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CSUN awarded nearly $2.3 million grant from National Institutes of HealthJanuary 20, 2021 at 8:38 PM Cal State Northridge announced Wednesday, Jan. 20, that it has been awarded a nearly $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help graduate students transfer from a master’s degree program into a doctoral program, with the hopes that they will work in biomedical research.
The five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute for General Medical Sciences to the Bridges to the Doctorate Training Program includes money to cover about 60% of the students...Tags: News, Education, Government, Sport, Soccer, National Institutes of Health, Lausd, Biden, Local News, Stanford University, CSUN, LA County, Cal State Northridge, Fairplex, Zavala, MariaElena Zavala 26 people like this. Like LAUSD students discuss political climate as Biden becomes presidentJanuary 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM Seeing a new administration take over the White House brings with it a feeling of excitement for Emely Cortez. At the same time, she struggles to remain hopeful that President Joe Biden will be able to get as much accomplished as she would like, given how fractured the country is.
“In the last four years, when I’ve actually gotten into politics and I started paying attention, I’ve only seen a lot of bad stuff,” said Cortez, an 11th grader at Cesar E. Chavez Social Justice Humanitas Academy in Sa...Tags: Health, News, Education, Obama, Government, White House, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Community, Lausd, Biden, Local News, Donald Trump, Cortez, Trump 90 people like this. Like LAUSD seeks state, county approval to operate as COVID-19 vaccination sitesJanuary 18, 2021 at 2:56 PM Continuing to make his case that the nation’s second-largest school district is well-positioned to become COVID-19 vaccination sites, Superintendent Austin Beutner sent a letter to state and county public health officials on Monday, Jan. 18, urging them to “immediately” authorize Los Angeles Unified to administer the shots — a move which the schools chief said will help speed the pandemic recovery and allow students to return to campus for in-person learning sooner.
The district is seeking appro...Tags: New York, News, Education, California, Sport, Chicago, Soccer, United Kingdom, Long Beach, Lausd, Kansas City, Pasadena, Local News, Ventura, Los Angeles County, Anthem Blue Cross 6 people like this. Like LAUSD board president launches reelection bidJanuary 15, 2021 at 10:10 PM Los Angeles Unified school board member Kelly Gonez, who made history last month by becoming the youngest woman to serve as its board president, is already looking ahead to a second term in office.
Although the 32-year-old’s current term won’t be up until December 2022 and the primary election for board District 6 is still about a year-and-a-half away, she launched her reelection campaign this week, saying she wants to give herself plenty of time to talk to students, parents, educators and other...Tags: Elections, Education, Obama, Washington, Sport, Soccer, United States, Lausd, El Salvador, Biden, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Rodriguez, Los Angeles Unified School District, DeVos, Los Angeles Unified 107 people like this. Like Parents, students rally to resume youth sports competitionsJanuary 15, 2021 at 10:35 PM Hundreds of parents and student-athletes from Orange County and across the state rallied on Friday, Jan. 15, to express frustration over the postponement of youth and high school sports competition due to the pandemic, and to push for games to resume safely as soon as possible.
They donned face coverings and held signs such as “Save our sports” to rally for #LetThemPlayCA, a grassroots organization of parents, coaches and youth sports advocates. The group, with more than 33,000 members on Facebo...Tags: Facebook, Florida, Texas, Education, Sports, Sacramento, Sport, Canada, Soccer, Arizona, California Highway Patrol, Nevada, Lausd, Edison High School, Local News, Orange County 115 people like this. Like LA County schools chief recovering from COVID-19January 14, 2021 at 8:59 PM Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools Debra Duardo, who has been quarantining since last week after contracting the coronavirus, gave a positive update about her recovery on Thursday, Jan. 14.
“It’s been a difficult 10 days, but I’m happy to say that I am finally seeing major improvements in my health,” Duardo tweeted. “I have an incredibly strong team and I am grateful for the outpouring of support I’ve received. Thank you for all the well wishes. Stay safe & be well.”
