Can charter and public schools share space without fights? LAUSD’s $5.5-million solution
The funding represents a notable collaboration between board members Nick Melvoin, a charter ally, and Jackie Goldberg, a charter critic.
Newsletter: A low-tech approach in Silicon Valley
“The Window” offers a safe place for homeless people to receive mail while in transition and rebuilding their lives.
Skeletal remains found outside Lancaster
The remains were found about 3:05 p.m. near the intersection of 20th Street West and Avenue F, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Seal Beach police commander, former SWAT sniper promoted to chief of police
Seal Beach resident and Police Commander Phil Gonshak hopes to stay humble and focused on the safety of his community when he settles into his dream job as the city’s Chief of Police effective Sunday, Dec. 1. City Manager Patrick Gallegos announced Gonshak’s promotion Monday, Sept. 30. The 19-year veteran officer calls his appointment a…
San Clemente woman convicted of 2nd-degree murder for drunken crash that killed 3 Las Vegas teens
A San Clemente woman who drunkenly crashed into a stopped vehicle at a Huntington Beach intersection, killing three Las Vegas teenagers, was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder. A Santa Ana jury deliberated for about an hour before finding Bani Marcela Duarte, 29, guilty in the deaths of Brooke Hawley, 17, Albert Rossi, 17 and Dylan…
Trial begins for man charged with Garden Grove shooting death, Santa Ana attempted murder
Trial began Tuesday for a man accused of gunning down one man in a Garden Grove parking lot and injuring a 16-year-old during a separate Santa Ana shooting. Richard Adrian Trevino, 44, is accused of killing Frank Brady on July 18, 2016 during an argument in a parking lot outside of a Garden Grove smoke…
Coroner releases new images of John Doe, found in Trabuco Canyon in 1996, with hopes of IDing him
Coroner officials have released new images of a John Doe found in rustic Trabuco Canyon nearly 23 years ago in hopes it will help identify him. This year the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children developed the renderings of what Doe may have looked like using a CT scan of the skull. On Dec….
If you want a plastic straw at an L.A. restaurant, you need to ask for it starting today
Starting Tuesday, all Los Angeles restaurants, including fast-food chains, will be required to withhold plastic straws unless a customer requests one.
Earthquake: 3.6 quake felt near Ridgecrest, Calif.
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded at 6:11 a.m.
California schools can no longer suspend K-8 students for using phones. Will this help or hurt learning?
As the first and largest district in the state to implement a ban on suspensions for “willful defiance,” Los Angeles’ experience may be instructive for other districts across the state.