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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 28: Tanya Gupta, a postdoctoral doing research, along with University of California academic workers strike walking the picket line on the Campus of the University of California, Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. As the nation's largest ever strike of higher-education academic workers enters its third week Monday, with the crunch time of final exams just days away, fears are rising over long-lasting and unintended consequences to the University of California's core missions of teaching and research. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Mientras la huelga en las UC continua, hay caos por las calificaciones, examenes finales y el fin de cursos

November 30, 2022 at 10:37 p.m.

Sania Tuli, estudiante de tercer año de UCLA, está preocupada porque le falta material que necesitará cuando haga su examen de isión a la escuela de medicina el próximo año....

VATICAN - 2022/06/29: US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (R), with her husband Paul Pelosi (C), attend a Holy Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul lead by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica. (Photo by Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

‘Heartbroken and traumatized’: Nancy Pelosi responds to violent attack on her husband

October 30, 2022 at 3:59 a.m.

In her first public statement about the brutal attack on her husband — in which she was the intended target — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her congressional colleagues that...

California to lift indoor school mask mandate after March 11; S.D. Unified holds off

March 1, 2022 at 5:40 p.m.

Indoor masking will no longer be mandatory at California schools and child care facilities after Friday, March 11, a long-debated and much-anticipated move that comes as the state continues its...

California to lift indoor school mask mandate after March 11; S.D. Unified holds off

March 1, 2022 at 5:38 p.m.

Indoor masking will no longer be mandatory at California schools and child care facilities after Friday, March 11, a long-debated and much-anticipated move that comes as the state continues its...

North Hollywood, CA - February 17: LAUSD new superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, left, watches Christina Juarez teaching a 5th.Grade class at Fair Avenue Elementary School on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 in North Hollywood, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

California to lift school mask mandate after March 11

February 28, 2022 at 9:42 p.m.

Indoor masking will no longer be mandatory at California schools and childcare facilities after March 11, a long-debated and much-anticipated move that comes as the state continues its steady emergence...

California to lift school mask mandate after March 11

February 28, 2022 at 9:43 p.m.

California to lift school mask mandate after March 11

February 28, 2022 at 9:04 p.m.

Indoor masking will no longer be mandatory at California schools and child-care facilities after March 11, a long-debated and much-anticipated move that comes as the state continues its steady emergence...

Arcadia, CA - January 08: Pedro Elizarraraz, a RN, gives Amelle Samuel, 7, first dose of Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at Children's Hospital Arcadia Speciality Care Center on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 in Arcadia, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill

January 24, 2022 at 6:44 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — California students would be required to be immunized for COVID-19 under a bill introduced Monday, offering backup to districts such as L.A. Unified that have struggled with their own mandates...

Los Angeles, California-Dec. 6, 2021-United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy tours King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science before talking to a of students about mental health issues. United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy announced a national youth mental health advisory to call attention to a situation that he considers to be a crisis among teens in the wake of the pandemic. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory

December 7, 2021 at 8:30 p.m.

Citing mounting evidence of ongoing harm, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday issued a public health advisory on the mental health challenges confronting youth, a rare warning and...

Kent Nishimura??Los Angeles Times A STUDENT PRESENTATION is displayed in Ron Espiritu’s classroom this month at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in Los Angeles.

California becomes first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation

October 9, 2021 at 12:39 a.m.

After more than five years of intense scrutiny and effort, California on Friday became the first state to make ethnic studies a required class for high school graduation to help...

Newsom orders COVID vaccines for eligible students, the first state mandate for K-12 schools

October 1, 2021 at 10:16 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO — California on Friday became the first state to announce a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all public and private schoolchildren, a move affecting millions of students and once again placing...

Eagle Rock, CA - August 30: ed Nurse Priscilla V., left, gives a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shot to Dean Iida, 17, a senior at Eagle Rock High School, as Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda Solis, Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly, School Board Kelly Gonez and Jackie Goldberg and special guests visit Los Angeles Unified School-based mobile vaccination clinics at Eagle Rock High School on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 in Eagle Rock, CA. All employees in the Los Angeles Unified School District must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 15, an order that puts it at the forefront of school systems across the country that are mandating strict coronavirus safety measures for employees and students. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. school officials order sweeping student vaccine mandate, a first by a major district

September 9, 2021 at 11:23 p.m.