The schools chief ...Tags: Health, News, Education, Walmart, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Community, Lausd, Local News, Los Angeles County, LA County, Newsom, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories Breeze 15 people like this. Like LAUSD says it has no intention of suing over Newsom’s school reopening proposalJanuary 14, 2021 at 6:45 PM The Los Angeles Unified School District has no intention of suing the state over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s school reopening proposal, the district said Thursday, Jan. 14.
Although the school board had, during its meeting this week, granted Superintendent Austin Beutner permission to explore all options — including legal actions — for seeking government reimbursement for the 30 million meals the district has provided to needy adults in the community since the coronavirus pandemic began, it did not auth...Tags: News, Education, California, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Lebanon, Gavin Newsom, Legislature, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Unified, Austin Beutner, Newsom, State Budget 23 people like this. Like Community groups join LAUSD-led campaign to speak out about Newsom’s school reopening proposalJanuary 13, 2021 at 9:36 PM More than a half-dozen educational and community organizations have joined in a campaign led by the Los Angeles Unified School District to apply pressure on the state to adopt a school reopening plan that would, in their opinion, better address the needs of the state’s most vulnerable students.
Representatives from 28 organizations, including Partnership for LA Schools, Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles and the LA Area Chamber of Commerce, sent a joint letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday...Tags: News, Education, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Santa Ana, LA County, Los Angeles Unified School District, Sam s Club, Austin Beutner, LA City Council, Newsom, State Budget 30 people like this. Like Photos: UCLA School of Dentistry gives out dental hygiene kits during food giveawayJanuary 12, 2021 at 9:15 PM The line of masked people stretched from Tyrone Avenue on to Victory Boulevard for the weekly Central Lutheran Church Mobile Pantry LA Food Bank Food Distribution in Van Nuys on Monday, Jan. 11.
During this edition of the food giveaway, those in line would also receive information on dental hygiene and dental kits from the UCLA Dental School.
“Dental care is under accessed, especially by underserved communities, and we want them to know there are benefits and access for them,” said Dental Hygien...Tags: Health, News, Education, Sport, Soccer, Community, Local News, Dental, 288, LA County, Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys, Los Angeles Daily News, UCLA School of Dentistry, Central Lutheran Church, Brummel 116 people like this. Like LAUSD board votes to sue state over school reopening proposal amid pandemicJanuary 12, 2021 at 5:02 PM The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to sue the state over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s school-reopening proposal and to seek reimbursement for millions of meals it’s been providing to the community since the coronavirus pandemic hit last March.
The school board voted 7-0 in closed session on Tuesday, Jan. 12, authorizing “litigation against the state of California, state entities and public officials related to the California’s Safe Schools for All framework,” Jefferson Crain, the board’s execu...Tags: News, Education, California, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Santa, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Crain, The Board of Education, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Unified School District, DeVos, Newsom, Top Stories LADN 40 people like this. Like LAUSD says state’s COVID school-reopening plan falls shortJanuary 11, 2021 at 2:56 PM LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified School District officials and labor leaders are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to beef up his proposed “Safe Schools for All” reopening plan to reflect the disproportionate impact months of COVID-19-related distance learning has had on students in low income communities.
Superintendent Austin Beutner was joined Monday morning by representatives of more than a half-dozen district unions to outline their concerns with the plan Newsom introduced on Dec. 30 as part of his...Tags: News, Education, California, California News, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Santa, Local News, Gavin Newsom, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Unified School District, DeVos, Los Angeles Unified, Austin Beutner 13 people like this. Like LAUSD board members not sorry to see DeVos gone as education secretaryJanuary 8, 2021 at 10:41 PM It didn’t take long for district leaders and educators in Los Angeles Unified to respond to the news that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos had resigned.
“One of the worst Secretaries of Education in history,” school board President Kelly Gonez tweeted.
“Finally @BetsyDeVosED does something helpful for our public schools” by resigning, tweeted Nick Melvoin, another board member.
“Too little, way too late,” the local teachers union said in a Facebook post.
