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Mientras la huelga en las UC continua, hay caos por las calificaciones, examenes finales y el fin de cursos
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....
‘Heartbroken and traumatized’: Nancy Pelosi responds to violent attack on her husband
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
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
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 school mask mandate after March 11
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
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
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...
All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill
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...
Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory
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...
California becomes first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation
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
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...
L.A. school officials order sweeping student vaccine mandate, a first by a major district
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...
In abrupt turnaround, California to let school districts decide how to enforce mask rules
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
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
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...
California to bar K-12 students from campus if they refuse to wear a mask under new rules
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
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 —...
Some Black parents see less bullying, racism with online learning and are keeping kids home
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...
En su nuevo presupuesto, Newsom propondra un kinder de transicion para todos los ninos de cuatro anos en California
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...
California adopts 3-foot-spacing rule for classrooms, changing reopening equation
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
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...
Escuelas pueden reabrirse con seguridad aunque los profesores no esten todos vacunados, dice Newsom
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
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...
What the changes in the California COVID-19 vaccine priority list mean for you
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...
L.A. schools announce massive COVID-19 testing, tracing initiative for all students and staff
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...
Trader Joe’s eliminara nombres de productos senalados como racistas
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...
A 17-year-old called out Trader Joe’s. Now the chain is dropping offensive labeling
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
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...
Schools issue warning: Coronavirus testing and tracing are needed before campuses reopen
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...
L.A. County voters: Baffled by those other races on your ballot? Here’s a rundown
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...
Como la sangrienta campana de la pandilla MS-13 llego a una preparatoria del Valle del San Fernando
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
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
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...
A.J. Duffy, a combative, colorful leader of L.A. teachers union, dies at 75
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 —...
A tug-of-war over empty classrooms between a charter school and its host campus
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...
Memo to charter leaders: ‘It’s better to be feared than loved. Right now we are neither’
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...
L.A. charter schools’ plans: Take back mayor’s office, sue district, battle teachers union
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...
Gallery operator seeks to defuse controversy over whether he dumped water on homeless woman
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?’
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
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
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...
New L.A. schools budget includes raises, layoffs
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...
Ex-school district leader found dead two months after stepping down amid questions
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...
After failed funding campaign, L.A. Unified chief outlines budget plan
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...
Failure of L.A. school tax measure could put resources and alliances to the test
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
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
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...
Parcel tax for L.A. schools is latest ask of taxpayers
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
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
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...
Goldberg s L.A. Unified school board, immediately challenges aid to charter schools
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...
Two elections affecting L.A. schools make for strange bedfellows
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
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
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...
Beutner’s changes to ballot language spark debate over parcel tax for L.A. schools
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
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
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...
Parents vote on removing Michael Jackson’s name from L.A. school auditorium
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...
Garcetti, in yearly address, pushes new tax to L.A. schools
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
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...
For first time, L.A. schools have free SAT day for all juniors
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...
Repenning to face Goldberg for L.A. school board seat; Ortiz could pay for recount
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...
Repenning edges closer to facing Goldberg in runoff for L.A. school board seat
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...
In court loss for Trump, U.S. judge to oversee more family separation cases
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...
Repenning moves into second place as count continues in L.A. school board race
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...
Eli Broad weighs in at last minute with $100,000 donation in L.A. school board race
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...
Jackie Goldberg heads into runoff for key L.A. school board seat with strong momentum
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...
Jackie Goldberg has strong lead in early returns to fill key L.A. school board seat
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...
School board member Monica Garcia launches bid for Huizar seat on L.A. City Council
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
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
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...
LAUSD teachers will stay off the job Tuesday
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...
L.A. teachers’ strike brings day of disruption for thousands of students
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
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...
Judge rules that LAUSD teachers’ strike can begin on Monday as negotiations continue
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...
No breakthrough to prevent LAUSD teachers’ strike after more talks
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
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...
Leaders of L.A. school district and teachers union head to church as scheduled strike approaches
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...