All children 12 and older in Los Angeles public schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January to enter campus under an order approved Thursday by the Board of...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 18: Second grade student Sophia Rivera, 8, completing online study while sitting in front of the BARD HVAC unit with latest in HVAC technology in the "Beyond The Bell" classroom for students of employees on campus at West Hollywood Elementary School as Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member Nick Melvoin, representing District 4 visits West Hollywood Elementary School and various other schools in his district to do an official check on preparations for reopening. The walking tour included the principal, Dr. Elizabeth Lehmann, LAUSD officials, a parent, West Hollywood Mayor Lindsay Horvath and Franny Parrish, with (CSEA), which represents school clerical workers and library aides, as they viewed modifications made to the school with COVID-19 considerations. West Hollywood Elementary School on Thursday, March 18, 2021 in West Hollywood, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules

July 13, 2021 at 5:50 p.m.

The complications of managing COVID-era education took a dramatic turn Monday, July 12, when state officials issued a rule barring unmasked students from campuses, and then, hours later, rescinded that...

In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules

July 13, 2021 at 10:57 a.m.

In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules

July 13, 2021 at 10:49 a.m.

California to bar K-12 students from campus if they refuse to wear a mask under new rules

July 13, 2021 at 2:27 a.m.

California K-12 students who refuse to wear masks inside school classrooms and buildings, as required under new state rules, will be prohibited from entering their campus, and another form of...

In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules

July 13, 2021 at 9:10 p.m.

The complications of managing COVID-era education took a dramatic turn Monday, when state officials issued a rule barring unmasked students from campuses, and then, hours later, rescinded that rule —...

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 9, 2021 - - Cali Corbin, 5, a kindergartner at Westwood Charter School, works on a mathematical exercise under the watchful eye of her mother Renee Bailey in their home in Los Angeles on April 9, 2021. Cali is among the many LAUSD elementary school students returning to campus this month. Like most, she will also take part in the district's promised supervision and enrichment program for non-instructional time. However, little is known about the program just days ahead of when it is scheduled to launch. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Some Black parents see less bullying, racism with online learning and are keeping kids home

June 8, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

Some parents of Black Los Angeles school students opted to keep their children in distance learning after schools reopened in April because they wanted to shield them from inequitable and...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - AUGUST 06, 2019: Children play math games at Esperanza Elementary School on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. L.A. Unified is running a new summer program for incoming first graders who are slightly behind academically to ensure they catch up and don't need more interventions and credit recovery when they're older. (Liz Moughon / Los Angeles Times)

En su nuevo presupuesto, Newsom propondra un kinder de transicion para todos los ninos de cuatro anos en California

May 14, 2021 at 12:11 a.m.

SACRAMENTO — El kindergarten de transición, actualmente disponible solo para casi un tercio de los niños de cuatro años de California, se ampliaría a todos los estudiantes elegibles por edad para el...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 18: PPE are on the desks for kindergarten students at West Hollywood Elementary School as Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member Nick Melvoin, representing District 4 visits West Hollywood Elementary School and various other schools in his district to do an official check on preparations for reopening. The walking tour included the principal, Dr. Elizabeth Lehmann, LAUSD officials, a parent, West Hollywood Mayor Lindsay Horvath and Franny Parrish, with (CSEA), which represents school clerical workers and library aides, as they viewed modifications made to the school with COVID-19 considerations. West Hollywood Elementary School on Thursday, March 18, 2021 in West Hollywood, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

California adopts 3-foot-spacing rule for classrooms, changing reopening equation

March 22, 2021 at 9:37 p.m.

Students in California are now allowed to sit three feet apart in classrooms — instead of four or six feet — in guidelines state officials issued over the weekend, a...

California adopts 3-foot-spacing rule for classrooms, changing reopening equation

March 21, 2021 at 9:31 p.m.

Students in California are now allowed to sit three feet apart in classrooms — instead of four or six feet — in guidelines state officials issued over the weekend, a...

EL MONTE, CA - FEBRUARY 02: Students work on afterschool enrichment lessons at Rio Vista Elementary School in El Monte. The El Monte City School District is providing extended Learning Pods to children of essential workers, El Monte City School District staff and to children whose studies and grades are at risk. The program has been available since Oct. 12 and the students have been together since the beginning with classes grouping siblings together. Photographed at Rio Vista Elementary School on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 in El Monte, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Escuelas pueden reabrirse con seguridad aunque los profesores no esten todos vacunados, dice Newsom

February 4, 2021 at 7:38 p.m.