Such were the responses late Thurs...Tags: Facebook, Education, Obama, Congress, Washington, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Connecticut, Lgbtq, Lausd, Santa, Biden, Local News 48 people like this. Like Jammed LA County hospitals get assistance with overtaxed oxygen-delivery systemsJanuary 4, 2021 at 9:59 PM As the massive volume of COVID-19 patients continues to strain hospitals throughout Southern California, state and federal agencies are stepping in to assist facilities needing to provide oxygen to individuals with respiratory issues.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, Jan. 4, that the state has convened an oxygen task force and devised a five-part strategy for addressing the higher-than-usual demand for oxygen and related equipment.
Among these strategies was the deployment of U.S. Army Corps of En...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Disney, Los Angeles, Sport, Hospitals, Soccer, Fema, Community, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Southern California 22 people like this. Like Photos: Looking back at 2020, via the lens of staff photographer Brittany MurrayDecember 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM Saying 2020 has been a difficult year is almost cliche now, which is sad.
For far too many people, 2020 has truly been their worst year. For others, 2020 has been a minor inconvenience and shown that we all should be thankful for what we have.
Personally, I am thankful for many things, one of which being my career. I’ve been a photojournalist for 22 years and I can honestly say that 99 out of 100 days I love it, a pretty good percentage by any standards.
Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield. l...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Sacramento Kings, Sport, Soccer, Nba, Community, Local News, Los Angeles Clippers, Harrison Barnes, Clippers, Buddy Hield, Patrick Beverley, Sacramento Calif 149 people like this. Like Teachers grouped in ‘next phase’ of potential recipients for COVID-19 vaccineDecember 28, 2020 at 8:06 PM Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday, Dec. 28, that teachers are part of the group that could receive the next wave of the coronavirus vaccine in California’s distribution plan.
Health care workers and first responders were the first Californians to receive the vaccine in a process dictated by state public health officials. As more of their ranks are vaccinated locally, Newsom discussed the “next phase” of the roll out.
Vaccinations were set to begin at nursing homes in California on Monday, N...Tags: News, Education, California, Sport, Walgreens, Soccer, Local News, Cvs, Gavin Newsom, LA County, state Department of Public Health, Newsom, California Department of Education, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE 48 people like this. Like Nearly 500 COVID deaths in L.A. County over holiday weekend if new fatality numbers are confirmedDecember 28, 2020 at 8:21 PM Nearly 500 people in Los Angeles County died of COVID-19 over the long holiday weekend if the latest reports of coronavirus-related fatalities are confirmed — a development that would also bring the total number of COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic to just under 10,000, county public health officials said Monday, Dec. 28.
Adding to that grim news was the fact that 6,914 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in L.A. County on Monday, another record for daily hospitalizations, acc...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, United Kingdom, Long Beach, Pasadena, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County 3 people like this. Like COVID, BLM, Kobe, fires and more: Pixels from 2020, by staff photographer David CraneDecember 27, 2020 at 9:00 AM Back in January I visited my friends’ house and noticed he had a huge box of 500 surgeon’s masks in his entry hallway which had just been delivered by Amazon.
I thought it was a strange purchase as he is not a doctor or works in the medical field, and in fact, has been retired for a few years.
He went on to tell me about a virus in China and he thought it might spread to other countries so he figured he should order some masks just in case and asked if I would like some.
At the time, I told him ...Tags: Health, Amazon, South Korea, Business, Elections, News, Education, Government, China, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Community, Tokyo, San Jose, Local News 132 people like this. Like L.A. teen shares passion for reading through organization that collects, distributes books to needy studentsDecember 26, 2020 at 9:00 AM PANDEMIC-ERA HEROES
Name: Alana Weisberg
Hometown: Los Angeles
Age: 16
Role: Founder of Bookworm Global
Favorite authors: Jane Austen, John Green and Anna Todd
Quote: “Reading is really important to me because it’s my escape. When I’m bored, I go and read. I want kids to be able to engage in a book and really enjoy it and foster a love of reading.”
Latest installment in a series of stories about people who have made a big difference in the community during a time framed by the coronavirus pan...Tags: Florida, News, Education, California, Mexico, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Local News, Bay Area, Southern California, Trump, Gonzalez, Weisberg, LA County, Sherman Oaks 37 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: West Hills couple focuses on helping now — and helping to forge the next generationDecember 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM Pandemic-Era Heroes
Names: Andrew and Deanna Thomas
Ages: Andrew, 53; Deanna, 55
Hometown: Both raised in Northern California, now reside in West Hills.
