Britney Spears arrested in Ventura County, Missing details on investigation into LAUSD leader, 'All the Empty Rooms' documentary— Afternoon Edition

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singer Brittany Spears has been arrested in Ventura County.

We'll tell you what we know.

Also, why experts say it's going to take a while to uncover details about the federal raid into L.A.

U.S.D. Superintendents Alberto Carvalo.

And a new Oscar-nominated documentary captures the bedrooms of school shooting victims.

It's Thursday, March 5.

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Authorities say Brittany Spears has been arrested in Ventura County.

Inmate records show that it happened last night around 9.30 and she was released this morning.

The Ventura Sheriff's Office says that Spears was arrested for driving under the influence.

A representative for the singer tells our media partners at CBSLA that the incident is, quote,

completely inexcusable.

And she scheduled to appear in court on May 4.

It's been more than a week since FBI agents searched the home and offices of L.A.

Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalo.

But the reason for the searches is still unclear.

The affidavit supporting the search is still under seal.

That's not uncommon in ongoing investigation says Lori Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law.

They could be concerned about people fleeing or covering up evidence or other efforts to obstruct the investigation.

She says it could be weeks before the public finds out the details if they are released.

New charges have been filed in the case.

Coming up, how a new film honors the victims of school shootings.

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The Oscar-nominated short documentary All the Empty Rooms follows a journalist and a photographer.

As they document the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings including two young lives lost here in LA County.

LAS Toast Julia Paskin talked with Joshua Savhtel, the director of the film.

And with Mia Treda, a gun violence survivor herself, who lost her best friend in the 2019 Salkis High School shooting.

Julia joins us now.

Julia, tell us more about this documentary.

Yeah, it's called All the Empty Rooms.

And it follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bob on this long journey visiting families and documenting the rooms of the children that they've lost with photos of their children.

It is incredibly moving. It's a very heavy subject, but it's also an opportunity to kind of slow down a bit when all of these violent headlines kind of smashed together.

This is a way to just think about these kids as individuals and hold space with their families. Here's director Joshua Savhtel.

In the process of making this film, we've wanted to shine a light on the people who are gone, the kids who are gone.

And in the process of telling the story, we made a film that never mentions the word gone.

You also spoke with Mia Treda, who lost her best friend Dominic Blackwell in the 2019 Salkis High School shooting.

What did she think about the doc?

Well, Treda said that she thought the film did a very good job of not only showing the fact that gun violence stole her friend's life, but also portraying him as the type of person that he was.

And she celebrates the chance to talk about her friend Dominic.

He was late probably to every single class because he'd walk me in a line, walk any of our friends to their classes.

And his room looks very loud and obnoxious because of the kind of person he was in the most positive way.

And Mia, who was shot herself in the Salkis High School shooting, she was also studying at Brown University last December when a mass shooting happened there and has become an advocate for preventing gun violence.

And she hopes as many people as possible see this film.

That's LA's host Julia Pasquin.

And you can see the full interview with Mia Treda and Joshua Septel about all the empty rooms on the LA's YouTube page.

Julia, thank you so much.

Thank you.

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