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KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos

April 21, 2020
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PBS SoCal, KCET and Mayor Eric Garcetti, the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles, announced a new broadcast special called KCET PRESENTS: MAYOR GARCETTI’S CHECK-IN: YOUNG ANGELENOS providing an opportunity for the city’s youth to be in direct conversation with the Mayor about the coronavirus. PBS SoCal and KCET are collaborating with the Mayor’s office to produce the all-new special featuring Mayor Eric Garcetti along with Director of LA County Public Health Barbara Ferrer, who will host a virtual conversation moderated by KCET/PBS SoCal Chief Creative Officer Juan Devis. Fourteen students from schools across Los Angeles will participate via a Zoom conference, which will also include a sign language interpreter. Southern California viewers can tune in to the recorded virtual conversation on Tues., April 21 at 6:30 p.m. PT on KCET as well as an encore presentation on Weds., April 22 at 5 p.m. PT on PBS SoCal, Mayor Garcetti’s Facebook page FB.com/MayorOfLA, as well as go online at kcet.org/coronavirus.

See the full releasehere.

For more information, please visit kcet.org/mayor.

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Still from "KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos."
Still from "KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos."
Still from "KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos."
Still from "KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos."
Still from "KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos."
Still from "KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos."
"KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos"
"KCET Presents: Mayor Garcetti's Check-In: Young Angelenos"
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Juan Devis
Juan Devis
Barbara Ferrer
Barbara Ferrer

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