For the record - Sept. 3, 2014
LAUSD iPads: In the Aug. 29 LATExtra section, an article about former Los Angeles Unified administrator Jaime Aquino’s role in iPad contract discussions said the district had spent about $61 million to purchase about 62,000 iPads. The money paid for 62,000 iPads with curriculum and 47,000 without curriculum, as well as carts used to store and charge the devices.
LAPD legal settlement: An article in the Aug. 21 Section A about the Los Angeles City Council settling with the family of a man fatally shot by police after a pursuit said the council rejected a proposed $1.2-million settlement in 2011 for a man shot and paralyzed by police. The council rejected a proposed settlement of $4.5 million in 2012.
A.J. Langguth obituary: The news obituary in the Sept. 2 LATExtra section on historian and former war correspondent A.J. Langguth stated that he injured his diaphragm while covering the Vietnam War. According to Joe Saltzman, his longtime friend and fellow USC professor, Langguth developed a collapsed diaphragm years later but believed the injury stemmed from his time in Vietnam.
Chef Michael Schlow: In the TV Highlights column in the Sept. 1 Calendar section, the listing for the “MasterChef” show and a caption on a photo misspelled the last name of chef Michael Schlow as Schgaus.
Philippine de Rothschild obituary: In the Aug. 27 LATExtra section, the headline with the news obituary of winemaker Philippine de Rothschild listed her birth year as 1934. As the obituary stated, she was born in 1933.
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