Los Angeles

L.A. Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:32:00 +0000

School suspensions are a big issue in California. Last year, schools handed out 700,000 of them. But the Los Angeles Unified School District took a step to change that this week when it voted to ban suspension of students deemed "willfully defiant."

Before the vote, the district maintained a zero tolerance policy for students who failed to comply, in any way, with any policy or direction given by teachers or school administrators — covering everything from mouthing off to wearing baggy pants.

USC Students Allege Racial Profiling By LAPD

Shereen Marisol Meraji — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:53:00 +0000

The Los Angeles Police Department is under scrutiny again. This time it's for sending almost 80 officers to break up a college house party. Most of the partygoers were African-American students from the University of Southern California.

USC senior Nate Howard organized the party that was shut down by the police. At a protest on campus Monday he condemned the response.

"Seventy-plus officers?" he said.

VIDEO: Could Tommy Lasorda Be Any Less Impressed By PSY?

Mark Memmott — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:30:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9PFstp4Yw

Tax Day Is This Statue Of Liberty's Last Day Of Work

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:25:00 +0000

The intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and 28th Street looks like a lot of intersections in Los Angeles: There's a Taco Bell on one corner and a strip mall with a liquor store and a Liberty Tax Service office on the other. And out in front, as traffic speeds by, 27-year-old Robert Oliver is hard at work — dancing.

"So, chest movements like this, this is called bucking," he says. His chest bounces to the beat. His Bluetooth headphones are on. And his feet glide across the hot sidewalk like he's on ice.

Dodgers' $147 Million Ace Greinke Breaks Collarbone In Brawl

Mark Memmott — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:05:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHjVAckEGuI