Dolores Huerta speaks out, LA Unified reacts to strike threats, LeBron makes history twice— Morning Edition

A whistleblower has come forward for the shocking allegations about emergency response during

the Eaton fire.

But why come forward now?

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Today on the LA Report Morning Edition, activist Dolores Huerto is breaking her silence

after allegations of sexual assault against labor leader Cesar Chavez.

I felt like I was kind of trapped, you might say.

The leader of LA Unified says keeping schools open could be nearly impossible of staff

walk out next month.

We will continue to work together around the clock to come to an agreement that avoids

this outcome.

Add it's a new era of transparency for LA County when it comes to executive payouts.

Good morning.

It's Friday, March 20th.

I'm Austin Cross and this is the LA Report from LAest News.

One of the women at the center of the Cesar Chavez revelations is speaking out for the

first time since going public.

Dolores Huerto says she was raped by Chavez in the 1960s, which led to two pregnancies.

She told the podcast Latino USA why she kept quiet for more than 60 years.

I didn't want to disclose this to anyone because I just didn't want to hurt the work that

we were doing for farm workers.

I felt like I was kind of trapped.

You might say I felt I was alone.

Yesterday LA Mayor Karen Bass renamed Cesar Chavez Day as Farm Workers Day, the state legislatures

making similar moves.

The leader of LA Unified says keeping schools open could be nearly impossible of staff walk

out next month.

Miranda Dale reports.

SCIU local 99 and United Teachers Los Angeles announced the April 14 strike at a rally Wednesday.

The unions have been negotiating new labor agreements for more than a year, acting

superintendent Andres Chates as a strike would be bad for schools, students and their families.

We will continue to work together around the clock to come to an agreement that avoids

this outcome.

Chates says the district must balance the union's demands for higher raises with uncertain

state and federal funding.

Madhiana Dale, LA news.

Settlements paid to LA County executives will now be made public as part of a new transparency

push.

The changes follow a secretive $2 million payout to the County CEO first uncovered by

LA.

Nick Gerda reports.

The County Board of Supervisors this week ordered the creation of a public dashboard,

showing settlements between the county and its executives.

They also directed that going forward, all such settlements must be proactively reported

to the public on meeting agendas.

None of that happened when the county settled a dispute with CEO Ficia Davenport last year.

Supervisor Lindsey Horvath cited LA as reporting as she proposed the new transparency measures.

Nick Gerda, LA news.

Coming up.

It was the most bizarre thing to be walked down the street with a carpet in general, let

alone the red carpet.

Not the weirdest thing that's happened in Hollywood, the woman who left the Oscars with

something more functional than a trophy.

Flesla Braun makes history twice in the last night's game.

Stick around.

More than a year after the deadly January fires, a whistle blower from inside LA County's

office of emergency management comes forward.

What I ended up finding out over time is that that is complete smog and mirrors.

The troubling allegations about emergency response during the eat and fire, and questions

about who should be held accountable.

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Back now with the LA report, I'm Austin Cross, a Hollywood woman's going viral for turning

the Oscars trash into treasure.

When Paige Thalia saw the ceremony's red carpet and a dumpster, she took some back to furnish

her apartment.

The she tells our media partner CBSLA that her plan had been in the works for a few days.

Rugs are so expensive.

And I was walking my dog a couple nights before the Oscars they were setting up and I just

had an idea that maybe they need to get rid of the carpet at the end of the day.

I was taking videos of myself because it was the most bizarre thing to be walked down

the street with a carpet in general, let alone the red carpet.

The Academy says the red carpet wasn't going to a landfill.

It's made from recycled material and 95% goes back to the vendor.

Let's do sports.

Lakers beat the Miami Heat 134 to 126 for their eighth straight win, Luca Doncic scored

60 has most as a Laker.

LeBron had 19 points and a triple double, the oldest player in NBA history to do that.

He also tied the record for most regular season games played at 1,611.

Clippers meanwhile, lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 10599 they've dropped 4 in a row.

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