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The Latest Book from Patricia Rust — Reading and Debut at Book Soup Aug 5 at 6:00 p.m.
Oh Boy! What joy for children and parents alike: An interactive children’s picture book that will teach, entertain, and have the little ones make their own tails as they learn in verse about animals and why they have tails!
Popular Support Exists for Westside to San Fernando Valley Heavy Rail Line
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor (STC) is a Los Angeles Metro project that would link the San Fernando Valley to the Westside. It is still in its environmental study phase with draft Environmental Impact Reports to be released in early 2025. Metro entered into a Private-Public Partnership with two companies, L.A. SkyRail Express (LASRE) and the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners (STCP) to develop alternatives that aim to transform the notorious traffic bottleneck in the Sepulveda Pass.
ANOTHER VICTORY IN COURT CLEARS THE WAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN VENICE
LOS ANGELES, CA — For the second time in the past month, the Los Angeles Superior Court rejected an attempt to block the Venice Dell Community, a City-approved affordable and supportive housing development. Judge James C. Chalfant ruled on Tuesday, June 4, that the City of Los Angeles acted fully within its rights to enter into a Disposition and Development Agreement with affordable housing providers to provide 140 much-needed new affordable homes in Venice on a city-owned parking lot.
LAUSD’s Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Contract Under Scrutiny
District priorities and budgeting practices have once again attracted significant scrutiny in L.A. Unified. As teachers and parents rallied against budget cuts and raised concerns around district spending, L.A. Unified began building a $6 Million AI-powered chatbot. AllHere Education, the education technology company responsible for Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) AI chatbot, nicknamed “Ed,” abruptly announced it had furloughed much of its staff due to its financial position last month. Its CEO and founder Joanna Smith-Griffin is no longer with the company. L.A. Unified said it had already paid the company around $3 Million. Only three months after the company’s most ambitious project to date was unveiled, it was over.
The Latest Book from Patricia Rust — Reading and Debut at Book Soup Aug 5 at 6:00 p.m.
Oh Boy! What joy for children and parents alike: An interactive children’s picture book that will teach, entertain, and have the little ones make their own tails as they learn in verse about animals and why they have tails!
Popular Support Exists for Westside to San Fernando Valley Heavy Rail Line
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor (STC) is a Los Angeles Metro project that would link the San Fernando Valley to the Westside. It is still in its environmental study phase with draft Environmental Impact Reports to be released in early 2025. Metro entered into a Private-Public Partnership with two companies, L.A. SkyRail Express (LASRE) and the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners (STCP) to develop alternatives that aim to transform the notorious traffic bottleneck in the Sepulveda Pass.
ANOTHER VICTORY IN COURT CLEARS THE WAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN VENICE
LOS ANGELES, CA — For the second time in the past month, the Los Angeles Superior Court rejected an attempt to block the Venice Dell Community, a City-approved affordable and supportive housing development. Judge James C. Chalfant ruled on Tuesday, June 4, that the City of Los Angeles acted fully within its rights to enter into a Disposition and Development Agreement with affordable housing providers to provide 140 much-needed new affordable homes in Venice on a city-owned parking lot.
LAUSD’s Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Contract Under Scrutiny
District priorities and budgeting practices have once again attracted significant scrutiny in L.A. Unified. As teachers and parents rallied against budget cuts and raised concerns around district spending, L.A. Unified began building a $6 Million AI-powered chatbot. AllHere Education, the education technology company responsible for Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) AI chatbot, nicknamed “Ed,” abruptly announced it had furloughed much of its staff due to its financial position last month. Its CEO and founder Joanna Smith-Griffin is no longer with the company. L.A. Unified said it had already paid the company around $3 Million. Only three months after the company’s most ambitious project to date was unveiled, it was over.
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