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SoCal is going to get slightly warmer this week, and there's a chance that it's going to be windy come Wednesday. What about the temperatures: In Orange County, coastal areas will see highs around 61 degrees.
Meanwhile, in L.A. County, the beaches will be a bit warmer with highs from 69 to 75 degrees.SoCal is going to get slightly warmer this week, and there's a chance that it's going to be windy come Wednesday. In Orange County, coastal areas will see highs around 61 degrees. Meanwhile, in L.A. County, the beaches will be a bit warmer with highs from 69 to 75 degrees. More inland, the valleys and the Inland Empire will see highs from 69 to 75 degrees. We can expect similar temperatures in Coachella Valley, but in the Antelope Valley, it will be chilly, with highs from 55 to 63 degrees.Federal immigration enforcement authorities are facing scrutiny and widespread criticism over their tactics, including the lack of body-worn cameras, following the killing of two U.S. citizens by immigration officers in Minneapolis.ICE is struggling in Minneapolis to use body-worn cameras: first, there are none available in the area; second, officers deployed are not properly trained in their use.This month, immigration officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis — Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti – in separate incidents, and have since been confronted by large crowds of protesters and legal observers. The administration has defended the actions of the two officers involved in the shootings.Federal immigration enforcement authorities are facing scrutiny and widespread criticism over their tactics, including the lack of body-worn cameras, following the killing of two U.S. citizens by immigration officers in Minneapolis. Several factors have led to this: Federal law does not mandate the use of body cameras by the two agencies tasked with leading the efforts to arrest and detain illegal immigrants — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Additionally, there is a shortage of cameras and a de-prioritization of body-camera programs in the second Trump administration. This month, immigration officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis — Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti – in separate incidents, and have since been confronted by large crowds of protesters and legal observers. The administration has defended the actions of the two officers involved in the shootings. After Pretti's killing Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the VA nurse was committing an"act of terrorism" by"attacking" officers and"brandishing" a weapon. The video evidence and eyewitness accounts that have surfaced so far refute that assertion. There has been no evidence that NPR has verified of Pretti brandishing his handgun at any time during the encounter with federal agents. "There is body camera footage from multiple angles which investigators are currently reviewing," a DHS official told NPR in a statement Monday. The investigation is being led by Homeland Security Investigations, a division of ICE, and supported by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. CBP will also do an internal investigation. There are about 2,000 immigration officers rotating through Minneapolis for what the administration dubs"Operation Metro Surge." Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates have criticized the rapid deployment of ICE officers and Border Patrol agents, as well as the officers' tactics to control crowds and conduct arrests. Minnesota officials areICE is struggling in Minneapolis to use body-worn cameras: first, there are none available in the area; second, officers deployed are not properly trained in their use.for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, said that body-worn cameras had not been implemented for ICE officers out of his office. "To equip every ICE law enforcement personnel operating out of Minnesota with a BWC device will require approximately 2,000 devices," Olson said, adding that ICE would also need 180 days to ship, install, and test the necessary equipment and train hundreds of law enforcement personnel on proper usage, maintenance, and storage. Furthermore, there are no body-worn cameras"physically located" at the St. Paul field office and that the agency would have to ship in additional devices, potentially needing more than ICE nationally has. "At this time, the ERO St. Paul Office is not scheduled or funded for BWC deployment. ICE law enforcement personnel out of the ERO St. Paul Offices are not properly prepared, trained, or equipped for an immediate deployment of BWC use," Olson said.According to court filings, body cameras"will be used to record official law enforcement encounters, except when doing so may jeopardize agents and officers or public safety." "For purposes of Operation Metro Surge, CBP personnel who are equipped with and trained in , have been instructed to have their body-worn camera on their person for use in operations," said Kyle Harvick, deputy incident commander with Border Patrol overseeing border patrol operation in Minneapolis during"Operation Metro Surge."In 2021 Congress mandated ICE work with the Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to design a This was a part of a broader Biden administration executive order to expand the use of body cameras to federal law enforcement.The use of body cameras has surfaced several times during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. In Chicago, District Judge Sara Ellis issued a temporary restraining order in October ordering federal agents conducting immigration enforcement in her district to activate their body cameras if they have them and unless exempted by agency policy. An appealsIn order to address concerns about the lack of body cameras, lawmakers in the House recently passed a spending bill that would provide DHS with $20 million for cameras for ICE and CBPresistant to passing the packageCHOC said they made the decision due to federal pressure. But LGBTQ community leaders and CHOC patient families said hospital leadership shouldn’t cave to the Trump administration.“This was a very difficult decision, made to ensure we can continue serving all children and families across the communities we serve,” a CHOC spokesperson said in a statement to LAist. The hospital also pointed to a federal investigation.