By Elvia Limón and Jason Sánchez
Hello, it’s Tuesday, August 23rd and here are the stories you can’t miss today:
Newsom Vetoes Bill to Implement Overdose Prevention Programs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a questionable bill that would have allowed pilot systems of supervised injection sites in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland in order to prevent drug overdose deaths and connect others to addiction treatment.
The number of safe injection sites that would have been legal through the bill may have induced a “world of accidental consequences,” Newsom wrote in his veto message.
Newsom reiterated that he committed to damage relief strategies, but said the pilot systems needed to be well planned and have strong local leadership.
At the center of the campaign’s search for money.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may not be too fond of California, but he’s more than happy to make a stopover in the state to raise money for his re-election bid. Newport Coast compound owned by “Undercover Billionaire” star Glenn Stearns and his wife, Mindy, a former Los Angeles television entertainment reporter.
These extravagant fundraisers, in the homes of Hollywood royalty or Silicon Valley’s big tech names, came to a large halt during the early months of the pandemic. midterm elections, which will resolve control of Congress.
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A pay cut to keep running away from home?
Working from home during the pandemic has become an unexpected success. Many employees enjoyed a higher quality of life, as well as savings on travel and other expenses. Companies have higher productivity and reduced costs.
Now that remote jobs are likely to take one form or another for the foreseeable future, a war is beginning to brew over who deserves to pocket the savings, with some employers arguing that running away from home is making a profit that deserves to be offset by lower costs. wages.
Paying telepintors less is a practice that is already spreading abroad. At present, such arrangements seem rare in the United States, due to the tight labor market. it can reduce hard work costs and increase results.
Anthony Fauci says he will resign in December
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s most sensitive infectious disease expert who has become a familiar call, and the subject of partisan attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, said he would leave the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.
While the COVID-19 pandemic brought him to millions of Americans, he spoke candidly to the country about many epidemics, HIV/AIDS, SARS, pandemic flu, Ebola, and the anthrax attacks of 2001.
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California fights against the aging of the aqueducts
As drought, global warming and chronic overexploitation push the Colorado River into new and damaging channels, water officials hope to prevent an earthquake from breaking a critical Depression-era aqueduct that now connects millions of Southern Californians to the shrinking river.
Recently, officials from the Southern California Metropolitan Water District celebrated the descent of an earthquake-resistant pipe segment into a component of the Colorado River aqueduct. it is plagued not only by drought, but also by sinking canals, leaks in pipes, and the imminent risk of wildfires and earthquakes.
The state approved a plan for high-speed rail between San Francisco and San Jose. The board’s unanimous vote earlier this month to certify the latest environmental report for the San Francisco-San Jose segment paves the way for the 43-mile expansion between the two cities.
Some former gymnasts and coaches in the state of San Jose accuse a former coach of emotional abuse. More than 70 former gymnasts, coaches and parents of gymnasts have signed a petition to help Wayne Wright. The former women’s gymnastics coach resigned in 2018 after being accused by 25 current and former gymnasts of acts including verbal abuse, body shame, manipulative habit and threats to remove the purse, according to a university research report.
The body of missing teenager Kiely Rodni was “more than likely” discovered in a California tank. five miles north of where Kiely was last seen.
The near-plant domain of the Ukrainian nuclear force was hit again by bombing despite foreign calls. On the battlefield, the town of Nikopol, about 10 km downstream from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear force plant, was targeted by rocket and mortar shells 3 times a night. Homes, a kindergarten, a bus station and department stores were attacked, the government said.
Young Filipinos are back in school after two years lost to COVID-19. Officials have faced significant demanding situations: additional shortages, persistent fears similar to those of COVID-19, a looming storm, and school buildings destroyed by the earthquake in the north of the country. country: re-enroll some 28 million students for the school year.
When election officials resigned, they disappointed a rural Texas county. A stampede is now underway to exercise replacements and anchor them in layers of New Texas election legislation that are among the strictest in the United States. The resignations have made the county of some 27,000 citizens — which overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump in 2020 — an ordinary example of the consequences resulting from opposing threats to election officials. “That’s the only thing we can’t understand,” said one former staff member. “Your candidate won by a wide margin. But is there fraud here?
