California
The student was arrested after what police described as a ‘unprovoked attack’ on a professor in a classroom. It wasn’t immediately clear the professor’s condition.
Sept. 24, 2024
Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.
Sept. 23, 2024
Both UC and CSU had expressed concerns about the bill, saying it could cause them to run afoul of federal law.
A guidance counselor at a West L.A. high school has been charged with having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student, authorities said.
Sept. 21, 2024
Malibu and Caltrans and other agencies are being sued by the families of four Pepperdine students killed by a speeding driver as well as an injured fifth student.
Sept. 20, 2024
Former students of Olivet University, headquartered near Anza in a remote part of Riverside County, claim they were required to work, at times for no pay, and couldn’t leave campus without permission.
Huntington Beach, saying parents have a ‘right to know,’ seeks to block a state law shielding teachers from having to disclose students’ gender identity.
Sept. 18, 2024
Educators are using the genre to teach both Spanish and Latin culture to a growing number of U.S.-born Latinos not fluent in their heritage language.
Sept. 19, 2024
Housing & Homelessness
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded a $10-million grant this month to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to assist tenants in low-income developments with organizing. But foundation tenants say the nonprofit is stopping them from unionizing in its buildings.
The charges, all misdemeanors, included failure to disperse at the scene of a riot and resisting arrest.