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Amgen Gives $4.5M To LA Education Effort

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Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen said today that its nonprofit arm, the Amgen Foundation , is giving $4.5M in a grant to invest in South Los Angeles schools. Amgen said the grant goes to MLA Partner Schools, an effort which looks to prepare children from South Los Angeles for college and life. READ MORE>>.

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Two Local Teams Compete For $2M Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE

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Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , which runs a number of prize-based competitions for developing technology, has named eighteen teams for its $2 million, Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE , including two local teams.