Good morning.
Today, weâre starting with a dispatch by Manny Fernandez from Montecito, the edenic Santa Barbara County enclave where â yes, of course, that one â took place:
On a sun-soaked strip of shops and restaurants in one of the most high-end places in America, the only sign anything was amiss Monday was a subtle one.
A wire-service photographer, with two cameras dangling from his neck.
It was the day after The Interview: Oprah Winfreyâs exclusive sit-down with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Numerous international headlines were generated, but in Montecito â an unincorporated community known as a coastal enclave for the ultrawealthy â it qualified as local news.
Thursday: California is slated to get $42 billion from the federal pandemic relief bill, with $8 billion going to struggling cities. Also: Inside the Covid surge in Los Angeles County.
Whatâs Up With the Golden Globes This Year?
Friday: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under fresh scrutiny ahead of its big awards show. Also: Pandemic updates; and messages from Mars.
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A view of the set up in New York for the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards. The show will be telecast live on Sunday from both New York and Los Angeles for the first time because of the pandemic.Credit.Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
Good morning.
Ah, the Golden Globes.
Itâs the film and television awards show where the winners always thank that group, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, that â does what, exactly? Other than put on the Golden Globes?
Berkeley votes to end police stops for minor traffic violations
California Today
Feb. 24, 2021
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Berkeley police will no longer make stops for minor violations, the city voted Tuesday.Andrei Stanescu / Getty Images/Getty Images
After Californians poured into the streets of cities across the state to protest police brutality and racism last summer, elected leaders pledged to implement reforms.
Los Angeles’ mayor, Eric Garcetti, pledged to move $250 million from city departments including a $150 million cut from the Police Department to go toward communities of color. San Francisco’s mayor, London Breed, in June unveiled a four-point blueprint for dealing with racism and how the city’s Police Department addresses mental health and homelessness.
Los Angelesâs Move to Reduce Police in Schools
Thursday: The decision comes after months of calls to defund the police. Also: A state pandemic aid package.
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Protesters outside the Unified School District headquarters in June calling on the Board of Education to defund school police in Los Angeles.Credit.Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Good morning.
Even as difficult negotiations continue on plans to reopen schools across California, student activists, community organizers and teachers in Los Angeles celebrated what they said on Wednesday was a major victory in a monthslong push to do something thousands of protesters called for last summer: defund the police.