Cold front to sweep California

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A cold front is expected to sweep across California this week, bringing frigid temperatures, high winds and snow at unusually low elevations. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for some Ventura and LA county mountains through Thursday, and experts say that elevations as low as 1,500 feet could see snow starting Wednesday.

Grace Toohey and Alexandra E. Petri / Los Angeles Times

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer-winning journalist who created “The 1619 Project,” addressed a sold-out audience at USC’s Bovard Auditorium Tuesday night. The journalist talked about her groundbreaking project and the personal experiences that led her to create it. “I didn’t get into journalism to make other people comfortable,” she said.

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The kids are going to be devastated. Laguna Beach banned all balloons — whether filled with helium or not — on public property and city events in an effort to cut the risk of balloons tangling with power lines and starting wildfires as well as eliminate a major source of ocean trash. The ban starts in 2024.

Amy Taxin / Associated Press

The San Francisco Unified School District allowed at least 19 employees accused of sexual misconduct in the last six years to resign or retire instead of being terminated. The practice of handling misconduct allegations in private is more common than the general public might understand, experts say, but federal watchdogs say that the approach allows such abuse to persist.

Staff / The San Francisco Standard

Gov. Gavin Newsom temporarily relaxed water outflow standards in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, allowing more water to be stored for agricultural use after the governor faced heavy criticism for failing to adequately store January’s heavy rainfall. Environmental advocates quickly decried the move, declaring it a death sentence for endangered fish species.

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