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LAPD commander fired over drunken incident wins $5.7 million in discrimination lawsuit

Nicole Mehringer lost her job after she was caught drunk in an unmarked police car with a male subordinate, but she won a lawsuit against the city alleging that her conduct — while against department policy — was no different from male command staff who routinely flouted rules and got away with it.

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Deported 6-year-old deaf boy could die in Colombia without medical attention, his attorney says

Attorney Nikolas De Bremaeker said deaf 6-year-old boy Joseph Lodano Rodriguez, who was snatched from Northern California and deported to Colombia earlier this month, needs to be returned to the U.S. immediately or he may die.

LAUSD teacher and service worker unions announce massive April 14 strike if no deal reached

It would mean 60,000+ district workers — teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria workers — would walk out, crippling school operations.

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Arellano: And just like that, the Cesar Chavez myth is punctured. What's next?

Much of the Latino civil rights, political and educational ecosystem will have to grapple with why they held up Cesar Chavez as a paragon of virtue for too long above others just as deserving and, as it turns out, nowhere near as compromised.

Cesar Chavez accused of abusing girls, raping fellow leader Dolores Huerta, newspaper inquiry finds

Labor leader Cesar Chavez is accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls and fellow farmworker leader Dolores Huerta, according to a New York Times inquiry.