The week ahead

A look at some upcoming news events:

Monday

Honor: Gene Autry, the famed entertainer who owned the Angels from their formation in 1960 until 1996, will be the sixth recipient of a spot on the Anaheim-Orange County Walk of Stars.

Religion: The Huntington Beach City Council will decide whether to approve display of the motto “In God We Trust” in the Council Chambers.

Springsteen: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will headline the first of two concerts at the Honda Center. The second is Tuesday.

Tuesday

Billboards: The L.A. City Council will vote on a proposal for two new billboards -- one of them digital -- next to the 10 Freeway downtown. Billboard opponents have been up in arms over the idea.

Election: Culver City voters go to the polls for a City Council election in which gentrification and growth have been major issues.

Jails: Los Angeles County supervisors consider reconceiving their ambitious $672-million plan to reorganize county jails and ultimately shut down the Men’s Central Jail, long a symbol of inmate violence and overcrowding in the nation’s largest jail system. The plan as it now stands has come under fire from Lancaster residents who object to the proposal’s $330-million expansion of Mira Loma Detention Center in their city.

Wednesday

Eastside rail: What comes after the Gold Line rail extension to East L.A.? The MTA holds a public hearing to discuss future transportation projects in the Eastside area of Los Angeles County. It’s scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Uptown Senior Center in Whittier.

Education: A cornerstone plaque will be unveiled commemorating the completion of the $41-million Student Recreation Center at Cal State Fullerton.

Thursday

Mural: The L.A. Cultural Affairs Commission discusses a controversial mural that was to be unveiled on the wall of the new Hollenbeck police station in Boyle Heights.

Saturday

Fire recovery: A “Burn Recovery hike” will feature a plant ecologist discussing fire recovery and the resurgence of specific plants after last October’s wildfires. It is the first of four hikes in April and May hosted by the Transportation Corridor Agencies showcasing wildflowers and fire recovery. Siphon Reservoir, near Portola Parkway and Canyon Avenue in Irvine.

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On latimes.com

Excerpt from the Homicide Report, which strives to chronicle every homicide in Los Angeles County:

On Feb. 8, Antwan Cole lay mortally wounded near a bus stop in Athens. He had been shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting. A person living across the street heard the gunfire and dialed 911. Paramedics listed the 19-year-old as “Antwan Doe” and transported him to UCLA-Harbor Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:24 a.m. Feb. 9. He was listed as an “unknown black male” by the Los Angeles County coroner.

Cole lived with his grandmother. According to a coroner’s report, an unspecified “law enforcement agency” notified her of his death within a few hours. But Everlean Cole, 67, said she never got that notification. It wasn’t until two days later that she learned from a relative that her grandson was killed. The relative had been told by a neighbor, who called the coroner’s office.

Now the family wants officials to improve the way they notify loved ones.

The family members held a news conference with civil rights leaders to urge the L.A. Police Commission to address the issue. They say the coroner acted too slowly, that police never contacted them with news of Cole’s death, and that agencies need to communicate better.

-- Ruben Vives

latimes.com/homicidereport

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Ask a reporter

What’s the fate of home schooling in California?

On Feb. 28, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that parents must have a teaching credential to home-school their children. The ruling is not being enforced. The ruling stemmed from a child welfare case involving two children who enrolled in a parochial school that facilitated home schooling and were educated at home by their mother. A lawyer appointed to represent the children requested that the court require them to physically attend school so that adults could monitor their well-being. The appellate court ruled that a parochial school’s occasional monitoring of the children’s education was insufficient to qualify as being enrolled in a private school. Because the mother does not hold a teaching credential, the court determined that the family was breaking state law. In late March, the court agreed to rehear the case.

Oral arguments are scheduled to be heard in June, and a decision is expected to be handed down later this year. Other organizations plan to petition the state Supreme Court to overturn the ruling or to have it “depublished” so it would apply only to the family in the case and not set precedent.

-- Seema Mehta

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Traffic report

60 Freeway: Eastbound, the offramp to north and southbound Old Brea Canyon Road will be closed until 7 a.m. Monday through Wednesday.

90 Freeway: The west- and eastbound connectors to the northbound 405 will be closed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.

105 Freeway: The eastbound 105 connector to the southbound 405 will be closed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday.

405 Freeway: The northbound Lakewood Boulevard onramp to the northbound 405 will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday.