School district officials are busy “reimagining” the nation’s second-largest school system, but what happened Tuesday was not exactly what they had in mind. A group of at least 50 protesters shut down the Los Angeles Board of Education meeting early — just before a debate that was expected to get…
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Tuesday approved a plan for sharing Colorado River delivery cuts if a shortage is declared on the drought-depleted river. The vote by the district, which imports water to the Southland, represents another step in a years-long attempt to…
BEVERLY HILLS >> An attorney for 180 survivors of Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse called on the Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympic Games and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to put LA 2028 and the city’s partnership with the U.S. Olympic Committee on hold until the extent of a potential cover-up and the USOC’s knowledge…
Rocked by years of scandal and $30.2 million in legal settlements over sexual misconduct by its teachers and staff, the Redlands Unified School District has adopted sweeping reforms designed to establish firm boundaries between employees and students. The district’s new ACT (Actions Create Trust) Now initiative, which includes 10 measures to enhance student safety and raise awareness…
IRVINE — A Los Angeles man suspected in a spree of armed robberies at gas stations and fast-food restaurants throughout Orange County was arrested Tuesday in Gardena. Emanuel Demar Banks, 38, was taken into custody about 9:45 a.m. outside a hotel where he was staying, said Kim Mohr of the Irvine Police Department. Emanuel Demar…
Opponents of a housing community proposed for West Coyote Hills have been dealt another setback by a state court that denied their appeal to overturn Fullerton’s approval of constructing up to 760 homes in the 510 acres of hillsides and former oil fields. But they are optimistic as state and private funding has given the city…
Melvin E. Dummar was driving through the Nevada desert in December 1967 when he stopped to relieve himself and saw, he said, a thin, graying man lying on the ground, bleeding. The only right thing to do was to stop, and so Dummar did. As he told it, he invited the man into his Chevy,…
By SYLVIE CORBET, LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY PARIS — A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed four people and wounded 11 others near a world-famous Christmas market Tuesday, sparking a broad lockdown and a search for the suspected gunman, who remained at large. French prosecutors said a terrorism investigation was opened, though…