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are currently in the middle of a public comment period for two proposed rule changes that would defund gender-affirming care for youth, and restrict all Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide the care.Parents and families, including some with patients at CHOC who aren't trans, denounced the decision and are calling on hospital leadership to consult with families and doctors.Children’s Hospital of Orange County is now the latest Southern California medical provider to stop offering gender-affirming care, blaming investigations and escalating actions from the federal government. The hospital, as well as other hospitals in San Diego and Riverside counties under the Rady Children’s umbrella organization, has said that it will stop offering gender-affirming care to patients under 19 effective Feb. 6. The decision has forced patients to scramble to find healthcare in a span of two weeks or risk complications from a forced withdrawal from hormone therapy. The backlash from community members has been swift after dozens of protesters recently hit the streets outside CHOC’s hospital in Orange to rally against the decision.“This was a very difficult decision, made to ensure we can continue serving all children and families across the communities we serve,” a CHOC spokesperson said in a statement to LAist. But parents of CHOC patients who attended a rally Saturday opposing the move said that they were not consulted by hospital leadership for the decision. Some said they would have advocated for CHOC to preserve its gender-affirming care clinic if they were.Haley Horton, a mother who carpools with trans youth CHOC patients, said the clinic’s planned closure was a “business decision.” “ I know my son's nurse who's at this hospital doesn't want that happening,” Horton said. “I know the doctors at this hospital don't want this to happen.”An ongoing concern for hospitals is the potential that their Medicaid and Medicare funding will be revoked if they offer gender-affirming care to minors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are currently in the middle of a public comment period for two proposed rule changes that would defund gender-affirming care for youth, and restrict all Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide the care. Those rules have not taken effect and are expected to be challenged by LGBTQ+ legal rights organizations. A CHOC spokesperson also confirmed to LAist that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general’s office had launched an investigation into the hospital. Legal experts interviewed by LAist have referred to subpoenas and investigations launched by the federal government as “scare tactics,” and say that it’s possible they won’t hold up in court. According to TransFamily Support Services, a San Diego-based organization that also protested the closure of Rady Children’s Hospital’s clinic in San Diego, the hospital system willThe hospital did not respond to a direct question from LAist asking the hospital what provisions were being made for families who now have two weeks to find another health care provider in an extremely precarious market. When Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closed its gender-affirming care clinic last July, administrators gave families a six-week off-ramp to find another provider, and many doctors wrote out prescriptions to tide people over for months.Horton has been in touch with the families she knows with trans teenagers who are patients at CHOC. She told LAist that those families did not attend the weekend rally in order to protect their mental health as they “scramble” to find alternate care. The rally also drew turnout from elected officials and public figures, like Tustin School Board Trustee Allyson Muñiz Damikolas. Muñiz Damikolas said she came out on behalf of her kids, who are also patients at CHOC due to a complex medical condition, and to support trans youth nationwide. Chris Kluwe, a former NFL player turned political advocate who’s running to represent Huntington Beach in the state assembly, said CHOC’s leaders were “cowardly bureaucrats who aren't willing to stand up and do the right thing” in the face of a “tyrannical federal government." Chris Kluwe, who's running to represent Huntington Beach in the state assembly, showed up to rally against the CHOC clinic's closure.“ I'm a transgender woman and I'm here to tell you that denying people this gender affirming care doesn't make gender dysphoria go away,” said Stephanie Wade, chair of Lavender Dems of Orange County. “All it does is make it metastasize into suicidal depression. And I've been there. I dealt with this as a child. We can't take this away from kids.”Stephanie Wade of Lavender Democrats was one of many local LGBTQ political leaders attending Saturday's rally. Felicity Figueroa, the chair of the Orange County Equality Coalition, called on hospital leadership to consult with the families and doctors, especially given that the proposed federal rules have not yet taken effect. “They're saying it's gonna affect the other kids who aren't LGBTQ,” Figueroa said. “But are they asking the parents of the other kids if they're willing to throw their neighbor's kids under the bus just because of a ? That's the thing. They aren't listening.”Brit Cervantes of OCGAPNet, an advocacy organization for gender-affirming providers in Orange County, said the closure of CHOC’s clinic would likely have ripple effects that could reverberate for years. “ There's going to be a time where we exist beyond this administration, and we will have to work to rebuild this trust with our patients after we abandon them. That is a very long lasting impact,” Cervantes said. Cervantes, a medical professional, said that discontinuing hormone therapy can lead to major complications akin to what menopausal women experience. In addition to the effects on local adolescents, the rally’s organizers also pointed to what they saw as a wider-scale erosion of rights and norms under the second Trump administration. It took place on the same day that ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.Kanan Durham, executive director of the Huntington Beach-based nonprofit Pride at the Pier, linked the closure to “blackmail, intimidation and state violence” happening at other levels of the federal government, including the actions of immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis. “ Suggesting that evidenced-based health care that is supported by every major institution in the Western world is medical fraud is to set a foundation where the government can decide who is allowed to have health care and who is not,” Durham said. “They are making decisions based on their own moral judgements. And if that's where they're coming from, then any American, anybody living in this country has their health care under risk.”Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which was the largest provider of pediatric gender-affirming care in the country, closed its Center for Transyouth Health and Development That was followed by other providers who said they’d stop or pause certain types of health care for trans youth, including Kaiser Permanente’s ongoing pause of gender-affirming surgeries and certain implants for people under 19. Advocates say these closures are making it harder and harder for trans youth in Southern California to find the care that they need.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.Palisades Charter High's "stadium by the sea," is still under construction as students return to the campus on Tues. Jan. 27, 2026.Palisades Charter High School is reopening Tuesday a little more than a year after fire tore through campus and the surrounding community.The Palisades Fire destroyed 30% of the campus, including 36 classrooms, storage facilities and the football stadium. Students shifted to online learning and then moved temporarily intosoil, water, air remaining and new structures for toxins related to the wildfire. ”At the moment, I'm 100% convinced that we are in a very safe environment,” said Principal Pamela Magee Monday. “We've got folks watching out to make sure that that continues into the future.”about whether the remediation is comprehensive enough and how the test results were communicated to families. Friday, the Los Angeles Unified School District asked a group of researchersto review a summary of the clean-up efforts and test results. The study co-leads, including UCLA environmental health sciences professor Yifang Zhu, concluded they would be comfortable. Zhu, whose daughter is a recent graduate of the school, said the decision is ultimately up to each family. “There's no such thing as zero risk,” Zhu said. “Risk is very personal. Every family is…different.”Palisades Charter High School is reopening Tuesday a little more than a year after fire tore through campus and the surrounding community. The Palisades Fire destroyed 30% of the campus, including classrooms, the track and field. Now there is a wide grassy expanse where the “J” building once stood. BulldozersA few of the 2,400 students expected to return in-person toured the campus Monday, including junior Jackson Richmond. He said despite the changes, the campus still feels familiar.raised concerns “ I have mixed feelings,” said Victoria Kotlyar, parent of two sophomores. “I'm happy that they're gonna have a school to go to, but I am concerned about just the environment and if there's any pollution.”“At the moment, I'm 100% convinced that we are in a very safe environment,” said Principal Pamela Magee on Monday. “We've got folks watching out to make sure that that continues into the future.”Pali High was once part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school converted to an independently run charter school”As we cleared spaces, we tested them immediately afterwards to make sure…the cleaning was effective,” said Jennifer Flores, LAUSD’s deputy director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, in a virtual community meeting on January 21. Flores said the district re-tested in November and December 2025 to ensure the campus was not harmed by the demolition and construction in the surrounding neighborhoods. “This is not that we're doing one large environmental test and we're done now,” Flores said. “We will be doing periodic sampling and analysis at this school and all the schools that were directly impacted by the fire.” Palisades High Director of Operations Rafael Negroe said if a student feels ill, they should report their symptoms to their teacher and the school nurse. “If it's determined that it could be environmentally driven, I become involved and then try to get to the source of it based on diagnosis and or symptoms,” Negroe said. District officials and contractors said testing cleared the vast majority of the school for occupancy. The areas that remain closed include the “stadium by the sea,” pool and related buildings, which are still under construction and anticipated to reopen by the end of February, according to Palisades High Director of Operations Rafael Negroe.“There's always chemicals you can detect, but I think we should really think through the lens…what is the additional level of risk?” Zhu said. Zhu, whose daughter is a recent graduate of the school, said the decision is ultimately up to each family.More than 22,000 people were watching the livestream when Jackie laid the new addition, up from more than 14,000 viewers when the first egg arrived Friday afternoon.More than 22,000 people were watching the livestream when Jackie welcomed the new addition, up from more than 14,000 viewers when theJackie laid the first egg around 4:30 p.m. Friday, with Shadow stopping by to see it for the first time about 10 minutes later, according toJackie could be seen rousing and puffing up her feathers about a half-hour before laying the second egg. She made a high-pitched whistling tea kettle noise a little before 5 p.m. Monday. Officials from Friends of Big Bear Valley have told LAist those behaviors are signs an egg is imminent. “She looks almost royal, because all of her feathers are out and it's just — I cry,” Jenny Voisard, the organization’s media and website manager, said with a laugh last week. “It's usually pretty amazing.” The eagle pair typically takes turns caring for their eggs. Shadow visited the nest for nearly three hours across nine incubation “daddy duty” sessions on Sunday, according to organization records.Jackie has laid up to three eggs in a clutch, including in each of the past two seasons, so fans could see another egg arrive this week. A clutch refers to the group of eggs laid in each nesting attempt. Bald eagles generally have one clutch per season, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley. A second clutch is possible if the eggs don’t make it through the early incubation process.The Big Bear eagles also practice delayed incubation, which is when Jackie and Shadow don’t apply their full body heat to the eggs until the whole clutch is laid. Waiting to incubate full time helps the eggs hatch closer together, making the chicks more similar in size and age, which the organization says gives them a better chance of survival. Jackie and Shadow successfully delayed incubation for their trio of eggs last season, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley.Jackie and Shadow's usual incubation time is around 35 to 39 days, starting when the eagles begin to fully incubate their clutch, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley. Last season, the first egg hatched at around 40 days old, the second egg hatched around 38 days old and the third egg around 39 days old. “Pip Watch” — short for pipping, which is the first hole an eaglet makes as it emerges from its egg — is typically announced by Friends of Big Bear Valley before chicks break through each season.
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