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Tonight on the LA Report Evening Edition, LA unified board members pushed to

rename schools named after Cesar Chavez.

South Pasadena cancels a contract with a controversial surveillance company.

That had to avoid heat exhaustion in this week's record-breaking heat.

It's Thursday, March 19th. I'm Julia Paskin and this is the LA Report Evening

Edition from LAs News.

Los Angeles unified board members who represent schools named for Cesar Chavez

are calling for their renaming. Mariana Dale reports. Board member Kelly Gonez

and Vice President Rossio Rivas issued a joint statement in response to the

allegations that Chavez sexually abused girls and women, including United

Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta. Gonez and Rivas wrote the district needs

to prioritize student safety, dignity, and truth over celebrations and lessons

that center Chavez. The campuses that bear his name are a group of high schools

in San Fernando and an elementary school in El Serrano. The board member said

they would work with the community to identify new names for the district to

consider. Mariana Dale, LAs News. South Pasadena has canceled one of their

contracts with Flock Safety, a controversial surveillance company that

operates AI-powered cameras in communities around the country. The cameras

capture the license plate numbers on locations of passing cars. City

Council made the decision to stop operating 14 cameras yesterday. After reports

that some local law enforcement agencies in Southern California legally

shared data collected by Flock with federal immigration agents.

We probably wouldn't be here tonight if it had been a different federal

administration. We could trust more to not so much chaos. That was City Council

member Michael Cachiodi who voted to end the contract. South Pasadena still has

13 Flock cameras under a second contract with the company. Flock says it has

tightened its guardrails and does not work with ICE. Coming up in a moment a

center to connect unhoused people with services open today in Hollywood. More than

a year after the deadly January fires, a whistle blower from Inside L.A. County's

Office of Emergency Management comes forward. What I ended up finding out

over time is that that is complete smog and nerves. The troubling allegations

about emergency response during the eat and fire and questions about who

should be held accountable. Listen on Imperfect Paradise, a weekly news magazine

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Welcome back to the L.A. report evening edition. I'm Julia Pascon. L.A. Mayor

Karen Bass was in Hollywood today for the opening of the first of its kind

homelessness center. The Hollywood hub is said to be the only location in the

city, offering walk up housing navigation. It also provides services like

showers, laundry, meals, and clothing. The hub is located on Van Ness Avenue,

just north of Hollywood Boulevard. This Southern California heat wave is

breaking records. But how does it all affect your body?

Kato Hernandez has more.

The blazing sun can put you at risk for heat-related illnesses. The most

serious is heat stroke, which can make you feel confused, have the raw

mean headaches, make your skin hot and dry, and have a rapid pulse. If you

develop heat stroke, call 911 immediately because this is a medical

emergency that can make you pass out or become deadly if it's ignored.

Or you could face heat exhaustion, which doesn't need immediate medical

attention. It makes you feel dizzy, sweat a lot, or have clammy skin. You can

also get nauseous and have a weak pulse. That can be treated by moving to a cool

area, taking a shower and drinking water. Kato Hernandez, L.A.S. News.

The fervor over Timothy Shalamet's dismissive comments about the cultural

relevance of ballet and opera came to a head at the Oscars over the weekend

with a joke from host Conan O'Brien.

Security is extremely tight tonight. I'm told there's concerns about attacks

from both the opera and ballet communities.

Both the leaders of L.A.Dance companies say they did not take offense to

Shalamet's comments.

What I understood him to be saying was that he wanted to be part of an art

form that was central to the cultural conversation. And I actually agree with

that. You can read more on the state of ballet in Los Angeles at LAS.com.

Thanks for listening to the L.A. Report Evening Edition. I'm Julia Paskin.

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who believe quality journalism makes Southern California a better place to live.

More than a year after the deadly January fires, a whistle blower from inside

L.A. 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.

Listen on imperfect paradise, a weekly news magazine from LAS.