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We can expect another round of morning low clouds and patchy fog along the coast, basins, and partially in the valleys Friday morning.

The low clouds will mix out rather quickly for inland areas, while some low clouds will hug the coast during the afternoon.

Inland temperatures will run 15 to 20 degrees above average. This pattern will hold through the weekend. 

We will get a big pattern shift early next week with much cooler temperatures and possible rain.

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1. Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

“Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females,” the International Olympic Committee said, to be determined by a mandatory gene test once in an athlete’s career.

It is unclear how many, if any, transgender women are competing at an Olympic level. No woman who transitioned from being born male competed at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, though weightlifter Laurel Hubbard did at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 without winning a medal.

The eligibility policy that will apply from the LA Olympics in July 2028 “protects fairness, safety and integrity in the female category,” the IOC said.

2. California lawmakers pass bill to rename César Chavez Day following sexual abuse allegations

California lawmakers voted Thursday to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon’s legacy with explosive sexual abuse allegations before the state holiday on March 31.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to quickly sign the bill.

The change comes after allegations became public last week that Chavez had sexually abused girls and women during his days building a major farmworker labor rights movement in the 1960s in California’s agricultural heartland. Among those who accused him was Dolores Huerta, who co-led the movement that eventually became the United Farm Workers.

The state’s effort to rename the holiday is part of a wave of other moves to alter memorials honoring the man who, in the 1960s and 1970s, helped secure better wages and working conditions for farmworkers and had been admired by many Democratic leaders. The swift and sweeping effort to erase Chavez’s name from public life was previously unthinkable, as his status had only grown more iconic since his death in 1993.

3. Owner bemoans endangered downtown donkey

In the City of Angels, some are praying Thursday for a donkey’s redemption.

Jorge, the stuffed burro who has been a fixture on Olvera Street for years, is facing eviction along with his owner, Richard Hernandez.

According to a Los Angeles Times write-up, a judge ruled on March 13 that Hernandez would have to vacate his spot in the small enclave of historical significance that hosts a Mexican marketplace.

It’s one of the oldest parts of LA, and visitors have been taking photos with Jorge for decades.

But now, a sign at Hernandez’s stand reads, “Good Bye Los Angeles it’s been great! Since 1968 the Hernandez family has brought you timeless memories. Generations have been photographed here. We lost our case with the City of Los Angeles, we want to stay. But Mayor Bass won’t negotiate.”

In 2024, Hernandez was given a 30-day eviction notice by the Board of Commissioners for the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Authority, which manages Olvera Street. He said he has tried to pay what he owes but to no avail.

Photographer Carolina Hernandez, 39, sits for a photo next to a stuffed donkey at her kiosk on Olvera Street in Los Angeles on June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Advocates and city officials alike are pushing to protect LA’s large immigrant community as Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids continue throughout the region. 

The LA City Council, local unions and the over 50 organizations that make up the LA May Day Coalition are taking action, with some advocates demanding a stop to what they consider an attack on Southern California communities.

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