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Analyzing the race for LA’s next district attorney
As the November election approaches, analysts are looking at the race for LA’s next district attorney to help determine the future of criminal justice reform — both locally and nationally.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 27m ListenAs the November election approaches, analysts are looking at the race for LA’s next district attorney to help determine the future of criminal justice reform — both locally and nationally. Incumbent Jackie Lacey says her top priority is to keep LA County safe from violent criminals. George Gascon, Lacey’s opponent and former San Francisco DA, is running on a platform of lowering the prison population.
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3 storiesJackie Lacey v. George Gascon: Do Angelenos want a progressive new district attorney?
As the November election approaches, analysts are looking at the race for LA’s next district attorney to help determine the future of criminal justice reform — both locally and nationally.
Read the story9 minLAUSD teachers are now ‘televised educators’ during the COVID-19 pandemic
“The biggest adaptation I took was really leaning hard into this notion that I am a televised educator now, just really bringing forward that Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow type [of] energy, and trying to connect through a screen,” says Aviva Alvarez-Zakson, teacher at Hamilton High School.
Read the story10 minWhy more mosquitoes are showing up in LA, and what happens when they draw our blood
LA got new species of mosquitoes around 2011: the Asian tiger mosquito, the yellow fever mosquito, and the Australian backyard mosquito.
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