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Headlines: UCLA Cancels Classes Over Threats; San Quentin’s Death Row To Be Dismantled

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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]

–People are mad at Eric Garcetti and Gavin Newsom for taking off their masks while posing for photos with Magic Johnson at Sunday’s Rams game. [LAT]

–Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to dismantle Death Row at San Quentin and move its prisoners into general population. [BI]

–A federal judge in Riverside is essentially allowing law enforcement to raid the vehicles of an armored car company and seize money being transported by licensed cannabis dispensaries. [LAT]

–L.A. artist Jennifer Korsen has settled her lawsuit with Marvel Comics and Volkswagen over featuring her work in a commercial. [BC]

–Cannabis company Kiva has rebranded a line of edibles to be called "Supply Chain Chaos" with a picture of the Port of LA on the side, referencing the company's own troubles getting product out for the holidays. [BI]

–An Inglewood teacher was arrested after DNA evidence tied him to the 2005 murder of a young woman [LAT]

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