Looming teachers’ strike complicates a Garcetti presidential bid
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...
Federal shutdown closes major portions of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
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
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...
L.A. teachers strike appears more likely as a key report fails to bring the union and district together
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...
Paradise schools were devastated by the Camp fire. Now, educators are racing to find classrooms and help traumatized students
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...
As the search for the dead continues amid Camp fire devastation, a huge Thanksgiving dinner takes shape
Reporting from Magalia, Calif. — The Thanksgiving holiday came to the communities devastated by California’s worst fire with rain, grieving and a haunting silence.In Magalia, a small town north of Paradise where...
17 file for open L.A. school board seat
Voters could have 17 candidates to choose from in a special election to fill a Los Angeles school board seat that has been vacant for nearly four months.The winner of...
A man was caught with an arsenal of weapons outside an L.A. middle school. Parents want to know why it was kept secret
By any measure, what happened outside Reed Middle School one day last month was scary: A man with an arsenal of weapons was found hanging out on the edge of...
Austin Beutner and Alex Caputo-Pearl: Two leaders on a collision course toward a teachers strike
The two men who could determine whether Los Angeles teachers go on strike sound almost as if they inhabit different worlds. They don’t even agree on a set of basic...
Los Angeles teachers are a step closer to a potential strike after mediation with district ends
The union representing Los Angeles teachers moved one step closer to a possible strike Friday after ending mediation sessions with the L.A. Unified School District.Union officials accused the district of...
Teacher who recounted Trump aide eating glue as a child is placed on paid leave
A teacher who recounted how a senior aide to President Trump ate glue as a third-grader has been pulled from her classroom.The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has placed veteran...
For L.A. students, Kavanaugh hearing goes beyond the usual civics lessons
The students in Brandon Cabezas’ Advanced Placement government and U.S. history classes have been studying the Supreme Court. They’ve learned about checks and balances, looked at Supreme Court nominee Brett...
On eve of mediation, L.A. Unified offers teachers 6% raises – which the union rejects
For months, the Los Angeles school district and the teachers union have been operating in different realities. In the L.A. Unified universe, the district faces financial doom. To teachers, it’s...
Two L.A. schools compete for students on the same campus as charter schools boom and attendance drops
For three days, an SUV was parked in front of Sunrise Elementary in Boyle Heights, with homemade posters taped onto its windows. They featured photos of teachers and s at...
Los ninos de California estan retrasados en el aprendizaje antes de comenzar la escuela; algunos nunca se ponen al dia
Cuando los estudiantes ingresan a la escuela en California, aprenden a un ritmo similar, si no mejor, que en otros estados. El problema es que llegan a las aulas muy...
California’s children fall behind before they start school, and some never catch up, study finds
When students enter school in California, they learn at a pace on par with — if not better than — those in other states.The problem is that they arrive far...
In the age of Trump, there’s a fine line between racism and free speech. Even at high school football games
Maybe in another time, the scene at an Orange County high school football game might have felt different: the home team fans dressed in red, white and blue chanting, “USA!”...
Pregnant woman, fiance among four dead in possible street racing crash on 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley
A young couple expecting their first child were among four people killed Friday night in a horrific car crash on the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley, according to family ...
At least three Rancho Cucamonga students killed themselves in August
At least three Rancho Cucamonga-area students killed themselves in August, but there is no apparent link between the deaths, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.None of the three...
What happened when Supt. Austin Beutner met with the teachers union leader? It depends on who you ask
Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner met Wednesday with the head of the teachers union and then sent him a new contract offer in a follow-up letter. The leader of...
Civil jury vindicates fired Montebello school executives in whistleblower case
The Montebello school district is in dire straits — at risk of insolvency and under apparent criminal investigation.An outside audit in July found some teachers earning more than $200,000 a...
L.A. schools fall short on safety measures, new report warns
After the mass shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, Los Angeles school officials reassured parents that much had been done to keep local schools safe. California...