Solutions: The Los Angeles fires demand a better answer to the question ‘How can I help?’
Colleges and universities can help tap into and create a cohort of able volunteers committed to the long- and short-term ...
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Jury selection to begin for alleged ringleader of $250M pandemic fraud scheme in Minnesota
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of the alleged ringleader of a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program meant to feed ...
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Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles ... Newsom ordered shutdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. About 3 million workers were idled ...
How to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires
As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, leaving thousands displaced and causing widespread destruction, experts urge long-term support and careful giving.
Owner of Baldwin Park laboratory gets 9 years in prison for role in $369 million fraud scheme
In May 2024, Shams was also sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a 2017 plea in New York to conspiracy to ...
How the Los Angeles wildfires will transform the 2025 Grammys
The Grammys will still take place on Sunday in Los Angeles but now will focus its attention on helping wildfire victims.
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Tourists love Los Angeles. Could the fires change that?
By some measures, the fires struck as tourism in L.A. finally had recovered fully from the blow dealt by COVID-19. In 2023, the last full year for which statistics are available, Los Angeles ...
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LeBron James Reveals Impact of Los Angeles Wildfires on His Family
The Lakers ended up winning their 17th championship that season in October 2020 in the “Bubble,” after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a four-plus month break in the campaign. Los Angeles is ...
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Yoshiki Of X Japan Donates $500,000 To Los Angeles Wildfire Relief Aid
Internationally renowned as a trailblazing musician and composer, Yoshiki has donated $500,000 to support relief efforts following the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles as the latest expansion ...
America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend
Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and “data chats” at her ...
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Filming in L.A. in 2024 Was the Lowest It’s Been in Three Decades*
Only 2020, which was basically wiped out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had fewer overall shoot days in Los Angeles County than 2024; FilmLA’s records date back to 1995, when the organization ...
Could Los Angeles wildfires leave a lasting dent on city’s tourism? Some are ‘very nervous’
Los Angeles hosted the Grammys on Sunday but the fires that displaced thousands have tainted the city's Hollywood image. Tourism is down Travellers flying into Los Angeles in January were greeted by ...