El gobernador Gavin Newsom dijo que cree que las escuelas pueden comenzar a reabrirse incluso si todos los maestros aún no están vacunados contra el COVID-19, siempre y cuando las...

Schools can safely move to reopen even if teachers are not all vaccinated, Newsom says

February 4, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he believes schools can begin to reopen even if all teachers are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, provided that proper safety measures and s are in...

INGLEWOOD, CA - JANUARY 19: Staff and volunteers distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to people as they remain in their vehicles at The Forum in Inglewood. The Forum is one of five mass-vaccination sites that opened Tuesday in Los Angeles county. Todays inoculations were only available to front line health care workers and residents and staff of skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care facilities. Inoculations for the of the eligible tier were istered from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles County residents may find out when they are eligible to be vaccinated by visiting vaccinatelacounty.com, which is the county's vaccination website. The Forum on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 in Inglewood, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

What the changes in the California COVID-19 vaccine priority list mean for you

January 26, 2021 at 10:33 p.m.

It's been slow going this week to get a vaccine in California.With supplies limited, many parts of California have struggled to keep up with demand, in some cases saying appointments...

LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 07: Los Angeles Unified School District staff member Adrian Pacheco demonstrates the use of sanitizing tools as LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner takes a tour of Burbank Middle School with Principal Christine Moore on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. As the academic school year looms, preparations have been under way to make campuses safe inside and out, even though the school year will start with distance-learning only because of the surging coronavirus pandemic. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. schools announce massive COVID-19 testing, tracing initiative for all students and staff

August 17, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Sunday that it is launching an ambitious coronavirus testing and tracing program for all students, staff and their families — aiming to...

Various tastes from across the globe at Trader Joe’s include the salsa verde, canned marinara, Thai yellow curry sauce, and General Tsao’s stir-fry sauce, left to right.

Trader Joe’s eliminara nombres de productos senalados como racistas

July 22, 2020 at 11:17 p.m.

Trader Joe’s ha respondido a las críticas sobre sus envases anunciando que está en proceso de eliminar las etiquetas que usan nombres que suenan étnicos con el propósito de ser...

SHERMAN OAKS, CA -JULY 20, 2020: Customers make their way with shopping carts outside of Trader Joe's on Riverside Dr. In Sherman Oaks. Trader Joe's has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous. The offending products bear such labels as Trader Ming's for foods and condiments related to Chinese cuisine, Trader Jose's for Mexican-style products and Trader Giotto's for Italian-themed items. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

A 17-year-old called out Trader Joe’s. Now the chain is dropping offensive labeling

July 21, 2020 at 7:59 p.m.

When Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe died earlier this year, he was hailed as a marketing whiz, a retail visionary. He had opened a small, nautical-themed market in South Pasadena...

Trader Joe’s to eliminate product names criticized as racist

July 20, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

Trader Joe's has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous.The offending products...

GLENDALE, CA - MAY 26: Glendale Unified Supt. Vivian Ekchian, left, and Los Angeles County Office of Education Supt. Debra Duardo, right, are given a tour of Cerritos Elementary in Glendale by Principal Perla Chavez-Fritz, center, on Tuesday May 26, 2020 considering that with a persisting coronavirus threat, K-12 campuses will try to reopen in the fall. New L.A. County guidelines offer a possible roap but it could get complicated and costly to confront the logistics of reopening at an actual school in the wake of Covid-19. Glendale on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 in Glendale, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Schools issue warning: Coronavirus testing and tracing are needed before campuses reopen

June 1, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

Raising the possibility that campuses won't reopen in the fall, leaders of the state's two largest K-12 school systems on Friday demanded that public health authorities, not school districts, take...

Early voters cast their ballots in Los Angeles on Monday.

L.A. County voters: Baffled by those other races on your ballot? Here’s a rundown

March 4, 2020 at 7:38 a.m.

The battle for the Democratic nomination for president has been the biggest focus for many voters this Super Tuesday. But in Los Angeles, voters are also weighing in on a...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 22, 2019 - Students and parents arrive for summer session at Panorama High School in the San Fernando Valley located at 8015 Van Nuys Blvd, Panorama City on Monday morning July 22, 2019 after learning that suspects in an alleged MS-13 murder were apparently attending Panorama High School. Student Brayan Andino was killed in Dec. 2017. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Como la sangrienta campana de la pandilla MS-13 llego a una preparatoria del Valle del San Fernando

July 27, 2019 at 6:16 p.m.

