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Local and national news, NPR, things to do, food recommendations and guides to Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland EmpireLAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network. For the latest national news from NPR and our live radio broadcast, visitCentinela Hospital Medical Center’s labor and delivery ward closes on Wednesday, creating a gap in reproductive health care for Inglewood residents.
“Accountability does not look like removing essential healthcare access,” said Onyemma Obiekea, policy director for the non-profit health education and advocacy organization. “Accountability looks like improving the quality of healthcare.”This story talks about the death in childbirth of a pregnant Black woman and disparities in maternal and infant health.You might notice this story uses the term pregnant or birthing people.
The hospital said it notified people of the closure online, on social media, and in-person at the facility. There’s no one right approach, so it’s important to weigh the pros and cons of each of these strategies, and keep in mind that some come with risks or may not be realistic for everyone.Find someone you trust to talk openly and freely about what happened. This process can help you understand what happened and decide what next steps you want to take.It can be helpful to have a record of what happened, from your point of view, written as close to the time of violation as possible.
It was a grainy screenshot taken from surveillance video at the Michaels craft store in Petaluma, California. It showed a man and a woman standing at a cash register. The woman’s hair is up in a bun, and the man is wearing a hoodie with a design on the back that’s kind of hard to make out. A photo of Sadie and Eddie Martinez at the cash register at Michaels in Petaluma, California on Dec. 7, 2020 taken from surveillance video. This photo was sent out by the Petaluma Police Department on Dec. 14, 2020, as part of an effort to identify the couple.But she was curious. So she logged onto Facebook, where it felt like every mother she knew in Petaluma was sharing that surveillance photo — and an Instagram video made by the woman who had filed the police report.
“And I'm looking at this picture, and I'm like, I know those people,” Reynolds said. She zoomed in on the man’s sweatshirt, and realized the blurry design read “Black Lives Matter.” It was a hoodie she had designed herself. The entire thing was starting to feel dystopian. How could a woman they had no memory of encountering be accusing them of trying to kidnap her children?
On the morning of Dec. 7, 2020, not long after leaving the Michaels in Petaluma, Katie called the police from her car, and told the dispatcher that a couple tried to kidnap her children. “They started walking in circles around my son's stroller, which was right next to me,” she told the dispatcher. “There's no reason why they should have been next to me. And so I was too scared to say something to them. So I called to someone that was standing behind them and said, ‘Excuse me, ma’am, help me.’ And she came over and they ran away.”
The police searched Michaels and the parking lot. They couldn’t find anyone involved or enough evidence to say that a crime had occurred, so they dropped the matter. Throughout that conversation, which I listened to and watched, it seemed like Katie waffled between being doubtful and doubling down on her previous statements.
But as the conversation continued, Katie seemed less certain about aspects of her story. She acknowledged that she may have misinterpreted the couple following her in. And the white van that she initially told the dispatcher about, maybe it had nothing to do with the couple after all. They told Crosby they did not remember seeing Katie Sorensen, and they definitely did not try to grab her stroller.
A crowd of about 40 people had gathered on the asphalt, blocking several parking spots. There were moms in trucker hats, dads in vests, and little kids in bike helmets. Almost everyone was wearing a mask. After this press conference, Sadie focused her energy on making sure Katie would face criminal charges.She turned her rallying cry into her own hashtag, #ProsecuteKatie, and began writing it everywhere: in chalk on the sidewalk,, on receipts as she signed to pay at restaurants. She had sweatshirts printed. She did a banner drop over a road in Petaluma. She talked to reporters with Elle andBut privately, Sadie was feeling uneasy.
Jessica met Katie Sorensen through a local mother’s group in Sonoma, where Katie used to live and where Jessica still lives. Jessica didn’t want to use her last name, for fear of being harassed or retaliated against for speaking out in support of Katie. One of these conspiracies was called #SaveTheChildren. Save The Children, sans hashtag, is the name of a 100-year-old nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of children around the world. But in the summer of 2020, the hashtag #SaveTheChildren was coopted by people who follow the conspiracy theorist known as QAnon. It has nothing to do with the organization.
According to court documents, the Petaluma Police Department found Katie to be “in significant engagement with QAnon conspiracy theories which tend to center around kidnappers and pedophiles.” I later saw an Instagram post she made holding a hand-drawn sign that reads, “Let’s be the generation that ends child trafficking.” The photo caption is “slavery still exists” and ends with the hashtag #savethechildren.
The trial began on April 18, 2023 in the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, which is about 20 miles north of Petaluma. It’s a big beige cube on a street called Administration Drive, which is like an industrial park for government buildings. The courthouse was busy, and a line had formed outside to walk through the metal detector. It was sunny and warm, and the trees were flowering and sprouting new leaves.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the lawsuit seeks to change “the practices that have led to the known harm and moving forward with healthier practices and protocols on the platform.” Meta, he said, has disregarded the dangers of social media and instead lied about the harmful effects to users and to parents.
When Haugen released the documents, she said her intention was to no longer feel “culpable” for the “secrets that I had been forced to carry at Facebook.” Landlords of any size will only receive rent relief funding if their tenants meet the program’s qualifications. Tenants cannot earn more than 80% of the area’s median income, which comes out to $70,650 for a one-person household or $100,900 for a family of four.
Measure ULA revenue has so far been lower than proponents expected, with top-dollar property sales proving sluggish since the tax took effect on April 1. By mid-September the measure had raisedDespite the lackluster tax collection, L.A. city council members have allocated $150 million in ULA funding so far to purposes such as affordable housing development, legal aid for tenants facing eviction and rental subsidies for low-income seniors and people with disabilities.
"We have potential concerns with child labor," Briceño said."There were payments that were made via Zelle — potentially wage theft. And so, we feel that this industry is taking advantage of very vulnerable workers."In a statement, Gascón said his office would work with the union and other community groups to ensure hotels are in compliance with labor laws.
The system announced Monday during its Graduation Initiative 2025 symposium in San Diego that rates remain unchanged from last year for first-time students. Preliminary data shows the four-year graduation rate remains unchanged from last year at 35%. The system’s 2025 goal is 40%. The six-year graduation rate for first-time students also remains the same as last year at 62%. The 2025 goal is 70%.
However, graduation equity gaps persist throughout the system. The gap between Black, Latino and Native American students and their peers increased by 1 point this year to a 13% difference. The graduation rate for Black students is at 47%. And the socioeconomic gap in graduation rates between low-income and higher-income students increased to 12%, said Jeff Gold, assistant vice chancellor for student success in the chancellor’s office.
But the chancellor’s office is also working on strategies to understand and intervene where it can to improve the college experience for low-income and students of color, she said. For example, former interim Chancellor Jolene Koester assembled a strategic workgroup on Black student success to study trends and improve education for that group of students.
The new facility can store 280,000 acre-feet of water, which is four times the capacity of Big Bear Lake, according to Metropolitan.
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