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A light carrot cake filled with the spices of the season serves to honor an LGBTQ+ activist.
California
Lee Baca, the onetime L.A. County sheriff, has Alzheimer’s disease. The Sheriff’s Department said he was found overnight in El Monte.
Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for over two decades, announced plans to run for mayor of Oakland in a special election.
Short Docs
When activist painter Judy Baca conceived “The Great Wall of Los Angeles” in 1975 as a monument to the history of Indigenous peoples in California, she didn’t realize that she was embarking on a 50-year journey that would employ 400 youth painters and create one of the largest murals on the planet.
Lifestyle
Television
Hoda Kotb steps down as a co-host of NBC’s ‘Today’ show amid a send-off by her kids, Kathie Lee Gifford, Jimmy Fallon, Gayle King, Kermit the Frog and more.
Nima Momeni, a tech entrepreneur, killed Bob Lee over an argument over drugs and sexual assault.
Entertainment & Arts
Lee Ramer’s long career in L.A. arts included ties with the UCLA Hammer Museum and the Skirball Cultural Center, among others. She and her husband co-founded a center to improve German-Jewish relations.
Climate & Environment
Zeldin, who left Congress in 2023, was among the Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.