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Sylvia Garcia, a Bassett Street Elementary School teacher, shouts into a megaphone during a United Teacher Los Angeles rally on Dec. 5. The rally involved hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employees, who gathered next to LAUSD Local District Northwest headquarters to call for higher salaries and smaller class sizes. (Photo by Delilah Brumer)

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UTLA members call for higher pay, smaller class sizes during local rally

UTLA members and supporters protested next to the LAUSD Local District Northwest headquarters Dec. 5, calling for more funding for schools, higher salaries and smaller class sizes.
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Delilah Brumer

December 9, 2022

by Delilah Brumer and Angela Ledesma

UTLA members hold up signs and play instruments on the side of Balboa Boulevard on Dec. 5. (Photo by Angela Ledesma)
A group of UTLA protesters hold up signs on Dec. 5. (Photo by Angela Ledesma)
Sylvia Garcia, a Bassett Street Elementary School teacher, shouts into a megaphone during a United Teacher Los Angeles rally on Dec. 5. The rally involved hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) employees, who gathered next to LAUSD Local District Northwest headquarters to call for higher salaries and smaller class sizes. (Photo by Delilah Brumer)
UTLA Vice President of Elementary Schools Gloria Martinez gives a speech to a crowd of protesters on Dec. 5. (Photo by Delilah Brumer)
UTLA members hold up signs as cars pass by and honk in support on the side of Balboa Boulevard on Dec. 5. (Photo by Delilah Brumer)
A group of UTLA protesters hold up signs as the sun sets on Dec. 5. (Photo by Delilah Brumer)
A student supporter of UTLA holds up a sign that reads “Stop the school 2 prison pipeline,” on Dec. 5. (Photo by Delilah Brumer)

United Teachers Los Angeles members and supporters protested on Dec. 5 next to the Los Angeles Unified School District Local District Northwest headquarters. Hundreds of people gathered to call for higher salaries, smaller class sizes and more funding for schools.

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

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Cody Going has been in Mission Viejo high school’s football program, a team ranked number four in California by MaxPreps, for five long years. From his time in eighth grade to now he’s been able to see the athletes at Mission Viejo High grow from teammates to a...