La preparatoria Panorama High School ya estaba al límite después de la desaparición de un estudiante de décimo grado.Posteriormente, seis alumnos fueron arrestados, en febrero de 2018, sin ninguna explicación....

MS-13 gang created beachhead at Valley high school, but authorities insisted on secrecy

July 27, 2019 at 12:11 p.m.

Law enforcement and school officials have defended 21 months of secrecy around the murder investigation of a Panorama High School student at the hands of MS-13 — one part of...

How MS-13 gang’s bloody campaign spilled into a San Fernando Valley high school

July 24, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

Panorama High School was already on edge after a 10th grader went missing.Then, six students were detained in February 2018 with no explanation. There were whispers that the missing boy...

Melcon , Mel ?? ? A.J. Duffy, President Elect for UTLA, prepares to address the media outside of LAUSD headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles on . In background is Julie Washington, UTLA Elementary V.P.?elect. Purpose of press conference was to outline their alternatives to the restructuring measures proposed by the school board.

A.J. Duffy, a combative, colorful leader of L.A. teachers union, dies at 75

July 11, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

In his mid-20s, A.J. Duffy seemed unlikely to accomplish anything: Despite a comfortable upbringing, he couldn’t even read.But Duffy painstakingly reshaped himself and became, of all things, a teacher —...

TORRANCE CA APRIL 22, 2019 -- Students at Magnolia Science Academy 3 learn in a makeshift classroom created by using dividers in the school's office space on the campus of Curtiss Middle School in Carson on Monday April 22, 2019. Magnolia Science Academy 3, a charter school operating on the Curtiss campus is hoping to use some of the school's unused classrooms for their students. (Photo by Nick Agro / For The Times)

A tug-of-war over empty classrooms between a charter school and its host campus

July 9, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

The eighth-grade English class at Magnolia Science Academy 3 met last semester in an unusual setting: a carved-out rectangle in the school’s office, formed by portable dividers.Cramped quarters have forced...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019: Hundreds of charter ers turn out to protest as LAUSD Board consider a resolution calling on state officials to a moratorium on new charter schools at Los Angeles Board of Education meeting in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2019. The L.A. Board of Education also voted Tuesday on the contract that ended a six-day teachers strike. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Memo to charter leaders: ‘It’s better to be feared than loved. Right now we are neither’

July 2, 2019 at 6:22 p.m.

In a planning email, reproduced below, education activist Ben Austin laid out an agenda for charter schools and their allies in the wake of the Los Angeles teachers strike. One...

Striking teachers and their ers rally in downtown Los Angeles, California on the second day of the teachers strike, on January 15, 2019. - Teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest public school district in the United States, are striking for smaller class size, better school funding and higher teacher pay. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

L.A. charter schools’ plans: Take back mayor’s office, sue district, battle teachers union

July 2, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

In the wake of the Los Angeles teachers strike, a group of key charter school ers, concerned about political backlash, worked on a plan to stem anti-charter sentiment and regain...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 17: A homeless woman holds a sign as she begs for money on May 17, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Results of a two-year Homelessness Point-in-Time (PIT) Count show a 17 percent surge in homeless individuals in the city and county of San Francisco. 8,011 homeless people were counted in January of this year compared to 6,858 people in 2017.
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Gallery operator seeks to defuse controversy over whether he dumped water on homeless woman

June 30, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.

The operator of a San Francisco art gallery has stepped forward to defend himself after being accused of dousing a homeless woman with a bucket of water.Don Soker emptied the...

Man seems to it to dousing homeless woman: ‘What’s so bad about a cold shower?’

June 29, 2019 at 1:10 p.m.

The operator of a San Francisco art gallery who is suspected of dousing a homeless woman with water has posted what appears to be a defiant confession on social media.The...

Federal judge affirms ruling blocking parts of Trump’s border wall funding

June 29, 2019 at 4:43 a.m.

A federal judge in California has affirmed his preliminary decision to block President Trump’s attempt to build sections of a border wall using money redirected from military projects.Ruling in two...

School busing and race tore L.A. apart in the 1970s. Now, Kamala Harris is reviving debate

June 28, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Few issues divided Los Angeles more in the 1970s than school desegregation and busing.It sparked protests and political movements — and led to white families fleeing from the Los Angeles...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JUNE 12, 2018. Los Angeles Unified School District Chief Financial Officer Scott Price at the final LAUSD board meeting of the 2017-2018 school year at district headquarters in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

New L.A. schools budget includes raises, layoffs

June 19, 2019 at 4:32 a.m.

Los Angeles school district officials on Tuesday approved a $7.4-billion budget that was a mix of gains and losses for the nation’s second largest school system.Employees across the district will...

INGLEWOOD, CALIF. - OCTOBER 15, 2012: Kent Taylor, State -Superintendent for the Inglewood Unified School District, visits Inglewood High School on October 15, 2012. Kent attended this high school. Taylor, 48, was picked in October by the state to turn around Inglewood's insolvent school system. He is the former superintendent of Southern Kern Unified. (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times)

Ex-school district leader found dead two months after stepping down amid questions

June 10, 2019 at 8:06 p.m.

Former Lennox School District Supt. Kent Taylor, 54, was found dead Sunday at his home in San Bernardino County two months after stepping down amid questions over his management of...

LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 5, 2019: LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner addresses the media during a press conference at Western Avenue Elementary School in South Los Angeles to discuss the Measure EE parcel tax going down to defeat. At right is Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garretti. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

After failed funding campaign, L.A. Unified chief outlines budget plan

June 7, 2019 at 2:44 a.m.

Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner on Thursday laid out a tight budget — which includes some layoffs — while signaling potential financial trouble ahead for the nation’s second-largest school...

RESEDA, CALIF. -- FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, chats with LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner, right, during a performance by pop star Billie Eilish for students at Cleveland High School in April 5, 2019. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Failure of L.A. school tax measure could put resources and alliances to the test

June 6, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

Mayor Eric Garcetti, L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner and other high-profile backers of a property tax to benefit public schools needed to get two-thirds for Measure EE to ....

A political disaster: How Measure EE, L.A. schools tax hike, failed so badly

June 5, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Backers of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s proposed parcel tax always knew they had an uphill battle and that defeat was a possibility.They needed a two-thirds majority for the...

L.A. school tax measure defeated, in blow to Garcetti and Beutner

June 5, 2019 at 3:07 a.m.

Leaders of the Los Angeles school district made a calculated gamble: The January teachers strike made such a huge, positive impact on the public that sympathetic voters, they thought, would...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 3, 2019: InnerCity Struggle community leaders April Camacho, left, and Melyna Gutierrez hit the streets canvassing the Boyle Heights neighborhood to urge Angelenos to vote yes on Measure EE. (Michael Owen Baker / For The Times)

Parcel tax for L.A. schools is latest ask of taxpayers

June 4, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, voters living within the boundaries of the Los Angeles Unified School District will decide whether to Measure EE, a property tax to benefit Los Angeles public schools....

LAUSD says it needs the Measure EE tax. Skeptics say the district has a spending problem

June 2, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

The pitch for raising taxes for schools used to be images of cracked asphalt playgrounds, leaking classroom roofs and jammed year-round campuses.But at STEAM Legacy High School in South Gate,...

Koreatown school mural dispute to end with artist overseeing changes

May 29, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

Artist Beau Stanton has agreed to make changes to a mural in Koreatown that’s attracted criticism from some activists but that also inspired many others opposed to political censorship to...

LOS ANGELES, CA -- MAY 21, 2019: Jackie Goldberg, standing with wife Sharon Stricker, takes the oath of office as an LAUSD board member, istered by Superior Court Judge (Ret) Teresa Sanchez-Gordon, at the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarter in downtown Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Goldberg s L.A. Unified school board, immediately challenges aid to charter schools

May 22, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

Jackie Goldberg took a seat on the Los Angeles school board Tuesday and immediately signaled change to come, shifting the discussion to whether charter schools were getting unfair advantages over...

LOS ANGELES, CA--FEBRUARY 03, 2009--Entrepreneur and philanthropist Eli Broad is photographed in his Broad Foundation offices, in Los Angeles, CA, February 03, 2009. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Two elections affecting L.A. schools make for strange bedfellows

May 13, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Two pivotal, looming elections are a study in contradictions for the Los Angeles Unified School District.In one contest, two powerful unions have become heated rivals; in the other, they’ve remained...

