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A budget deficit, an acting superintendent, a looming strike.
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The LA Unified School District is facing multiple challenges.
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The consequences for the District's 400,000 students listen on imperfect paradise a weekly
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news magazine from LAist.
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Today on the LA Report Morning Edition, Metta and YouTube are vowing to fight a landmark
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ruling on social media addiction.
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Team mental health is profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app.
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LA Metro votes on a key extension to the K-line, and the city of LA is sitting on hundreds
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of millions in unspent homelessness funds.
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Good morning, it's Thursday, March 26, I'm Austin Cross, and this is the LA Report
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Metta and Google are promising to appeal yesterday's landmark ruling that found the companies
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are to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media
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In LA, Jury awarded the 20-year-old $6 million with Metta on the hook for 70 percent
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Breiters Entertainment Business Corp. Don Chimaleski spoke with two jurors on the case.
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They said they hoped to provide her with income over the next 40 years of her life and also
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compensate her for the injuries.
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They also wanted to send a message to the two tech companies who are at the heart of this
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Metta and Google say teen mental health is complex and can't be linked to a single app.
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The Metro Board of Directors is set to vote today on a route for the northern extension
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Metro staff have recommended a San Vicente Fairfax route that would add nine stations and connect
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travelers to spots like Cedar Sinai, West Hollywood and the Grove.
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Some mid-city residents oppose that choice, though, because they don't want tunnels dug deep
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under their historic homes.
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The project's estimated to cost between $11 and $15 billion.
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L.A.'s city controller says nearly half a billion dollars in homelessness funding
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went unspent last year.
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Aaron Schrank explains.
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The city budgeted $1.1 billion for homelessness, but held $473 million of it.
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Controller Kenneth Mejia told air talk part of the reason is the city gets state grants
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designed to be spent over several years, but puts all the money in a single year's budget.
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He wants to change that.
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So one of my recommendations is don't put everything in one year.
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You know, you're not going to spend it.
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So that would take care of, you know, maybe close to half of the unspent funds.
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Mejia says bureaucratic delays also account for some of the gap.
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He's recommending monthly spending updates to catch those issues.
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Mayor Bass says she supports the reforms, Aaron Schrank, L.A.'s to news.
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Coming up the newest L.A. restaurants to earn a spot in the Michelin Guide.
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Plus, it's time for Dodger Baseball, like a Pavlovian reaction to that.
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As boys and blues start their quest for a three-peat under the name of a new field,
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Support for this podcast comes from Enviro Voters.
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Californians are in an insurance affordability crisis.
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More than one in five California homeowners are uninsured because of canceled policies
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and unaffordable premiums.
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Enviro Voters believes that Californians deserve accessible home insurance with affordable
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We're at affordableinsurancenow.org.
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Looking for something different in L.A.?
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Roe is a city within a city in L.A.'s arts district.
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Browse independent shops like Sneaker-Heaven, Bodega, and Vegan-Favorite Besties.
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Pause for coffee at Go Get Him Tiger or lunch at Picuniko for Japanese fried chicken.
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Norgesburg, Pop-ups, and other events add life to every corner.
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With easy, free, two-hour parking, it's the kind of L.A. experience that invites you
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to slow down and explore.
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Back now with the L.A. report, I'm Austin Cross.
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Six L.A. restaurants have been added to the Michelin Guide.
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They include the 11-seat corridor 109 in Melrose Hill, which focuses on fish, sourced from
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Also, the Mandarin Plaza, Chinese American restaurant, first born, and the Italian Korean
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pasta spot La Paba in K-town.
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Some of these restaurants could earn Bib Gourmond or Star Awards at the annual Michelin
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Guide ceremony later this year.
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It's time for Dodger Baseball.
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It's opening day for the Dodgers who are on a quest to win three world series in a row.
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They take on the Arizona Diamondbacks at 5.30 in the newly named Uniqlo Field.
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Meanwhile, in hoops, the Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers 137 to 130 last night.
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Luca Doncic had 43 points.
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The Clippers beat the Toronto Raptors 119-294.
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Hey, thanks for listening to the L.A. reports Morning Edition, hosted by me, Austin Cross,
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and produced by Kyle Christ.
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Our engineer is Federico Garcia Rodriguez.
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Back here at 1 for the afternoon edition.
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You can read more on our website, L.A.S.T. dot com, or listen live anytime on the L.A.S.T.
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app, or on the radio at 89.3 at 10.
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Hey, everybody, it's Kyle Riznal, the host of Marketplace, inviting you to come see
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me live on stage at the Aratani Theater on Sunday, March the 29th for an afternoon of
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digging into the headlines of this economy and this moment.
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The only thing that's going to be missing is you, unless you're good to tickets right
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now at L.A.S.T. dot com slash events.
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Hope to see you there.