Mar. 10, 2009: Civil Disobedience over Layoffs

 The following media outlets covered our civil disobedience action on the LAUSD School Board decision to issue RIF notices.

Television

KCBS Channel 2 News & KCAL Channel 9 News
"LAUSD approves impending layoffs" - March 10, 2009
http://cbs2.com/local/LAUSD.layoffs.budget.2.954821.html

"Dozens of school employees protest LAUSD layoffs" - March 10, 2009
http://cbs2.com/video/?id=95994@kcbs.dayport.com    

"LAUSD school board votes to lay off thousands" - March 10, 2009
http://cbs2.com/video/?id=95990@kcbs.dayport.com 
Channel 2 Video Clip
Channel 9 Video Clip

KTLA Channel 4 News
"Chanting teacher take over building" - March 10, 2009
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Rallies-Planned-in-Respose-to-Possible-LAUSD-Layoffs.html 

Channel 4 Video Clip  

KTLA Channel 5 News
"School board approves layoff notices to 8,800 employees" - March 10, 2009
http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?LA-School-Board-Approves-Layoff-Notices-=1&blockID=177857&feedID=171 

KABC Channel 7 News

"Layoff notices loom for LAUSD employees" - March 10, 2009
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6701987 

Channel 7 Video Clip   

KTTV Channel 11 News
"LAUSD board authorizes layoff warnings" - March 10, 2009
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/Teacher_Layoffs_on_the_Way_20090310 
Channel 11 Video Clip    

Telemundo Channel 52 (Spanish language)
Channel 52 Video clip 

KRCA - Channel 62 News (Spanish language)
Channel 62 Video clip 

KMEX - Channel 34 (Spanish language)

Korean Television

USC Annenberg TV


Radio

KNX 1070 am News Radio
"LAUSD has a plan:  fire teachers" - March 10, 2009
http://www.knx1070.com/pages/3650537.php

KFWB 980 am radio
"LAUSD to cut 8,000+ jobs" - March 10, 2009
http://www.kfwb.com/LAUSD-to-Cut-8-000--Jobs/3999515

KPCC radio am 89.3
Airtalk with Larry Mantle
"Pink slips for District teachers?" - March 10, 2009
Interview with A.J. Duffy
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/

"LAUSD lays off thousands of employees to cut budget" - Adolfo Guzman Lopez - March 10, 2009
http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2009/03/10/19_lausd_layoffs_x_wrap.html

KFI Radio am 640
"Thousands of teachers protest job cuts" - March 10, 2009
http://www.kfi640.com/main.html

KPFK Radio 

USC Annenberg Radio

W Radio
Interview with Ana Valencia


Newspapers

Los Angeles Times
"L.A. Unified board OKs layoff notices to about 9,000 employees" - Jason Song - March 11, 2009 (includes video clip)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-layoffs11-2009mar11,0,248527,print.story

"Should young teachers be given the boot" - L.A. Times Blog - Michelle Castillo - March 10, 2009
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/comments_blog/2009/03/teacher-layoffs.html

Daily News
"L.A. teachers protest but school board votes to send teachers layoff notices anyways" - George Sanchez & Connie Llanos - March 11, 2009
http://www.dailynews.com/education/ci_11883503

"Talk of layoffs brings protestors into LAUSD board meeting" - Daily News wire service - March 10,2009
http://www.dailynews.com/education/ci_11880211

Daily Breeze
"LAUSD teacher layoffs draw fire" - March 10, 2009
http://www.dailybreeze.com/education/ci_11884425

La Opinion Newspaper
"Aprueban envio de notifications en LAUSD" - Ruben Moreno - March 11, 2009
http://www.impre.com/laopinion/noticias/primera-pagina/2009/3/11/aprueban-envio-de-notificacion-113659-1.html

Hoy Newspaper
"Aprueban posibles despidos de los maestros" - Francisco Castro - March 11, 2009
http://www.vivelohoy.com/local/losangeles/vlh-loc_lausdmar11,0,7633483.story

Associated Press
"8,800 teachers in L.A. to get pink slips" - March 11, 2009
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/10/BAN516CUJ3.DTL
(ran in multiple papers including San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer)

"L.A. school board approves big layoff notice" - Christina Hoag - March 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLOIIbPucUtteDd1YmIzfLco5xyAD96RH2IG0