Measure EE election goes forward, but legal challenge continues

May 10, 2019 at 2:36 a.m.

Los Angeles voters will be able to cast ballots on a proposed property tax for schools, but the measure will face a hearing on its validity after the June 4...

L.A. school board votes to exempt garages from education tax

May 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles school officials would like the discussion over a proposed property tax to be about benefits to students, but the debate Tuesday was over parking garages.Disagreement centered on whether...

Aug. 6, 2009:: Old 60s era parking structure still used next to Disney Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

Beutner’s changes to ballot language spark debate over parcel tax for L.A. schools

May 4, 2019 at 1:13 a.m.

A dispute is roiling over a change to the ballot language of Measure EE, which would raise an estimated $500 million a year for Los Angeles public schools if approved...

Last-minute changes to ballot language could create problems for L.A. schools tax measure

May 3, 2019 at 12:36 a.m.

A few legalistic words in one sentence could create an expensive headache for taxpayers.Or, they could create an even bigger mess for the Los Angeles Unified School District, where a...

Michael Jackson’s name to remain on L.A. school auditorium despite sex abuse claims

April 27, 2019 at 5:42 p.m.

A Los Angeles elementary school that briefly counted pop star Michael Jackson as a student before he skyrocketed to fame has voted to keep his name on the auditorium in...

November 11, 1989 photo of Michael Jackson with his 6th grade teacher Laura Gerson after receiving plaque at Gardner St. Elementary. For Then and Now column for November 14, 2010.

Parents vote on removing Michael Jackson’s name from L.A. school auditorium

April 24, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

Gardner Street Elementary School is undergoing a most unusual soul searching this week, weighing whether to break a symbolic link with pop star Michael Jackson, whose name is on the...

<p>LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 17, 2019 - - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti answers questions from of the Mayor's Youth Council before delivering his annual State of the City address at Lincoln High School in Los Angeles on April 17, 2019. "This is your town. Own it," said Mayor Garrett. of the Youth Council are high school students from throughout the LAUSD. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)</p>

Garcetti, in yearly address, pushes new tax to L.A. schools

April 18, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti used his annual State of the City address Wednesday to make an extended sales pitch for Measure EE, a new tax for public schools that...

L.A. schools chief Austin Beutner says no major restructuring is in the works

April 10, 2019 at 4:50 a.m.

Los Angeles has been anticipating a shock wave from schools Supt. Austin Beutner, who worked for months on a plan to “reimagine” the nation’s second-largest school system and confront its...

NEW YORK - JUNE 27: SAT test preparation books sit on a shelf at a Barnes and Noble store June 27, 2002 in New York City. College Board trustees decided June 27 to add a written essay and other changes to the SAT in an overhaul of the college entrance exam. The first istration of the new SAT will occur in March of 2005. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

For first time, L.A. schools have free SAT day for all juniors

March 30, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

The Los Angeles school district has focused in recent years on boosting high-school graduation rates and sending more students to college. This month, it has taken a big step by...

LOS ANGELES, CA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019 - LAUSD school board candidate Jackie Goldberg at campaign headquarters waits for poll results with a roomful of volunteers. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Repenning to face Goldberg for L.A. school board seat; Ortiz could pay for recount

March 23, 2019 at 10:54 p.m.

Heather Repenning officially won the right Friday to face front-runner Jackie Goldberg in a May runoff for a pivotal seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education.Repenning made it on...

LOS ANGELES, CA MARCH 5, 2019- Naomi Seligman, left, applauds Heather Repenning during an election night party at Colombo's. Repenning is one of ten candidates for the seat left vacant when Ref Rodriguez resigned after pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws. (John McCoy / For The Times)

Repenning edges closer to facing Goldberg in runoff for L.A. school board seat

March 15, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

With nearly all votes tallied for a pivotal Los Angeles school board seat, Heather Repenning holds second place by 31 votes, a margin that is probably enough to get her...

FILE - In this June 25, 2018 file photo, Christian, from Honduras, recounts his separation from his child at the border during a news conference at the Annunciation House,in El Paso, Texas. A judge has put off at least until Monday, July 9, a ruling on a Trump istration request for more time to reunite more than 100 children under 5 who were separated from their parents after crossing the border. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered the Justice Department to share a list of the 101 children by Saturday afternoon with the American Civil Liberties Union, which successfully sued the istration to force the young children and families to be reunited by Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

In court loss for Trump, U.S. judge to oversee more family separation cases

May 22, 2019 at 3:53 a.m.

