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Former L.A.U.S.D. board member Jackie Goldberg took the majority of the votes against former teacher and mayoral aide Heather Repenning in yesterday's runoff. Voter turnout represented just 7.69% of those eligible to cast a ballot.
Six Catholic dioceses across California, including Los Angeles and Orange, announced the creation today of a “compensation program” that will be available for victims of clergy sexual abuse as an alternative to pursuing lawsuits against the church.
Former Los Angeles Unified School District board member Jackie Goldberg will look to rejoin the seven-member panel today when she faces former teacher and mayoral aide Heather Repenning in a runoff election.
A Los Angeles City Council committee examined a new report today showing the estimated cost of staging the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has risen to $6.9 billion.
L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer today publicly detailed a civil lawsuit he has filed against two large national tax preparation companies for allegedly engaging in “deceptive and manipulative” business practices that cost low-income taxpayers millions.
A Reseda man was behind bars today on suspicion of plotting to carrying out a domestic terrorism bombing during a white nationalist rally in Long Beach that never materialized.
For the second consecutive year, the USC Board of Trustees approved a 3.5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition, it was announced today.
USC's Annenberg School of Journalism today announced it would independently investigate the "fundamental inequities" in the university's admissions system in light of the recent college entrance exam cheating scandal.
The American Civil Liberties Union today released a report critical of Orange County homeless shelters, claiming there is "widespread neglect and abuse."
USC and UCLA are among eight universities being sued by two Stanford University students in federal court over the nationwide college admissions cheating scam, according to court papers obtained today.
Actress Lori Loughlin surrendered to federal authorities this morning and was placed in custody pending a federal court appearance later in the day as a defendant in a wide-ranging bribery scheme designed to get children into elite universities.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to permanently enforce a social host ordinance holding parents responsible for parties with underage drinking or marijuana smoking in unincorporated areas of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.