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Report highlights importance of women in TV audience | Los Angeles Times
Despite new parameters, UCLA’s latest TV diversity study has found that women and people of color remain underrepresented in key creative and lead roles in Hollywood even though they are a crucial demographic when it comes to viewership. Released on Tuesday, “UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report Presents: Streaming Television in 2023” marks a move away from the report’s usual format of examining the current television landscape through the lens of traditional TV seasons. (UCLA’s Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramón were quoted. Also: Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.)
The latest news in the Middle East | KCAL-TV
“Incredibly unlikely there’s any future for Asaad anywhere outside of living as a refugee somewhere in Russia. At this point, the international community is moving on to life in Syria without the Asaad family in power after decades,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd.
Dismissal of constitutional claim in air pollution case | Los Angeles Times
“The big relief for California, right now, is that the Supreme Court is not going to rule on the substance of whether California has the authority to issue greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles,” said Ann Carlson, the founding director of the [Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law.]
Saks Fifth Avenue refuses to refund money for some returns | KNBC-TV
Aimee Drolet Rossi, a marketing professor at UCLA, says Saks’ behavior is wrong. “They’re simply holding your money hijacked,” she said. Drolet Rossi said returns cost retailers a lot of money, and some shoppers abuse the system. In fact, the National Retail Federation estimated that return fraud contributed to $100 billion in losses for retailers last year. Still, Drolet Rossi said that’s not an excuse for Saks not refunding customers right away. She believes their behavior is suspicious.
No more delays in shutting Aliso Canyon down | Los Angeles Times
The benefits of clean, renewable energy solutions extend beyond ensuring comfortable homes and a reliable power grid. Electrifying and retrofitting buildings could create 100,000 construction jobs and 4,900 manufacturing jobs annually for 25 years in California, according to a UCLA study.
What’s surprising about last week’s tornado | San Francisco Chronicle
“There were multiple cars flipped by this tornado with people in them,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said. “This is a rare, injury-producing tornado in California. Most California tornadoes generally don’t produce injuries.”
Trump sues Des Moines Register, top pollster over final Iowa survey | CNN
“I don’t expect this lawsuit to go anywhere,” election law expert Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA School of Law, wrote upon learning of the case Monday night.
