LAUSD deadline looms to make painful cuts after county says board actions 'erode confidence'
L.A. Unified must detail steep budget cuts or face a county takeover after officials warned that school board decisions 'erode confidence.'
L.A. Unified must detail steep budget cuts or face a county takeover after officials warned that school board decisions 'erode confidence.'
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A 20-year-old mother and her boyfriend have been arrested after the woman's 2-year-old son found a gun hidden in a couch and fatally shot himself.
On Wednesday, officials with the Blue Angels said they were conducting a review after social media footage showed the jet flying low over a crowd of beachgoers.
Recent cases of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis have been linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations in the midwest.
As search teams continued to scour the bay to find the missing passengers and recover the wreckage of the sunken vessel, it is not yet clear what caused the boat to roll on its side and topple into the water.
The presence of carbon monoxide was confirmed in a parked vehicle in Toledo, Ohio, where five people were found unresponsive and three of them died Wednesday in what an official described as an accident.
Authorities announced 26-year-old Chase Matthew Griffin, a member of the South LA-based Crips, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for his role in a $2.8 million scheme advertised on social media.
A 2-year-old boy died after a shooting in Highland, prompting an investigation, according to authorities.
Some green-card applicants would have to pay a $100,000 bond for lawful permanent residence in the U.S. under a new policy proposed by the Trump administration.
A Los Angeles man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on murder and other charges stemming from a Fourth of July shooting that left a 19-year-old college student dead and two female teenagers injured in Compton.
So far this week, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued four notices of violations to the company related to the putrid odor at the cleanup site.
A strong earthquake struck the southern Mexican Pacific coast on Friday, right on the border with Guatemala, and was felt from Mexico City to El Salvador.
Information on a suspect or suspects was not immediately released.
President Donald Trump accused Beijing of meddling in the 2020 election.
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Before they were rivals, Messi posed with baby Yamal for a charity photo shoot.
L.A. Unified must detail steep budget cuts or face a county takeover after officials warned that school board decisions 'erode confidence.'
The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port.
The cleanup continues after the massive water main break left residents facing what officials described as a lengthy recovery process.
Universal Studios Hollywood has delayed its new "Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift" roller coaster to the end of the year following severe noise complaints from neighbors.
A family booked a Tahoe getaway but never made it there due to a blizzard making their Airbnb inaccessible. Yet, they still got stuck with the bill.
Andy Burnham was officially declared leader of Britain's governing Labour Party on Friday, promising to bring hope to the British people and purpose to the floundering government as he cleared his final hurdle to take office as prime minister next week.
Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film "My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81.
Two people are still missing after the boat capsized in the cold, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay while carrying 20 family members and friends who went out to scatter the ashes of a loved one.
Body camera video was released of the Wilmington, Delaware police shooting that killed 19-year-old Kadir Skinner; his family is calling for charges.
The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits.
Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time while crews repair a water main and the road itself after a major trunk line ruptured Thursday.
LADWP crews continue repairs on a 110-year-old pipe rupture and sinkhole in West Hollywood, with plans to reopen Sunset Boulevard to traffic by late weekend.
Caleb Groen from Thousand Oaks, California has won 10 straight games on "Jeopardy!" and more than $300,000. The Harvard Law School student will try for win No. 11 next.
A 22-year-old Reedley man is now fighting for his life after a brazen shooting on Highway 180 in Fresno County this past weekend.
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A "for rent" sign hangs near a discarded mattresses outside an apartment building in the city of Los Angeles. (David Wagner / LAist)In recent years, some Southern California cities have tried a new approach to softening the blow of large rent hikes. When landlords raised rents beyond what tenant...
The time capsule monument sits in front of Burbank's Central Library branch on July 15.(Makenna Cramer / LAist)After 25 years of anticipation, the Burbank Public Library opened a time capsule monument only to find…nothing.They were expecting to come across a collection of memories from 2001, whe...
In Adelanto, immigrant detention centers are run by The GEO Group, one of the nation's largest for-profit prison operators.(John Moore / Getty Images)A nonprofit law firm has created a resource to teach people who are in custody at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, or at the neighboring Desert ...
Relief is in sight after several days of extreme heat across Southern California.
The Coca-Cola Company has temporarily halted U.S. manufacturing operations for its fairlife dairy brand after discovering a cyberattack on its networks. An unauthorized third party gained access to a portion of the company's systems during a recent ransomware event.
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South L.A. Crips member Chase Matthew Griffin pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
A new Trump administration rule limits international student visas to four years, forcing students who need more time to seek federal extensions. California faces a big impact, with 140,000 international students.
California rescinded a $73-million grant for a proposed drug rehab center in San Pedro. Residents picketed for weeks against the project and its proposed displacement of seniors.
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