A San Diego federal judge has expanded his authority and will now oversee the cases of potentially thousands of additional children who were separated from their families at the border...

LOS ANGELES, CA MARCH 5, 2019- Heather Repenning talks with Max Arias during an election night party at Colombo's. Repenning is one of ten candidates for the seat left vacant when Ref Rodriguez resigned after pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws. (John McCoy / For The Times)

Repenning moves into second place as count continues in L.A. school board race

March 10, 2019 at 5:21 a.m.

Heather Repenning edged into second place Friday in the contest for a pivotal seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education. Second place matters because the top two finishers will...

LOS ANGELES, CA MARCH 5, 2019- Heather Repenning reacts while Charlie Hepland looks up from the table during an Election night party at Colombo's. Repenning is one of ten candidates for the seat left vacant when Ref Rodriguez resigned after pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws. (John McCoy / For The Times)

Eli Broad weighs in at last minute with $100,000 donation in L.A. school board race

March 8, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

Philanthropist Eli Broad inserted himself into a pivotal Los Angeles school board race at the last second this week, making the largest individual donation to any candidate.Broad’s $100,000 didn’t go...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 18, 2019 UTLA president Alex Caputo Pearl, right, visits backstage with teacher Jackie Goldberg as thousands of Los Angeles Unified School teachers gather at a UTLA rally in Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning, the 5th day of the LA teachers strike January 18, 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Jackie Goldberg heads into runoff for key L.A. school board seat with strong momentum

March 7, 2019 at 6:13 a.m.

Last year, the power of the local teachers union seemed to be on the wane while charter schools’ prospects were rising. Los Angeles Board of Education backed by charter...

LOS ANGELES, CA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019 - LAUSD school board candidate Jackie Goldberg reacts with joy as the first polling results are posted, showing her with 48 percent of the vote at campaign headquarters with a roomful of volunteers. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Jackie Goldberg has strong lead in early returns to fill key L.A. school board seat

March 6, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

Jackie Goldberg, who served two on the Los Angeles school board decades ago, was making a strong bid Tuesday to return to that role in a pivotal special election.With...

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 04, 2017 -Newly elected L.A. school board President Monica Garcia recognized International Walk to School Day by walking with students to Magnolia Avenue Elementary School near downtown Los Angeles Wednesday morning, highlighting infrastructure improvements to increase pedestrian safety. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

School board member Monica Garcia launches bid for Huizar seat on L.A. City Council

February 26, 2019 at 10:41 p.m.

Los Angeles school board President Monica Garcia said Monday that she is entering the race to replace Councilman Jose Huizar, becoming the latest high-profile politician to seek the seat.Garcia, a...

Teachers’ strike is over, but LAUSD still faces threats from charters and finances

January 25, 2019 at 6:39 p.m.

For all the cheers that came with the end of the teachers’ strike, it’s become clear that some of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s greatest woes could not be...

LAUSD teachers’ strike ends. Teachers to return to classrooms Wednesday

January 22, 2019 at 3:27 p.m.

The Los Angeles teachers union ended its strike Tuesday night, based on overwhelming for a contract agreement with the school district, union leaders said.Teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians will...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 18, 2019 - - Ignacio Gordillo, Dean at Gage Middle School, shouts to the lawmakers at City Hall as thousands of educators with the United Teachers Los Angeles rally on the fifth day of the teachers strike in Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on January 18, 2019. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

LAUSD teachers will stay off the job Tuesday

January 22, 2019 at 5:37 a.m.

Signs late Monday night pointed to a probable settlement of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike, but not in time to get teachers back into classrooms on Tuesday.Settlement or not, teachers...

<p>Teachers and their ers fill Grand Park during a rally after a tentative agreement wath LAUSD on smaller classes, new community schools, nurses and a raise.</p>

L.A. teachers’ strike brings day of disruption for thousands of students

January 15, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

Across a rain-drenched city, students crowded into school auditoriums, talked over the adults brought in to manage them, watched “Black Panther” and played “Minecraft.”From San Pedro to El Sereno to...

Striking L.A. teachers are part of a national movement. But California is different

January 15, 2019 at 2:37 a.m.

