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Nurse Cindy Bayasgalan swabs first-grader Alyssa Ponce for a coronavirus infection at a mobile testing site at Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima last week.

$350 million. 1,000 health care workers. 500,000 tests weekly. Inside LAUSD’s virus testing effort

August 18, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

LOS ANGELES – The scene at Telfair Elementary in the days leading up to the Monday opening of the school year reflected what will be the new normal across the...

Allegations of racism at majority-Latino high school football game underscore broader tension in the Trump era

May 23, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

The fallout over allegations of racism at a recent Orange County high school football game erupted on social media over the weekend, reflecting the broader tension gripping the country in...

Gov. Jerry Brown has reversed a parole board's decision to free convicted killer and Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, shown here at her parole hearing in September at the California Institution for Women in Corona.

California Gov. Brown reverses decision to parole Manson family killer

August 22, 2019 at 2:27 a.m.

Gov. Jerry Brown has reversed a parole board’s decision to free Manson family killer Leslie Van Houten. In September, the Board of Parole Hearings found Van Houten, 68, suitable for...

Student Beatriz Vergara testifies in the Vergara vs. California case in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb.11, 2014.

In major victory for unions, appeals court rejects bid to end teacher tenure in California

June 23, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.

In a major victory for unions, a California appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court ruling that had thrown out tenure and other job protections for the state's public...

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