School Safety & Accountability: Parents of special-needs kids in California’s Central Valley are pushing for a statewide law requiring cameras in special education classrooms after alleged teacher abuse, with petitions gaining thousands of signatures in Bakersfield and Visalia. Public Trust & Surveillance: A San Jose officer was fired for misusing the Flock license plate tracking system to share a woman’s location with a suspect in a domestic abuse case, another reminder of how fast surveillance tools can go wrong. Women’s Health & Rights: A new surrogacy report involving Xu Bo raises fresh questions about gaps in US protections for women who carry pregnancies for others, including what surrogates are told about intended parents. Local Education Leadership: Santa Monica-Malibu Unified named Thomas Piland as its new chief communications officer, emphasizing transparency and community engagement. Community & Culture: Encinitas’ Sessions Surf Festival adds a bigger music component, pairing beach culture with indie-punk and local-to-international acts. Sports Participation: A national survey finds high school sports participation keeps rising, with girls flag football and wrestling driving record growth. Arts & Entertainment: Rebecca Black’s “Age of the Exhibitionist” spotlights her reinvention, while “I Play Rocky” brings a behind-the-scenes Rocky-style story to the big screen. Road Safety: An e-bike rider died after being struck by an SUV on Los Angeles’ Osborne Street, a corridor already flagged for high injury crashes.