LAUSD Backs Down on Standardized Testing for Transitional Kindergarten
After a public outcry from parents and teachers, the Los Angeles Unified School District decided to make timed reading tests…
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The Sutter Buttes are off-limits to the public. keep them like this
To the editor: That there are still places like Sutter Buttes inaccessible to almost all visitors should bring us to…
Editorial: What happened to Los Angeles' plan to end dependence on landfills?
The smoking, stinking disaster at the Chiquita Canyon landfill in Castaic is a glaring example of the environmental and public…
Republican voter suppression is driven by more than partisanship
Of all the incredibly disappointing rulings of the modern Supreme Court, its destruction of the Voting Rights Act of 1965…
New challenge targets Arrowhead bottled water pipeline
Environmental activists have opened a new front in their long fight against a company that pipes water from the San…
Granderson: Bring on the cannabis cafes, California. The nation needs you
Today, more Americans use marijuana daily than drink alcohol daily, according to a recent study. This is good news for…
Supreme Court approves change of black voters to shore up Republican district
WASHINGTON- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state's mapmakers can move tens of thousands of black voters to a…
Poll shows inflation-focused voters in swing states favor Trump
Former President Trump narrowly leads President Biden in six of the seven states considered key in this year's electoral rematch,…
How to Know If You're Still Ahead of a Middle Class Tax Refund
Here's a statistic that's hard to understand: More than 600,000 low- to moderate-income Californians haven't touched the free cash the…
Opinion: Los Angeles models how ethnic communities maintain their identities while living with others
The ethnic neighborhoods of Los Angeles are not like those of most cities in the world. We have distinctive cultural…