{"id":389927,"date":"2010-03-04T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8fb89af970b"},"modified":"2010-03-04T21:00:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T02:00:58","slug":"big-education-rallies-thursday-afternoon-could-cause-traffic-jams-in-westwood-downtown-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/389927","title":{"rendered":"Big education rallies Thursday afternoon could cause traffic jams in Westwood, downtown L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8fbc3e2970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lanow.calstate\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8fbc3e2970b image-full \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8fbc3e2970b-800wi\" title=\"Lanow.calstate\"><\/img><\/a> <br \/><\/br> Authorities are warning of possible traffic delays Thursday afternoon in Westwood and downtown Los Angeles because of planned protests against cuts in education spending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A large demonstration is scheduled to start around noon on the UCLA campus, with speakers and activities set to last several hours.\u00a0The protesters have a permit to march\u00a0off campus at about 5:30 p.m. They are expected to march\u00a0south along Westwood Boulevard and then cut through some side streets to Wilshire Boulevard and back to campus along Westwood Boulevard, according to an Los Angeles police advisory. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The permit is for 150 people, but the statement notes that officials\u00a0&quot;expect more.&quot; No formal street closures have been scheduled. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Separately, many busloads of students, faculty and staff from Southern California universities and high schools\u00a0are scheduled to converge at about 4 p.m. at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles and then march about three blocks for a rally an hour later near\u00a0the Ronald Reagan State Office Building on Spring Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Police say there will be intermittent street closures along Olive Street, Hill Street, Broadway and Spring Street and around Fourth and Fifth Streets, and they urge drivers to seek other routes, particularly Figueroa Street as a possible better route to freeway entrances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rallies, teach-ins and student walkouts are scheduled throughout California, and around the nation, in what organizers describe as a &quot;Day of Action&quot; in opposition to\u00a0teacher layoffs, furlough days and rising student fees. Much of the day\u2019s activities are organized by labor unions and student government organizations, which predict that thousands of students, faculty and staff will participate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Events are planned in,\u00a0among other spots,\u00a0Sacramento,\u00a0Long Beach and San Diego, as well as in New York City, Boston, Seattle and Baton Rouge, La.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8212; Larry Gordon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Photo: Students march at Cal State University Long Beach campus protesting budget cuts. Credit: Allen J. Schaben \/ Los Agneles Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities are warning of possible traffic delays Thursday afternoon in Westwood and downtown Los Angeles because of planned protests against cuts in education spending. A large demonstration is scheduled to start around noon on the UCLA campus, with speakers and activities set to last several hours.\u00a0The protesters have a permit to march\u00a0off campus at about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4840,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}