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Morning Brief: LAUSD's New Leader, Garcetti's Nomination, And A BIPOC Holiday Market

Alberto Carvalho comes to LAUSD from Miami, Garcetti takes a step closer to an ambassadorship in India, and a new market in Silver Lake offers artisanal goods from BIPOC makers.

Morning Brief: Processing George Floyd's Death Again, Young Climate Activists Make Moves, And Going From Tijuana To Temecula

About The Morning Brief The Morning Brief newsletter is sent mornings Monday through Friday. Subscribe to get it delivered to your inbox. As attorneys prepare to make their closing remarks today in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with the death of George Floyd, people around the country are reflecting on the horrific images they watched throughout the trial. The nine-minute-plus video of Floyd’s death, which circulated widely last summer, depicts Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he repeatedly says that he can’t breathe. On our newsroom’s AirTalk show, listeners called in to process their feelings about watching the now-infamous footage again.

Everything We Know About LAUSD's Plan To Reopen Schools

Brace yourselves, students and parents. Your L.A. Unified School District campus may be reopening in April for the first time in potentially 13 months, but the place won't be quite the same. You may be prepared for the now-familiar COVID-19 countermeasures -- face mask requirements, social-distancing warning signs, hand sanitizer stations. But are you ready for a kindergarten classroom without shared toys, books, counting buttons, a reading chair, or even a circle-time rug? Parent Chaka Forman wasn't. 4:33 Support for LAist comes from "This make me sad," Forman said as he toured the Venice classroom where his son once attended kindergarten. "This was a vibrant room full of life, color, activity."

Watch: Garcetti's State Of The City Airs This Afternoon

State Of The City Updated Published Join us live for our annual State of the City address. Together, we can recover, rebuild, and reimagine a more just, resilient, sustainable, equitable and fair city for every Angeleno.#SOTC2021https://t.co/D5NIDC4clv — City of Los Angeles (@LACity) April 20, 2021 Mayor Eric Garcetti is set to give his state of the city address at 5:15 p.m. today. He plans to talk about the city's budget and will most likely touch on the pandemic's toll on the region and tout his solutions. We will update this post when the live-stream video begins.

Radio Documentary 'Immediate Jeopardy' Premieres on KPCC Today

State Of The City Updated Published Join us live for our annual State of the City address. Together, we can recover, rebuild, and reimagine a more just, resilient, sustainable, equitable and fair city for every Angeleno.#SOTC2021https://t.co/D5NIDC4clv — City of Los Angeles (@LACity) April 20, 2021 Mayor Eric Garcetti is set to give his state of the city address at 5:15 p.m. today. He plans to talk about the city's budget and will most likely touch on the pandemic's toll on the region and tout his solutions. We will update this post when the live-stream video begins.

Returning To Campuses This Week: Most LAUSD Elementaries, Long Beach Seniors & More

Morning Brief: Processing George Floyd's Death Again, Young Climate Activists Make Moves, And Going From Tijuana To Temecula

Maxine Waters Attends Minnesota Protest Over Killing Of Daunte Wright

Climate Crisis Updated Published A truck collects recyclables from a blue bin in Santa Clarita, CA. Sharon McNary/LAist As Earth Day approaches on April 22, young climate activists are working hard to clean up their communities. Edgar McGregor, 20, has spent the past two years clearing Pasadena’s Eaton Canyon trails of trash and litter, armed with only a bucket, gloves and trash bags. He’s now calling on local and federal governments to "step up and do their part." “The problem that we face right now is that our civilization is taxing life on planet Earth in ways it can not sustain,” he says.

Pros And Cons Of Extending The LAUSD School Year

Climate Crisis Updated Published A truck collects recyclables from a blue bin in Santa Clarita, CA. Sharon McNary/LAist As Earth Day approaches on April 22, young climate activists are working hard to clean up their communities. Edgar McGregor, 20, has spent the past two years clearing Pasadena’s Eaton Canyon trails of trash and litter, armed with only a bucket, gloves and trash bags. He’s now calling on local and federal governments to "step up and do their part." “The problem that we face right now is that our civilization is taxing life on planet Earth in ways it can not sustain,” he says.

Unhoused Angelenos Struggling To Access Financial Stimulus Payments

Climate Crisis Updated Published A truck collects recyclables from a blue bin in Santa Clarita, CA. Sharon McNary/LAist As Earth Day approaches on April 22, young climate activists are working hard to clean up their communities. Edgar McGregor, 20, has spent the past two years clearing Pasadena’s Eaton Canyon trails of trash and litter, armed with only a bucket, gloves and trash bags. He’s now calling on local and federal governments to "step up and do their part." “The problem that we face right now is that our civilization is taxing life on planet Earth in ways it can not sustain,” he says.