Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show

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by Craig Silverman, ProPublica, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post, Jeff Kao, ProPublica, and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post Jan. 4 https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-hosted-surge-of-misinformation-and-insurrection-threats-in-months-leading-up-to-jan-6-attack-records-show?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=feature Facebook groups swelled with…

As Pediatric Hospitalizations Increase and In-Person Learning Resumes, Parents and Children Are Urged to Take Precaution Amid Surging Transmission

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This week, in an effort to increase capacity at schools to offer testing to returning students, LA County Public Health…

Working Families Champion Heads to California Labor Federation after Distinguished Service in the Legislature

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Prior to being elected to the Assembly, Gonzalez was a labor leader, attorney, and organizer, serving as the first woman…

California Launches Program to Compensate Survivors of State-Sponsored Sterilization

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From 1909 through 1979, under state eugenics laws, thousands of people who lived in California state-run hospitals, homes and institutions…

Meet the Lincoln Project: Vanguard of Democracy?

4 years ago

“There are a lot of groups saying they are in the fight to preserve democracy. They’re earnest and well-meaning, but…

Los Angeles County COVID-19 Cases More than Double from Yesterday to 6,509 New Cases

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The increase in cases represents more than double the Dec. 21 case count.

Carson Circuit Bus Starts Service Jan. 3

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The service will return as a staff-operated service, utilizing city-owned minibuses.

Random Letters: 12-22-21

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A Critical Eye on Feuer Re: “LA Has Big Problems,” RLN, Nov. 25- Dec 15 I have little faith in…

My Recycled Life — My Mother’s Gift Drawer

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“So that’s your mother’s gift drawer,” said a dealer who’d come to my mother’s house to see what furniture, collectibles,…