Spring break begins next week on March 29 and classes will be back in session on April 7.

Come out to BMO stadium on March 30 to celebrate Long Beach State Night at the Angel City FC game. They will face the Seattle Reign at 5 p.m. Students, alumni and staff can purchase discounted tickets through the Events & Orgs app on the CSULB Single Sign-On.

The city of Los Angeles is expected to have a nearly $1 billion budget shortfall in the next year. LA Administrative Officer Matt Szabo said that much of the current financial crisis was due to spending on emergency relief from the Palisades fire, legal settlements and the general downward trend of the economy. Mayor Karen Bass is expected to turn in her new budget for the city on April 21.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, March 20 in hopes of dismantling the Department of Education. Shutting down the entire department would take an act of Congress which will likely not pass; however, the Trump administration can defund and narrow down the department as they see fit.

The Gaza Strip was attacked in an airstrike last Tuesday, March 18 after the ceasefire between Palestine and Israel began in Jan. Palestinian officials have reported at least 69 deaths due to the airstrike. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a lack of progress in the ceasefire agreement is what instigated this attack. This airstrike ended a month of peace in the 17-month-long war between Hamas and Israel.

Late Thursday night, March 20, firefighters responded to a transformer fire that erupted in an electrical substation in West London. This fire led to a power outage and the closure of Heathrow Airport. Being Europe's busiest flight hub, over 1,300 flights to and from have been affected and continued disruptions are expected. After two and a half days, Heathrow resumed its normal schedule on Sunday, March 23.

Host: Luis Castilla

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Producers: El Nicklin, Aidan Swanepoel

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Beach Weekly S14E9: Los Angeles' new budget deficit, President Trump's newest executive order & more

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Beach Weekly S14E9: Los Angeles' new budget deficit, President Trump's newest executive order & more