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Good morning, L.A. It’s Thursday, June 23.
Whew. What climate yesterday! I simply washed my automobile for the primary time in years on Sunday just for it to be utterly soiled as soon as once more after transient however highly effective rain and thunderstorms early Wednesday morning. They don’t seem to be unparalleled this time of yr however, as my colleague Kyle Stokes reviews, they don’t seem to be typical.
Okay, now on to one thing actually severe.
In my previous life within the training world, I turned very conscious of the school-to-prison pipeline – a sample of pushing college students out of Ok-12 public faculties and into the legal justice system, typically over small infractions. In keeping with the American Civil Liberties Union, most of the college students affected by harsh college self-discipline tips, also referred to as “zero-tolerance” insurance policies, are Black or Brown, have disabilities, or histories of poverty, abuse, or neglect, and would profit from further help and assets.
And as a former full-time training reporter (and as a trainer who has seen all of it), this subject is one thing I’ll at all times be very obsessed with.
As we speak, my colleague Emily Elena Dugdale has a must-read story a few Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who physique slammed a 16-year-old Black scholar final yr at Lancaster Excessive Faculty within the Antelope Valley.
Deputy Daniel Acquilano has been placed on desk responsibility and was additionally the topic of a harassment allegation from his ex-wife, based on inside paperwork and division officers.
Final August, he physique slammed 16-year-old MiKayla Robinson to the bottom and straddled her after she refused to provide her cellphone to him. The incident was caught on video, and sparked protests by neighborhood members demanding to get the deputy off campus.
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Final yr, Emily and ProPublica co-published a narrative about how Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are disproportionately citing Black teenagers in Lancaster excessive faculties for minor infractions like preventing, smoking cigarettes and disrupting class. In keeping with their evaluation, “Black youngsters made up 60% of the deputy contacts at faculties however made up solely 20 % of the enrollment in these faculties.”
As at all times, attempt to keep comfortable and wholesome, of us. There’s extra information beneath the fold.
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Earlier than You Go…Go to this Immersive Artwork Expertise That includes a As soon as Collapsed Well-known Tree
This tree got here from Olvera Avenue to this downtown Los Angeles warehouse, artist Glenn Kaino giving it a brand new life.
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Okay, y’all. I’ve a particular deal with for you in the present day! Inside a dimly lit warehouse in downtown Los Angeles is an immersive, futuristic exhibit with a deep environmental message. It’s known as A Forest For The Trees from conceptual artist Glenn Kaino. I don’t wish to give too many particulars away, however my colleague Mike Roe did such a fantastic job describing it, I’ve now purchased tickets to go. I imply, the central a part of the exhibit is a resurrected fig tree that when stood for greater than a century downtown.
The quote within the article that offered me? Right here it’s:
“Kaino informed attendees that he was impressed by mentalist Max Maven and a trick Maven would carry out, taking a card that’s been ripped into items and as soon as once more making it entire.
Kaino didn’t perceive what the phantasm was about at first, however he stated that Maven defined, “That piece is about resurrection. Meaning it’s about hope. It’s concerning the cussed perception that even should you see one thing destroyed in entrance of your eyes, there’s an opportunity for us to revive it.”
This Moreton Bay fig tree used to face on the finish of Olvera Avenue on the historic L.A. birthplace El Pueblo de Los Angeles. However as Mike reviews in his piece, it collapsed in 2019 after standing sturdy for 144 years all due to dry rot and a storm. 144 years! Now it has been introduced again to life by Kaino and associates.
This tree has a lot historical past on this metropolis. It in all probability performed a big function in a few of our readers’ lives. Has it performed an essential half in yours? Do you’ve gotten a narrative to inform? We’d love to listen to it. Submit your story right here.
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