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Troubled youths deserve more effective discipline than suspension
The limits on student suspensions approved by the Los Angeles Unified school board this week may burnish the district's progressive credentials, putting L.A. in the forefront of a national shift away from zero-tolerance policies that ban kids from...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Teachers, F-bomb Dropping, Students, Teaching and Learning
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In Mexico, immigrants' relatives watch U.S. debate, and hope
TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway. But like many here, Guadarrama was up-to-the-minute with the...
Tags: Organized Crime, Immigration, The Happiest News!, Judges, Mexico
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Ken Venturi, 1964 U.S. Open champion, dies at 82
Ken Venturi, a San Francisco native and the 1964 U.S. Open golf champion, has died. He was 82. Matt Venturi says his father died Friday afternoon at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after a two-month battle with a spinal infection, pneumonia and...
Tags: U.S. Open (golf), Pneumonia, NASCAR, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Indianapolis 500
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The Cannes fashion festival continues, David Beckham doesn't
Cannes-do Style: Calvin Klein and the Independent Filmmaker Project celebrated women in film at an event Thursday night that included Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Carey Mulligan and Harvey Weinstein. In other Calvin Klein news, Mara will be fronting the...
Tags: Vivienne Westwood, Rooney Mara, David Beckham, Roberto Cavalli
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Kennedy Center changes Honors process after Latino groups' outcry
After saluting just two Latino performers in 35 years with its Kennedy Center Honors awards, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts says it has revised the selection process to be more inclusive. The changes were announced Thursday in a news...
Tags: Chita Rivera, Satellite and Cable Service, Minority Groups, Entertainment Events, Fine Artists
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Students raised in foster system honored for completing college
Soon they’ll walk across stages at college campuses around Southern California, accepting their degrees and celebrating with classmates. But at a smaller, more low-key event on Friday, they were honored with a closer set of peers: fellow foster...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles, Students, California State University, Northridge, Schools
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A view into the photography program at Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology
FrameworkMore than 100 portraits of Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology (HAAT) students and their photographs will be featured on a 1,000-foot-long fence covering the construction of the Huntington Library's Education and Visitor Center. HAAT is in East Los... -
Prince Harry tours Sandy-battered N.J.: 'This used to be a house?'
Britain's Prince Harry expressed astonishment at the damage still evident on the New Jersey shore from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday as he toured hard-hit towns and took in the view of the historic Seaside Heights roller coaster, which was washed into the...
Tags: FEMA, Amusement and Theme Parks, Theme Park Vacations, Chris Christie, Entertainment
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Celebrities voice support for Angelina Jolie after mastectomy
Only moments after Angelina Jolie's revealing op-ed was published late Monday, the actress' name was trending on Twitter. From celebrities to cancer survivors, tens of thousands voiced their support for Jolie's decision to undergo a preventive double...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, David Krumholtz, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Nina Dobrev
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Grand Canyon wildlife event to honor memory of park biologist
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. -- Eric York was obsessed with the big cats -- their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park’s annual tourist invasion. For years, he wandered the area’s crags, gullies and woods, tracking and tagging the...
Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Pneumonic Plague, Rome (Italy), Pakistan, Wildlife
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A federal 'shield' for reporters
President Obama may be engaging in political damage control in proposing that Congress resurrect legislation to protect the confidentiality of journalists' sources. But his call for action on a federal shield law is welcome even if it is inspired by a...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, WikiLeaks, National Government, Judges, Journalism
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Sgt. John Russell: Wrenching testimony in penalty phase
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Lt. Col. Michael Jones was the last psychiatrist to see Sgt. John Russell before the sergeant returned to the Iraq mental health clinic with an M-16 rifle, killing two doctors and three other fellow servicemen. In...Tags: Health, Judges, Iraq, Murder, Mental Health
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