Authorities discovered the sealed, black plastic bags during a search for seven young employees of a local call center who went missing in late May. Mexican authorities find 45 bags of body parts outside Guadalajara. Jordan is celebrating the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein to an L.A.-educated Saudi architect with events designed to showcase the heir to the throne. In Jordan, a lavish royal wedding doubles as a princely coming-out party.
Gavin Newsom, who will determine if the harms of slavery and lasting discrimination are worthy of reparations. The group’s final report, due to the state Legislature by July 1, will act as a guide for lawmakers and Gov. The question of reparations raises skepticism, hope in Black L.A.Īs California readies to finalize a discussion on reparations that could shape the lives of millions in the Golden State, Black Angelenos are skeptical they will ever see the restitution they feel is deserved.Īfter almost two years of meetings, California’s Reparations Task Force decided last month to recommend that the state issue a formal apology for the pervasive harms of slavery and discrimination and potentially provide billions of dollars in cash payments in a historic effort to make amends. Sign up for our California Politics newsletter to get the best of The Times’ state politics reporting and the latest action in Sacramento. The Supreme Court warned unions that they may face suits for damages if striking workers destroy their employer’s property.Senate seat in California as a Republican. Former Los Angeles Dodgers icon Steve Garvey is considering running for the open U.S.Air Force Academy graduation Thursday, and the White House said he was “fine” after tripping over a sandbag. President Biden fell on stage at the U.S.Barbara Lee of Oakland, meanwhile, joined 44 other Democrats in voting against the proposal. Schiff of Burbank was the sole Democratic Senate candidate who joined 164 Democrats and 149 Republicans in voting to approve the package. But Wednesday evening’s 314-117 vote on President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s deal to raise the debt ceiling created a wedge issue that split the trio. In the race to replace Dianne Feinstein in the Senate, the three major Democratic candidates call themselves progressives. Like moths to a flame, these accountants, consultants and attorneys have made careers out of helping the rich keep their riches.ĭebt ceiling vote splits Democratic candidates for Feinstein’s Senate seat
Where there is wealth, there are workers tasked with protecting it.
But even as birders celebrate the return of wet conditions along portions of the Pacific Flyway, experts worry that this liquid bonanza could ultimately poison tens of thousands of the avians as temperatures rise and newly formed lakes and ponds begin to evaporate.Ĭelebrities dodged L.A.’s ‘mansion tax’ for homelessness, affordable housingīefore Measure ULA took effect in April, some wealthy residents scrambled to avoid paying the new “mansion tax” that would fund affordable housing and homelessness prevention.įor insiders - those familiar with the fortunes amassed in this otherworldly housing market and the lengths people go to protect those fortunes - there was a clear answer for why they did this: “the wealth defense industry.”
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