It’s been 50 years since Wattstax. The summer of 1972 is a decisive era for Raymond Shields. He had just finished high school and was about to leave Los Angeles to take the exam at Northwestern University. It was a summer of house parties and trips to Disneyland, and only in the end, he and a friend bought $1 tickets to the big music event called Wattstax.
Leon Vitali, the actor who became Stanley Kubrick’s right-hand man, has died at the age of 74. Although Vitali has been described as Kubrick’s assistant, Tony Zierra’s 2017 documentary, “Filmpaintingser,” highlighted Vitali’s massive and largely unknown contributions. to the paintings of one of the greatest figures in cinema, from “The Shining” to “Eyes Wide Shut”.
Fetty Wap pleaded guilty to one drug charge. The “Trap Queen” rapper was first arrested last October for participating in a plot to smuggle giant amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs into the New York City area.
Plácido Domingo’s call gave the impression of an investigation into a sex cult in Argentina. The Spanish opera singer, who has faced allegations of sexual harassment by many women over the past three years, has not been charged with any crime in the Argentina case.
Film and TELEVISION production in the UK is skyrocketing as teams complain of exhaustion. season of “The Crown” and the highly anticipated “The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power”. But according to one report, the immediate expansion is creating “very stressed workplaces,” which could hurt the British film industry.
Global physical disorders are to blame for the resurgence of polio. The combination of a lack of vaccines in some resource-poor countries and the denial of vaccines in the United States and elsewhere has led to the arrival of polio along with the spread of two other countries. primary diseases: COVID-19 and monkeypox. These coincident dangers remind us of the pressing need to fill in the gaps in vaccine and use.
How the war in Ukraine is the Arctic in danger. Seven countries surrounding the North Pole — Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the United States — recently said they would suspend cooperation with Russia in the Arctic Council, which Russia has recently chaired, in reaction to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. This resolution threatens to dismantle a set of governance mechanisms established through the Arctic Council and other foreign forums that have maintained peace and collaboration in the Arctic for generations.
Crypto. com Arena is about to be renovated. The 23-year-old sports venue, formerly known as Staples Center, has unveiled a multibillion-dollar crusade to rejuvenate itself in the offseason, with paintings of structures underway at all levels. a giant place, there are enough paintings to last the next 3 summers.
Unprecedented NIL agreement across St. ‘s football teamJohn’s Bellflower football team is about to go where no high school team has gone: a name, symbol and resemblance agreement for the entire team that will pay reimbursement to those who need to participate, according to an announcement through KONGiQ Sports Performance. It is believed to be the first for a high school.
Former MLB star Kenny Lofton has been charged with sexual misconduct. Brandyn Toney is suing the baseball star and co-owner of a Lofton investment corporation, alleging he was fired in June and that the company refused to pay his $85,000 salary after reporting an incident in which a worker said she was exposed to photographs of Lofton’s penis. Toney said in February that a subordinate informed the company’s lawyer that he had noticed photographs Lofton had sent in personal messages to women on Instagram, according to the lawsuit.
Getting around Los Angeles (or not) without a car. Before arriving in Los Angeles in May for his journalism fellowship with the L. A. Times, our colleague Parth M. N. he says one of his friends told him it would be difficult to be in the city without a car. Part of the idea that it was an exaggeration: “Possibly it would have been my first time in the United States, but I have traveled a lot in Europe, where it does not matter if you are close to the city center or not, the subway and bus lines have exquisite connectivity.
Needless to say, they don’t do it in Los Angeles. Parth talks about his adventures on public transportation during his 3 months in Los Angeles, which left him irritated and amused.
This week, fifty-two years ago, on August 25, 1970, Elton John made his U. S. debut at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Veteran Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn wrote in his prophetic review: At night, there is no doubt about John’s ability and potential. Tuesday night at the Troubadour is just the beginning. He’s going to be one of rock’s most important and vital stars.
Los Angeles Times editor Amy Hubbard contributed to the report.
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Elvia Limón is a multiplatform editor of the Los Angeles Times newsletters. Limon in the past worked as a engagement producer for the Texas Tribune and an engagement reporter for the Dallas Morning News. She is originally from Dallas and is an alumnus of the University of North Texas.
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