LAUSD student found dead in school pool

The student has not been identified. Their cause of death is not known.

City installs hundreds of road safety measures near LAUSD schools

According to the LA County Department of Public Health, traffic collisions are the leading cause of death for kids between 4 and 14. The city hopes these new safety features will help solve the problem.

LAUSD returns to school Monday for 2024-25 school year

The nation's second-largest school district will begin the 2024-25 school year Monday, with more than 550,000 students set to return to Los Angeles Unified campuses.

LAUSD returns to school Monday
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As summer continues, thousands of Los Angeles Unified students return to school on Monday, Aug. 12.

LAUSD cell phone ban begins in January

LAUSD school board members voted in June to move forward on a resolution possibly banning cell phones during school hours beginning in January 2025.

5 boys taken into custody after school break-in
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Five young suspects were taken into custody following a break-in at a middle school in LA's Westlake District.

Minors in custody after school break-in
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Five boys were taken into custody after they allegedly broke into a middle school in LA's Westlake District early Thursday morning.

LA Unified bans cell phone use during school hours
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Some school administrators believe a ban would be difficult to enforce, and some parents want their kids to have cell phones for safety.

Los Angeles free lunch program for kids underway at city parks

Free lunches are being offered now through Aug. 2 all summer long at more than 90 parks in the City of Los Angeles.

LAUSD considers cell phone ban
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School board members from the Los Angeles Unified School District will vote on a resolution Tuesday to ban cell phones districtwide during the school day.

Glassell Park elementary student brings gun to school: LAUSD

A handgun was found at Glassell Park Elementary School Wednesday. The student who brought the gun just 10 years old according to the LA Times.

Elementary school student caught with gun
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A Glassell Park Elementary School student is accused of packing a gun on campus.

LA mom wants principal fired after daughter was victim of alleged racist bullying

The mom of a 5th grade student at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary said her daughter faced repeated racist bullying, and that the principal did nothing about it.

Mendez High School students stage walkout to protest missing principal, vice principal

More than a hundred students walked out of Mendez High School in Boyle Heights in protest of the mysterious absence of the school's principal and vice principal.

LA students protest firings of principal, VP
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High school students in Los Angeles protested the sudden disappearances of the school's principal and vice principal.