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Articles for Lucero

Column: Is UCLA a ‘failed medical school’? Debunking a dumb right-wing meme
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Is UCLA a ‘failed medical school’? Debunking a dumb right-wing meme

LA Times  

A “failed medical school”? The right-wing and Republican project to eradicate diversity and inclusiveness from American society has become more absurd with every passing day, but it will be hard for anyone to produce a more vapid and fatuous effort than a recent article labeling UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine as a “failed medical school.” The reason for that …

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A drunk driver killed her husband and daughter. His 11-year sentence brings no comfort
8 months ago

A drunk driver killed her husband and daughter. His 11-year sentence brings no comfort

LA Times  

Erika Lopez holds a photo of her late husband, Alberto Lopez, and 10-year-old daughter, Lucero Lopez, at her apartment in Anaheim. On Jan. 25, 2023, Lopez’s husband, Alberto Vicente Lopez, and their 10-year-old daughter, Lucero, were killed when a drunk driver crashed into the van they were riding in on their way home from church. Erika Lopez and her family …

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International students embrace Chinese New Year traditions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

International students embrace Chinese New Year traditions

China Daily  

International students at Jiangsu University's Overseas Education College participated in various activities at the school's 2024 Spring Festival Party on Jan 21, including writing Spring Festival couplets, making dumplings, and paper cutting. International students at Jiangsu University's Overseas Education College came together on Jan 21 for the school's 2024 Spring Festival Party to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon. …

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International students embrace Chinese New Year traditions
10 months, 3 weeks ago

International students embrace Chinese New Year traditions

China Daily  

International students at Jiangsu University's Overseas Education College participated in various activities at the school's 2024 Spring Festival Party on Jan 21, including writing Spring Festival couplets, making dumplings, and paper cutting. International students at Jiangsu University's Overseas Education College came together on Jan 21 for the school's 2024 Spring Festival Party to celebrate the upcoming Year of the Dragon. …

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Inside the world’s largest AIDS charity’s troubled move into homeless housing
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside the world’s largest AIDS charity’s troubled move into homeless housing

LA Times  

After her eviction, Alisha Lucero returned to her apartment to find her belongings thrown away. The foundation’s problems, he said, are similar to those faced by other Skid Row landlords: operating old buildings while serving a troubled tenant population without sufficient support from the city. “Eviction makes it hard for families to find decent housing in safe neighborhoods & has …

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Oakland A’s fans send MLB owners ‘Stay In Oakland’ boxes as Las Vegas vote nears
1 year, 1 month ago

Oakland A’s fans send MLB owners ‘Stay In Oakland’ boxes as Las Vegas vote nears

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Boston Red Sox owner John Henry was sent a special “Stay In Oakland” box from Bay Area fans packed with a green Athletics cap, a baseball card featuring his likeness and a note telling him all the reasons he should vote no on the team’s planned relocation to Las Vegas. “The fans are not the problem.” Oakland …

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Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week
1 year, 7 months ago

Southern border braces for a migrant surge with Title 42 set to expire this week

CNN  

CNN — The United States is bracing for the expiration of a pandemic-era border restriction this week, with officials fearing it will spur a surge of migrants and exacerbate an already challenging humanitarian crisis at the southern border. “No matter how much we are prepared, I don’t think we are going to be prepared enough,” John Martin, deputy director of …

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Minneapolis and state agree to revamp policing post-Floyd
1 year, 8 months ago

Minneapolis and state agree to revamp policing post-Floyd

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a “court-enforceable settlement agreement” Friday to revamp policing in the city where George Floyd was murdered by an officer nearly three years ago. Lucero said: “This agreement serves as a model for how cities, police departments and community members across the country can work together to …

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Post-Floyd probe finds discrimination by Minneapolis police
2 years, 7 months ago

Post-Floyd probe finds discrimination by Minneapolis police

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people at a higher rate than white people, using force more often on people of color and maintaining a culture where racist language is tolerated, a state investigation launched after George Floyd’s killing found. …

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Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job in sound design
3 years, 3 months ago

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job in sound design

LA Times  

Demand for sound design isn’t limited to film and television — video game developers and other tech companies also need people who can create immersive sounds. You have way more license than you think you do to play with sounds and stylize them and use unexpected elements to impart something emotional to them.” That’s why sound designers tend to be …

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Some parents are seeking out permanent virtual school for the fall
3 years, 5 months ago

Some parents are seeking out permanent virtual school for the fall

CNN  

CNN Business — Many parents and children struggled with remote learning throughout the pandemic. Julie Johnson, principal of the Spark Online Academy, said the virtual school was created because many families in the Colorado Springs School District reported similar success with online classes during the pandemic. “Those generalizations dismiss what has worked for so many families — and that population …

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Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting
4 years, 2 months ago

Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has upheld a Minnesota state court agreement that allows the counting of absentee ballots received up to seven days after Election Day. Republicans had asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel to block the seven-day extension that said ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must be counted. Before the consent decree, state law required absentee …

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"We sent 500 tests. They don’t answer calls": Inside ICE’s coronavirus testing disaster
4 years, 3 months ago

"We sent 500 tests. They don’t answer calls": Inside ICE’s coronavirus testing disaster

Salon  

Kathy Kunkel, secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health, was frustrated. Otero has since become one of the ICE facilities hardest hit by the pandemic, despite the fact that New Mexico's public health experts repeatedly offered their help and expertise to slow the spread of COVID-19. View reported COVID-19 cases at all ICE facilities here Internal emails obtained by …

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