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A Fontana preschool that implemented an English-only policy for its employees has agreed to a $200,000 settlement with the state of California, alleging that management retaliated against a teacher’s aide for speaking Spanish. The funds could be distributed to former and current employees affected by the policy.The problem started with a pen, the California Department of Civil Rights announced in a news release Thursday. The state watchdog investigates claims of abuse by employers and has filed lawsuits against Tesla, video game giant Activision Blizzard, Microsoft and supermarket chain Ralphs.In 2023, state authorities launched an investigation into Leap and Bounds, a…

The next Los Angeles police chief stands to receive more compensation than Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the chiefs of New York City and Chicago, the nation’s two largest police departments, and even the president of the United States.The Los Angeles Police Department’s civilian watchdog, the Police Commission, is proposing to pay Jim McDonnell an annual salary of $507,509, significantly more than his successor, Chief Michelle Moore. The salary proposal submitted Thursday is expected to be discussed in committee next week, but still requires City Council approval. The pay is at the high end of the salary range for the…

If you’re a World Series hero, you probably don’t need to dress up for Halloween. At least that seemed to be the case for Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who took his three children trick-or-treating on Thursday, less than 24 hours after clinching the World Series championship in New York City. is. In an Instagram post by his wife Chelsea, the Freeman boys can be seen dressed up as Marvel’s Iron Man, Spider-Man, and the Incredible Hulk for Halloween. Freddie and Chelsea Freeman’s three sons dressed up as Marvel superheroes for Halloween. (IG/Chelsea Freeman) A video attached to the post…

WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris maintains a commanding lead over former President Trump among Latino voters, according to a new national poll of 1,500 Latino voters, with the gap growing by 2020. This is almost the same as President Biden’s lead in 2019.A national poll of Hispanic voters conducted Oct. 10-22 by Florida International University in Miami shows Harris leading 57% to 33%. That’s similar to Biden’s 59% to 38% lead over Trump in the 2020 election, estimated by Pew Research Center.Democrats will be pleased with these results, as other polls and elections in recent years have shown the…

After 36 long years, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally held a parade again on Friday afternoon to celebrate their 2024 World Series championship through the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Athletes and their families rode double-decker buses through the streets of downtown Los Angeles, starting at City Hall and ending at the corner of 5th Street and Flower, near the Los Angeles Central Library. After an hour-long parade route in which hundreds of thousands of Dodgers fans lined the streets of Los Angeles to catch a glimpse of the World Series champions, the team returned to Chavez Ravine to celebrate…

As thousands of fans head into downtown Los Angeles on Friday to celebrate the Dodgers’ World Series victory, local law enforcement officials are urging fans to enjoy the parade responsibly. The calls for safety came after the Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 7-6 on Wednesday night to win the World Series for the first time in six games, throwing some celebrations into disarray. At least 12 people were arrested in connection with “sometimes violent and hostile celebrations” in the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The “violent and hostile celebration” also included…

With just four days to go from Election Day, former President Donald Trump spoke out at an on-stage event dominated by large-scale rambling and disparaging attacks on his opponents, one of the Republican Party’s top critics. Had he done so, he suggested, he would not have become such a “war hawk.” The gun was “pointed at her face.” President Trump sat in a chair next to right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson in what was billed as a live interview event and told an arena filled with thousands of supporters Thursday that President Joe Biden is a “stupid bastard.” , said…

Long before Los Angeles City Council candidate Isabel Jurado uttered the words “F— the police,” she made it clear she wasn’t satisfied with the city’s approach to public safety.In last year’s candidate survey, Jurado pledged to shift funding from the LAPD to other programs. She said police should be removed from K-12 schools. And she described herself as an “abolitionist,” someone who supports “abolition of the police and prison industrial complex.”“I believe we are keeping ourselves safe,” she wrote in a 20-page survey she provided to the Democratic Socialists of America, now one of her most important supporters.Tuesday’s election pushes…

“Hey man, are you good?”AJ McLean had reason to be concerned about Liam Payne. Since production wrapped on the new Netflix music competition series where they’d met earlier this year, the Backstreet Boys veteran and One Direction star had talked almost every day on WhatsApp — at least until Payne’s sudden two-week silence early last month.Plus, McLean, 46, knew Payne, 31, had struggled with addiction. On the set of “Building the Band,” where Payne was a celebrity mentor to contestants and McLean the host — the two forged an unusually tight bond over their shared experience: starting their careers in…

Dodgers fans with blankets, chairs, propane heaters and even portable toilets arrived before dawn Friday to secure their spot at the World Series championship parade in downtown Los Angeles. The parade was scheduled to begin at City Hall at 11 a.m., but many fans wearing blue Dodger jackets, caps and other gear were already seated, some sleeping, along the route. At Gloria Molina Grand Park, fans waited in the blue-lit shadow of City Hall for the parade, which was denied in the wake of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. “In 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic, it would have been nice to…