UCLA is putting standing students behind visitors at Rose Bowl
If all goes well this season at the Rose Bowl, UCLA students will stand and deliver. In the only arrangement of its kind in the...
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Opinion: I’m a pediatrician in Reno. I know climate change threatens children
A few years ago, while visiting Hiroshima, Japan, I attended a talk by a well-known peace activist and hibakusha — an atomic bomb survivor. Keiko...
Many high school students can’t read. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?
Like many high school chemistry teachers, Angie Hackman said she instructs students on atoms, matter and how they “influence the world around us.” But Hackman...
The unlikely rise of UCLA’s Luke Schuermann from D3 to Big Ten
Luke Schuermann often gets “the look” whenever he mentions his last football stop. It can be a quizzical expression or a blank stare based on...
4.4 earthquake shakes up LAUSD’s first day of school
It took a split second for the instincts of Principal Laura Gutierrez to kick in when an earthquake coursed through Aldama Elementary School in Highland...
2024 fashion: What 9 teens wore on the first day of school in L.A.
As a kid, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I was going to wear on the first day of school. I loved...
As school starts, LAUSD faces chronic student absenteeism
For students and parents, the first day of school is a crush of new schedules, new teachers and new things to learn — along with...
‘Bubble zones’ proposed to keep back protesters at abortion clinics and synagogues in L.A.
Protesters would need to give 8 feet of space to people entering abortion clinics, schools or places of worship across swaths of Los Angeles County...
How parents can help their kids get back into school mode
In a matter of days, the easygoing vibe of summer break will be replaced with the rigid schedules of a new school year. The transition...
Commentary: Admit it. August in L.A. is the worst
Here we are, in the middle of August in Los Angeles, and I’m here to say: This is awful. You already knew that if you...