When Los Angeles teachers went on strike Monday, they followed a wave of strikes and demonstrations by teachers around the country.In some ways, the L.A. strike is similar to those...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - JANUARY 10: Robert Partida, an IT representative, Lisa LaCoste Clayton, Senior Paralegal in the General Counsel's office, and Katherine Zdyvewl, an ing technician, answer phones at an emergency call center, setup at LAUSD Headquarters, on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. With the looming threat of a LAUSD Teachers strike, LAUSD setup a call center to answer parents questions about what happens during a strike. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Judge rules that LAUSD teachers’ strike can begin on Monday as negotiations continue

January 11, 2019 at 4:36 a.m.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Thursday cleared the path for a Los Angeles teachers’ strike to start Monday.Whether it does, however, will depend on negotiations that resume Friday...

United Teachers Los Angeles leaders are ed by thousands of teachers, who may go on strike against the nation's second-largest school district next month, as they march past the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The union contends that the district is hoarding a huge financial reserve that could be used to pay teachers more and improve conditions for students. Union leaders also criticized a plan to reorganize the district by dividing it into 32 networks. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

No breakthrough to prevent LAUSD teachers’ strike after more talks

January 10, 2019 at 3:36 a.m.

Ongoing talks to avert a teachers’ strike ended Wednesday without a deal between United Teachers Los Angeles and the L.A. Unified School District. The two sides will meet again on...

L.A. teachers union postpones strike until Monday

January 10, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

Thousands of signs were ready, along with thousands of teachers to hold them. Nothing, it seemed, could stop a Los Angeles teachers’ strike from starting Thursday.Then, the day before, came...

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 5, 2019 - - Teachers and other of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) pick up signs and materials for a possible teachers strike after a meeting at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles on January 5, 2019. More than 30,000 teachers across the district?s 1,100 public schools could participate in a strike, affecting more than 480,000 students in the country?s second-largest school district. The possible strike is set for Jan. 10. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Leaders of L.A. school district and teachers union head to church as scheduled strike approaches

January 7, 2019 at 4:32 a.m.

Leaders of the Los Angeles school district and its teachers union both went to church this weekend, but their sermons and audiences had little in common as a Thursday strike...

LOPS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 19, 2018 --- Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti releases LA Budget for 2018-2019 at press conference held on April 19, 2018, Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Looming teachers’ strike complicates a Garcetti presidential bid

January 5, 2019 at 3:22 p.m.

Los Angeles mayors do not control the L.A. Unified School District, but that hasn’t stopped some of them from trying to use their highly visible office to assert authority over...

In this March 23, 2016, skiers move around a mountain in Sequoia National Park, Calif. A year after an annual backcountry skiing trip in Sequoia National Park was nearly browned out by California?s historic drought, a group of friends find satisfaction in the snowier conditions. Snow survey results due on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, will provide official word on whether El Nino has delivered the promised drought-busting blow. But the snowpack appears to have recovered significantly from last year?s dire lows. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

Federal shutdown closes major portions of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

January 2, 2019 at 2:18 a.m.

Officials have announced they are closing sections of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks because of the partial shutdown of the federal government.The announcement, made late Monday, follows a similar...

2019 Rose Parade has 40 floats, 21 marching bands and a proud Jewish, LGBTQ queen

January 2, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

The 2019 Rose Parade rolled out Tuesday morning in familiar, comforting and decorative style, along with a twist of newness.Among the fresh touches were a grand marshal, Chaka Khan, who...

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 15, 2018: Hundreds of protesters ed in with UTLA to march for Public Education on Grand Avenue near the Broad Museum on December 15, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi/Los AngelesTimes)

L.A. teachers strike appears more likely as a key report fails to bring the union and district together

December 19, 2018 at 6:21 a.m.

Los Angeles teachers may have moved one big step closer to a strike.Tuesday marked the release of a report from a fact-finding , the last legal step in a process...

CHICO, CALIF. - NOVEMBER 15: Coach Sheila Craft and the Paradise High School Bobcats perform a team cheer before starting practice, on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 in Chico, Calif. This is the team's first practice since being displaced by the Camp fire a week ago. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Paradise schools were devastated by the Camp fire. Now, educators are racing to find classrooms and help traumatized students

November 24, 2018 at 7:22 p.m.

Reporting from PARADISE, Calif. — As this region still reels from the worst fire in California history, educators are faced with the challenging task of reopening schools even as the firefighters continue...

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