Brianna Kupfer: $250,000 reward offered in death of UCLA student killed in random attack
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A combined $250,000 reward is being offered to help LAPD track down the person responsible for stabbing UCLA graduate student Brianna Kupfer to death in a random daytime attack at a luxury furniture store.

Incoming LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says COVID is 'here to stay'

"I'm one who believes in science, and we recognize that probably COVID-19 is here to stay," Alberto Carvalho said during his visit to Elysian Heights Elementary Arts Magnet School.

Culver City Schools cancel class next week due to COVID

Culver City Unified School District is canceling classes next week due to the recent spike in COVID cases in the area. Classes will resume on Jan. 24.

US students hold walkouts amid omicron surge, calling for more stringent measures

U.S. students have held or planned walkouts this week across the country to lobby for more remote learning and other measures amid a surge of COVID cases.

Navient cancels $1.7 billion in student loans following settlement

Navient, a major student loan servicing company, has settled allegations of abusive lending practices for $1.85 billion.

Attendance down across LAUSD to start 2022
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Students and teachers are seeing a high volume of empty seats in the classroom even though winter break is behind them.

Twenty LAUSD law enforcement employees sue over mandatory vaccine mandate

Twenty school safety officers, police officers, detectives and more have sued LAUSD, saying they were either wrongfully fired or face being fired for filing exemptions to the district's employee COVID vaccine mandate.

Redondo Beach students planning walk out to protest COVID-19 leniency

Some students at Redondo Union High School are planning to walk out Tuesday to protest COVID policies, advocating for virtual learning during the latest case spike in LA County.

Biden administration to send schools additional 10M COVID-19 tests per month

The White House said it will send 5 million rapid COVID-19 tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests to schools each month in an effort to keep them open.

Opinions divided as LAUSD returns to class amid COVID surge

LAUSD returned to the classrooms in-person Tuesday for the first time since winter break. While some students were excited to be back, for others it was an anxiety-inducing day.

LAUSD students return to campus for spring semester amid surge of COVID-19 cases

Amid a dramatic countywide surge in COVID-19 cases, tens of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students will head back to classes Tuesday.

Cal State Fullerton, Northridge to begin spring semester remotely

Cal State Fullerton Friday joined the ranks of local universities pivoting back to remote instruction to begin the semester in light of a dramatic increase in COVID-19 infections.USC, UCLA and UC Irvine are all also starting class remotely this semester.

Amid pandemic, just 25% of students took statewide tests

California’s Department of Education said Friday that only 25% of students took statewide assessment tests in 2020-21 as schools scrambled to administer the exams in the midst of the pandemic.

LAUSD distributing free at-home rapid COVID-19 self-tests
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The district?s schools are set to resume for those who participate in in-person learning for the spring semester Jan 11.

USC to require N95 masks on campus for spring semester

The University of Southern California will require that all students, faculty and staff wear N95 or surgical masks on campus for the spring semester.