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hey remember the LAUSD school district's AI bot Ed, that crashed and burned earlier this year? anyway the CEO of the vendor has just been charged with fraud
cross-posted from: https://awful.systems/post/2887864
> bust report (archive) > > an earlier piece on the, uh, issues in this case (it's pretty juicy)
- www.theverge.com Waymo’s robotaxis are now available to everyone in Los Angeles
There will still be wait times, just no waitlist.
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New Los Angeles DA vows to reverse predecessor’s ‘social experiments’
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21723707
> The Republican-turned-independent defeated George Gascón as progressive West Coast district attorneys face a voter backlash.
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LA LGBT Center Post-Election Community Space
If you want to attend, they ask that you RSVP through the Google form on this page.
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Metro buses, trains, bikes, and Metro Micro are all free today - go vote!
thesource.metro.net Ride Metro for FREE on Election Day: Tuesday November 5 | The SourceReady to cast your ballot? We’re offering FREE RIDES on all Metro buses, trains, bikes, and Metro Micro this Election Day: Tuesday, November 5.
- www.nbcnews.com Archdiocese of L.A. reaches $880M child sex abuse settlement over hundreds of claims
It's the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese.
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LA LGBT Center's 2024 Voting Guide
The LA LGBT Center has released a proposition voting guide with their recommendations.
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4th Annual LA BioBlitz Challenge - participate in citizen science in October
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You can get involved by using the iNaturalist app and joining the challenge.
The primary objective of this is to both get people more engaged and aware of their local wildlife, and to eliminate white areas with no observations on the iNaturalist observation heat map. This will help researchers learn more about urban ecosystems.
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Grand Ave. looking south from the music center comparing 1963 and 2019
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8376564
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Ride for free today on Metro!
thesource.metro.net Ride Metro for free this Clean Air Day, October 2 | The SourceCalifornia’s 7th annual Clean Air Day is just around the corner –– a moment where organizations big and small come together to encourage everyone to do their
Apparently it’s a promotion for Clean Air Day, I had no idea it was going on until I got on the bus to go to the store today.
- www.nbcnews.com Record heat makes for a sweltering start to October in the West
Across the U.S., 36 million people are under heat alerts. In parts of Arizona, California and Nevada, temperatures are expected to be 10 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal.
- www.cbsnews.com California renters can have monthly payments reflected on their credit scores under new law
California will now require landlords of multi-family housing to give tenants the option to opt into having their rent payments reported to the credit bureaus.
