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Nina Agrawal

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Nina Agrawal is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported for WLRN-Miami Herald News and for the Latin American affairs magazine Americas Quarterly. A Southern California native, Agrawal is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and School of International and Public Affairs.

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Amid coronavirus threat, study abroad programs in China canceled

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Amid coronavirus threat, study abroad programs in China canceled

Students, faculty and program staff across the U.S. have scrambled to find study alternatives at the last minute amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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Coronavirus fears rise after Cambodia welcomes stranded cruise ship
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UC Santa Cruz grad students strike for higher pay, saying they can’t afford rent

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UC Santa Cruz grad students strike for higher pay, saying they can’t afford rent

UC Santa Cruz graduate students who work on campus go on wildcat strike for higher pay because they say they can’t afford local rents.
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Orson Bean’s death on Venice street sparks mourning and concern over pedestrian safety

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Orson Bean’s death on Venice street sparks mourning and concern over pedestrian safety

Orson Bean’s death comes as new figures show that the number of people killed in car crashes in Los Angeles remains stubbornly high.
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Actor-comedian Orson Bean is killed when struck by two cars on Venice Boulevard

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Actor-comedian Orson Bean is killed when struck by two cars on Venice Boulevard

After one car clipped Orson Bean, a second vehicle hit him and dragged him for about a quarter of a block, accounts say.

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Actor Orson Bean: A local theater mainstay who rose to fame as a 1950s TV personality
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Japanese Hospital — symbol of defiance of racism — honored in Boyle Heights

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Japanese Hospital — symbol of defiance of racism — honored in Boyle Heights

Japanese doctors were blocked when they tried to open a hospital in the 1920s. They eventually took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court — and won.
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For students with kids, college can be a lonely struggle. One program aims to help

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For students with kids, college can be a lonely struggle. One program aims to help

The Family Resource Center at L.A. Valley College offers a unique service to some of the estimated 3.8 million college students across the U.S. who are also parents.
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Foster youth housing program is shut down after site is linked to a murder investigation

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Foster youth housing program is shut down after site is linked to a murder investigation

L.A. county officials moved to end a program that housed about 50 foster youth because an apartment in one of the buildings where they lived was the subject of murder and human trafficking investigations, according to officials and documents.
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California higher education hangs in the balance as UC, Cal State search for new leaders

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California higher education hangs in the balance as UC, Cal State search for new leaders

The University of California and California State University are seeking leaders who can open access to more students, diversify campuses, raise academic achievement, deal with fierce politics and keep up quality -- all with limited funding
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Students were illegally punished for Black Lives Matter posters, ACLU says

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Students were illegally punished for Black Lives Matter posters, ACLU says

Elementary school students created art acknowledging the Black Lives Matter movement and then were illegally punished for it, the ACLU said.
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Foster youth scramble to find housing after county tells them they must move, citing youths’ ‘best interest’

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Foster youth scramble to find housing after county tells them they must move, citing youths’ ‘best interest’

Some 50 current and former foster youths are scrambling to find a new place to live after they were abruptly told this week by Los Angeles County that they could no longer participate in programs offered by a nonprofit organization.

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