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Supreme Court to decide if public officials have a right to block their critics on social media
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from two San Diego-area school board members and decide whether public officials who take to social media are free to block their critics. At issue is whether their Facebook or…
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California lawmakers consider banning 'willful defiance' suspensions from schools
Misha Karigaca was a middle school principal when the Oakland Unified School District revamped its disciplinary policies in 2015 to end willful defiance suspensions.Instead of sending a student out of class for a minor infraction, teachers…
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Column: Newsom could face tough task replacing Feinstein in U.S. Senate
SACRAMENTO — You’d think that filling a U.S. Senate seat would be easy, even fun. But if Gov. Gavin Newsom has to find a replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, it could be agonizing.Plenty of qualified people would leap at the chance to…
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Opinion: I grew up next to an L.A. oil well. California can protect others from what I went through
I grew up 30 feet from an oil well. We couldn’t open the windows of our South L.A. home because of what was in the air. I couldn’t play outside for more than a few minutes without feeling sick.At the age of 9, I started organizing to shut…
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How the mayor of a small Inland Empire town became one of Congress' most powerful Democrats
Rep. Pete Aguilar felt the threat rising. As the House prepared to confirm Joe Biden as the nation’s next president on Jan. 6, 2021, and put an end to Donald Trump’s false claim that the election was rigged, Aguilar had a great view of the…
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Former L.A. Mayor Richard J. Riordan battled, but ultimately honored, the media
Plenty of Los Angeles mayors have fumed about their coverage in this newspaper. Richard J. Riordan may be the only one who retaliated with a satirical essay aimed at one of his tormentors: me.The occasion was a fake Page One, a tradition…
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California Supreme Court rejects lawsuit challenging Newsom's plan to treat mental illness
The California Supreme Court this week declined to block the rollout of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sweeping new plan to compel people with severe mental illness into treatment, meaning the controversial program remains on track to begin this fall…
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'Colombia is the key to the hemisphere,' Biden tells its president at White House
WASHINGTON — Colombia’s first leftist leader held talks Thursday with President Biden at the White House, touching on sharp differences over how to fight drug trafficking while seeking common ground on ways to end the humanitarian and…
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Conservative commentator Dan Bongino leaving Fox News. “It's not some big…
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and New York City cop turned conservative talk show host, told his radio listeners Thursday he is leaving Fox News where he had a weekly TV show since June 2021.Bongino, 48, said his departure is…
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'Rust' prosecutors drop charges against Alec Baldwin after questions over gun misfire
New Mexico prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the “Rust” shooting tragedy, a dramatic reversal that comes after numerous missteps by prosecutors, according to three people familiar with the matter who…
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