IMMIGRATION
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April 9, 2021 4:58 PM
Asylum seekers from countries including Honduras wait outside the El Chaparral border crossing port as they wait to cross into the United States in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on February 19, 2021. - The Biden administration plans to slowly all
On the heels of Long Beach approving its convention center for use as an emergency shelter for unaccompanied migrant children, the Pomona Fairplex has been announced as a second child migrant shelter in the L.A. area.
The Fairplex will temporarily house up to 2,500 migrant children who have been in the custody of U.S Customs and Border Protection. The federal government has already set up similar shelters at convention centers in San Diego and Dallas due to overcrowding at Border Patrol facilities. The idea is to shelter the children until they can be reunited with family members or sponsors in the U.S.
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Transportation
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Stephanie Wiggins (Courtesy Metrolink)
Los Angeles County s public transit agency, LA Metro, has a new leader Stephanie Wiggins. Wiggins will be the first woman, and the first African American woman, to lead the angency.
Wiggins currently leads Metrolink, the Southern California commuter rail system. She was previously the deputy CEO of LA Metro.
Mayor Eric Garcetti made the announcement after the Metro Board voted to appoint Wiggins yesterday: Stephanie Wiggins is prepared to carry us into the next extraordinary chapter of this agency s story, getting more buses on the streets with our Next Gen bus plan, making sure that anyone can hop on the regional connector, and ride from East L.A., all the way to the coast. and realizing our dream of a fareless system.
Coronavirus: Reopening California
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Governor Newsom announced yesterday that the entire state will exit the color-coded COVID-19 tier system on June 15th. So what does that mean for L.A. music venues?
Punk bar The Sardine in San Pedro is rapidly booking local bands for June, but they re staying away from touring groups for now, in case reopening falls through.
Sardine co-owner Todd Congelliere says he s going to remain cautious: This to us is even early, and we ve been waiting for this for a long time. We want to keep the same safety standards. I mean anything could happen again, even after everyone gets vaccinated.
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