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LA schools strike enters third day as bargaining resumes

Thursday, March 23

(LOS ANGELES) -- More than 30,000 picketing Los Angeles school service employees are expected to return to work on Friday after a planned three-day strike prompted the city's mayor to intervene and jumpstart labor negotiations.The job walkout by the Service Employees International Union Local... Read More.

LA schools closed for second day as service workers walk picket lines

Wednesday, March 22

(LOS ANGELES) -- For the second straight day, classes were canceled for more than 400,000 Los Angeles public school students as tens of thousands of service workers, backed by the powerful teachers union, continued to strike.Custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, special education assistants and... Read More.

LA assisted living facility faces felony charges over deadly COVID-19 outbreak

Tuesday, March 14

(LOS ANGELES) -- Los Angeles prosecutors announced felony charges Tuesday in connection with a deadly COVID-19 outbreak that occurred at an upscale assisted living facility early in the pandemic.The charges, which include felony elder endangerment, follow a two-and-a-half-year investigation into the outbreak at the Silverado... Read More.

Vanessa Bryant settles claims with LA County for nearly $29 million in helicopter crash lawsuit

Friday, March 10

(LOS ANGELES) -- Vanessa Bryant settled her remaining claims with Los Angeles County on Tuesday for $28,850,000 over photos that members of the sheriff's department shared after the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna in January 2020, according to county... Read More.

La Niña Expected to Last Through Fall

Tuesday, September 13

Despite the welcomed rain, an update Thursday has meteorologists confident that La Niña conditions will persist through the end of the year, for the third year in a row, and that’s not good for California. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center says there... Read More.

La Porte Fire

Friday, July 15

At 5:33 a.m. there was an initial report of a structure fire spreading to vegetation in the area of Benet Road and Clipper Mills near La Porte, in the Plumas National Forest Protection Area.

Congressman La Malfa comments on President’s SOTU

Wednesday, March 2

Congressman Doug La Malfa, Lassen, Plumas, and Sierra Counties Congressional representative, echoed many republicans response to President Biden’s first State of the Union Address last night. La Malfa saying "Now isn’t the time for happy talk or empty promises. The one thing that has... Read More.

The U.S. National Weather Service Says La Niña is Here to Stay

Friday, January 14

The U.S. National Weather Service says La Niña is here to stay. In the climate prediction center models are showing the trend to continue into spring as below average ocean temps and consistent atmospheric patterns continue to match up. With that brings the promise... Read More.