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Tonight on the LA Report Evening Edition, LA unified board members pushed to
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rename schools named after Cesar Chavez.
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South Pasadena cancels a contract with a controversial surveillance company.
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That had to avoid heat exhaustion in this week's record-breaking heat.
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It's Thursday, March 19th. I'm Julia Paskin and this is the LA Report Evening
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Edition from LAs News.
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Los Angeles unified board members who represent schools named for Cesar Chavez
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are calling for their renaming. Mariana Dale reports. Board member Kelly Gonez
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and Vice President Rossio Rivas issued a joint statement in response to the
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allegations that Chavez sexually abused girls and women, including United
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Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta. Gonez and Rivas wrote the district needs
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to prioritize student safety, dignity, and truth over celebrations and lessons
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that center Chavez. The campuses that bear his name are a group of high schools
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in San Fernando and an elementary school in El Serrano. The board member said
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they would work with the community to identify new names for the district to
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consider. Mariana Dale, LAs News. South Pasadena has canceled one of their
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contracts with Flock Safety, a controversial surveillance company that
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operates AI-powered cameras in communities around the country. The cameras
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capture the license plate numbers on locations of passing cars. City
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Council made the decision to stop operating 14 cameras yesterday. After reports
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that some local law enforcement agencies in Southern California legally
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shared data collected by Flock with federal immigration agents.
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We probably wouldn't be here tonight if it had been a different federal
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administration. We could trust more to not so much chaos. That was City Council
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member Michael Cachiodi who voted to end the contract. South Pasadena still has
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13 Flock cameras under a second contract with the company. Flock says it has
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tightened its guardrails and does not work with ICE. Coming up in a moment a
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center to connect unhoused people with services open today in Hollywood. More than
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a year after the deadly January fires, a whistle blower from Inside L.A. County's
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Office of Emergency Management comes forward. What I ended up finding out
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over time is that that is complete smog and nerves. The troubling allegations
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about emergency response during the eat and fire and questions about who
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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
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Karen Bass was in Hollywood today for the opening of the first of its kind
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homelessness center. The Hollywood hub is said to be the only location in the
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city, offering walk up housing navigation. It also provides services like
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showers, laundry, meals, and clothing. The hub is located on Van Ness Avenue,
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just north of Hollywood Boulevard. This Southern California heat wave is
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breaking records. But how does it all affect your body?
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Kato Hernandez has more.
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The blazing sun can put you at risk for heat-related illnesses. The most
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serious is heat stroke, which can make you feel confused, have the raw
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mean headaches, make your skin hot and dry, and have a rapid pulse. If you
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develop heat stroke, call 911 immediately because this is a medical
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emergency that can make you pass out or become deadly if it's ignored.
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Or you could face heat exhaustion, which doesn't need immediate medical
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attention. It makes you feel dizzy, sweat a lot, or have clammy skin. You can
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also get nauseous and have a weak pulse. That can be treated by moving to a cool
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area, taking a shower and drinking water. Kato Hernandez, L.A.S. News.
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The fervor over Timothy Shalamet's dismissive comments about the cultural
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relevance of ballet and opera came to a head at the Oscars over the weekend
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with a joke from host Conan O'Brien.
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Security is extremely tight tonight. I'm told there's concerns about attacks
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from both the opera and ballet communities.
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Both the leaders of L.A.Dance companies say they did not take offense to
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Shalamet's comments.
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What I understood him to be saying was that he wanted to be part of an art
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form that was central to the cultural conversation. And I actually agree with
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that. You can read more on the state of ballet in Los Angeles at LAS.com.
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Thanks for listening to the L.A. Report Evening Edition. I'm Julia Paskin.
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This podcast is produced by Kevin Tidmarsh. Our engineer is Tuy Mau.
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Check back here tomorrow for the next edition of the L.A. Report.
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who believe quality journalism makes Southern California a better place to live.
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More than a year after the deadly January fires, a whistle blower from inside
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L.A. County's office of emergency management comes forward.
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What I ended up finding out over time is that that is complete smog and mirrors.
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The troubling allegations about emergency response during the eat and
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fire and questions about who should be held accountable.
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Listen on imperfect paradise, a weekly news magazine from LAS.