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$73 million sex abuse settlement with ex-UCLA doctor: Survivors feel relieved and proud, says lawyer
LawA federal judge has given final approval to the $73 million settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by more than 5,500 women against former UCLA gynecologist James Heaps.
Rush before recess
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LA Council votes to restrict homeless encampments. What you need to know
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For some homebound Angelenos, nurses are coming to them with vaccines
CoronavirusGetting a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine usually means leaving the house, but not always.
SoCal Native Americans too were forcibly sent to deadly boarding school system, says state lawmaker
Race & EthnicityThe American federal government is probing its history of Native children who were taken from families and forced into boarding schools.
Child tax credit will lift half a million children out of poverty, says Rep. Katie Porter
PoliticsThe federal government is set to roll out new child tax credit payments as part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.
LA’s small businesses are recovering so slowly, it’s troubling economists
Business & EconomyMore people are returning to stores, clubs and bars after some 16 months of the pandemic, but LA’s economic growth is still fragile and happening unevenly, and small businesses are…