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–UCLA has canceled in person classes after a former postdoctoral fellow and lecturer named Matthew Harris made threats of a mass shooting against the school’s philosophy department in a video. [ABC]
–Richard Close, who fought for an effort to let the San Fernando Valley secede from Los Angeles, had died at 77. [LAT]
–Trace Jevon Jones, aka “Million Dollar,” a homeless resident of Downtown, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for a conspiracy in which he obtained fraudulent American Express cards to buy over $500,000 in luxury goods. [USDJ]
–City Councilman and former police officer Joe Buscaino is leading a new effort to recall L.A. County District Attorney George Gascon. [KCBY]