at the National Newspaper Publishers Association 2016 Merit Awards last week in Houston, Texas.
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Guards hurt in prison fights
Four correctional officers were injured this week during inmate attacks at the California State Prison-Los Angeles County (Lancaster).
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Deputies distribute water
The sustained high temperatures around the southland has led the city of Lancaster to partner with the Antelope Valley Sheriff’s Boosters to stock patrol cars with cases of water. The donation will allow sheriff’s deputies to provide water to persons they may interact with.
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Heavy holiday travel expected
The Fourth of July travel weekend is underway and is expected to be the busiest on record for Southland residents, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.
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Reward set for missing mom
Authorities have offered a $10,000 reward for information that helps locate a woman who has been missing for more than a year.