Role: Andrew and Deanna are the founders of Young Ambassadors Leadership Academy (YALA), devoting their time to guide young African-American boys into men of character, who are responsible leaders. The program features focus on community service, career perspectives and college tours, as well as providing an etiquette day and financial li...Tags: Health, Florida, News, Education, Colorado, California, US, Sport, Soccer, Community, Local News, Northern California, Thomas, Yala, Andrew, Penny Lane 33 people like this. Like Pandemic-Era Heroes: Couple focuses on helping now – and helping to forge the next generationDecember 25, 2020 at 9:00 AM Pandemic-Era Heroes
Names: Andrew and Deanna Thomas
Ages: Andrew, 53; Deanna, 55
Hometown: Both raised in Northern California, now reside in West Hills.
Role: Andrew and Deanna are the founders of Young Ambassadors Leadership Academy (YALA), devoting their time to guide young African-American boys into men of character, who are responsible leaders. The program features focus on community service, career perspectives and college tours, as well as providing an etiquette day and financial li...Tags: Health, News, Education, Colorado, California, US, Sport, Soccer, Community, Local News, Northern California, Thomas, Yala, Andrew, Penny Lane, San Fernando Valley 4 people like this. Like When a Christmas tip leads to a story about family, work and musicDecember 24, 2020 at 4:45 PM This year, when Susan Fryer tucked a gratuity check into her newspaper carrier’s Christmas card, she added a question:
What might they do with the tip?
She got an unexpected reply. It came from Esbeyde Sanchez, the 22-year-old daughter of the couple who deliver Fryer’s newspapers.
“Such a simple question brings back a lifetime of memories for me,” Sanchez wrote Fryer.
And with that, a tale unfolded about a Mexican American couple who worked every night, for nearly 30 years, to provide for their ...Tags: Education, Washington, Mexico, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Long Beach, Local-news, Orange County, Anaheim, Chevy Suburban, Norwalk, MichoacAn, Sánchez, Orange County Register 100 people like this. Like Dennis McCarthy: I am sooooo sick of 2020. What, you too!?!?December 23, 2020 at 2:28 PM Excuse me, officer, but can you give me directions for the quickest route to 2021? I’m so done with 2020, I thought maybe I could pull out a few days early. Get a little time off for good behavior?
Columnist, Dennis McCarthy, during the 2019 Daily News Successful Aging Expo was held at The Odyssey in Granada Hills on Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
I’ve spent most of my life breaking New Year’s resolutions, but this is the first time a year br...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, White House, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, Community, Local News, Joe, Ron White, Dennis McCarthy, Rafer Johnson, Granada Hills 80 people like this. Like San Fernando Valley teacher is finalist for national honor in math/science educationDecember 22, 2020 at 5:14 PM LOS ANGELES — A San Fernando Valley teacher is among six state finalists announced Tuesday for the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Presented by the National Science Foundation, the awards honor teachers who “display subject mastery, appropriate use of instructional methods and strategies, lifelong learning and leadership in education outside the classroom,” according to the state Department of Education.
“These teachers are incredible educators, role ...Tags: Education, California, Washington, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Southern California, National Science Foundation, NSF, Chavez, LA County, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles Unified School District, Newsom 46 people like this. Like LAUSD’s Grab & Go Food Centers to run on modified schedule next two weeksDecember 21, 2020 at 2:07 PM The Los Angeles Unified School District will continue to feed students, families and individuals seeking food assistance during winter break, but its Grab & Go Food Centers will operate on a modified schedule for the next two weeks.
