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PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS organizations, and Mayor Eric Garcetti, the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles, today announced a new broadcast special called KCET PRESENTS: MAYOR GARCETTI’S CHECK-IN: YOUNG ANGLENOS providing an opportunity for the city’s youth to be in direct conversation with the Mayor about the coronavirus.

The Los Angeles Unified School District, along with PBS SoCal and KCET, as well as KLCS-TV (Los Angeles Unified’s television station) announced that their AT-HOME LEARNING initiative is attracting large audiences, and is being used widely by many PBS stations to develop their own local services for their communities.

The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest district in the nation, has announced a plan in partnership with PBS SoCal and KCET, Southern California’s flagship PBS organizations, to provide for continuity of learning for its students during the recent school closures effective for the next two weeks beginning on Monday, March 16, due to the coronavirus.