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LA Reacts to Shooting in Connecticut
The Mayor, Chief of Police and Superintendent of Schools tried today to reassure parents that what happened last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary won't happen here.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe Mayor, the Chief of Police and the Superintendent of Schools tried today to reassure parents that what happened last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary won't happen here. We hear about efforts to provide security when the next term begins on January 7. Also, we talk with a survivor of the school shooting in Granada Hills in 1999. What's it like for her each time such an incident takes place? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, will the Newtown massacre be a game changer?
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2 storiesLA School Safety in the Aftermath of a National Tragedy
At a joint news conference today, the Superintendent of LA Unified appeared with Mayor Villaraigosa and the Chief of Police to tell parents about efforts to increase security at LA schools.
Read the story28 minWill the Newtown Massacre Be a Game Changer?
At a vigil last night in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama put last Friday's massacre of first-graders in the context of a year when multiple killings have become all too familiar. The latest of this year's multiple shootings killed six adults and 20 first-graders, none of them older than seven.
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