Instead of the usual Monday through Friday operation, the food centers will run Monday through Wednesday this week and next. Those who come on Wednesdays will receive five days’ worth of meals per person in their household to get them through the rest of the week unt...Tags: Education, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Los Angeles Unified School District, Top Stories LADN, Kelly Gonez, Top Stories Breeze, Coronavirus, Go Food Centers, Food Centers 35 people like this. Like Second vaccine approved for California as LA County’s coronavirus surge enduresDecember 20, 2020 at 8:18 PM Los Angeles County reported 13,315 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 additional deaths on Sunday, Dec. 20, accompanied by another new record for hospitalizations propelled by the coronavirus. Nonetheless, a new wave of hope is expected to arrive this week in the form of the second COVID-19 vaccine, from Moderna.
The numbers brings the county’s totals to 623,670 cases and 8,875 fatalities since the pandemic began in March.
But while the daily statistics continued to show no sign that the recent surge ...Tags: Health, Business, Texas, News, Nbc, Education, Congress, California, Cdc, Washington, Government, Germany, Sport, Joe Biden, Cnn, Soccer 4 people like this. Like Survey shows parents want LAUSD to offer in-person learning option next semesterDecember 16, 2020 at 5:53 PM Nine months into a global pandemic that has upended the nation’s school system, two education advocacy groups in Los Angeles released the results of separate surveys on Wednesday, Dec. 16, looking at some of the obstacles imposed by distance learning.
One survey, by the group Speak UP, addressed parents’ opinions about school reopenings while a second poll, conducted by Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles and USC’s Rossier School of Education, focused on the challenges of distance learning thro...Tags: Health, News, Education, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Maine, Community, Venice, Lausd, Local News, Usc, Southern California, Los Angeles Unified, Austin Beutner 4 people like this. Like LAUSD students with Fs will have more time to bring grades upDecember 15, 2020 at 10:50 PM To support struggling students during the pandemic, the Los Angeles Unified School District has decided that secondary students who are failing their courses can have more time to try and bring their grades up before an “F” or “no pass” mark is entered into their academic record.
In a memo to secondary school principals on Monday, Dec. 14, district officials announced that students who would otherwise receive an F can have until Jan. 29 to submit makeup assignments that might improve their grade...Tags: News, Education, Sport, DS, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Los Angeles Unified School District, United Teachers Los Angeles, Austin Beutner, UTLA, Top Stories LADN, Kelly Gonez, Top Stories Breeze, Coronavirus 20 people like this. Like LAUSD sued over level of in-person instruction for highest-needs studentsDecember 11, 2020 at 6:28 PM Two children’s advocacy groups are asking the state’s highest court to compel the Los Angeles Unified School District to provide instruction and other services in person to students who have suffered the greatest learning loss during distance learning.
LAUSD should have to provide in-person services to students with disabilities, English learners and others who can’t participate in their education online the same way as most other students, attorneys for the L.A.-based Alliance for Children’s Ri...Tags: Health, News, Education, Senate, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, California Supreme Court, Legislature, Department of Public Health, Sherman Oaks, Austin Beutner, Romain, Beutner 92 people like this. Like CSU system plans return to in-person learning in fall 2021December 9, 2020 at 9:19 PM The California State University system, the nation’s largest public four-year higher education institution, will look toward returning students to in-person learning in fall 2021, which would be about a year-and-a-half since shuttering campuses at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March.
The CSU system, headquartered in Long Beach but with 23 campuses throughout the state, announced plans to bring students back to campus on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Cal State officials had kept the timeline for ...Tags: News, Education, California, Sport, Soccer, Long Beach, Channel Islands, Local News, Southern California, San Bernardino, CSU, Golden State, LA County, Fullerton, California State University, Cal State 41 people like this. Like Proposed bill would require in-person instruction at schools when a county’s COVID stats improveDecember 9, 2020 at 8:53 PM Several California lawmakers are proposing an urgency bill to require California schools resume in-person instruction once their county progresses out of the most restrictive tier of the state’s coronavirus tracking system.
If adopted by the state Legislature, AB10 would require after March 1 that once a county enters at least the red tier, schools would have to reopen classrooms within two weeks, following public health guidance.
Currently school district leaders make the decision when to retur...Tags: Education, California, Sport, Soccer, Local News, Orange County, Southern California, San Bernardino, State Assembly, Legislature, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, Kevin McCarty, Santa Ana Unified, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR 34 people like this. Like |
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