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Ruben Zacarias

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Ex-Schools Super Admits He Flashed A Police Badge

    (File photo).​Ex-Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent Ruben Zacarias pleaded no contest Thursday to "unlawfully displaying a badge" to a woman whom he pulled over in a bizarre incident last summer, the District Attorney's office reports. Pomona Superior Court Judge David Brougha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Grumbling Continues Over Obama Bypass of Villaraigosa Aide

    Yesterday the National Council of La Raza issued a statement expressing approval of a meeting between President Obama and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which NCLR president Janet Murguía called "a step in the right direction toward immigration reform." The group's previous statement, issued Mo ... More >>

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Villaraigosa's Spin Cycle

    He’s gushing over his “historic” school-reform plan, and so are some in the media. Look again

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Letters

    He’s gushing over his “historic” school-reform plan, and so are some in the media. Look again

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    Letters

    He’s gushing over his “historic” school-reform plan, and so are some in the media. Look again

  • News

    November 7, 2002

    Overcrowded and Overdrawn

    L.A. Unified has already started spending the money it’s seeking from voters next week

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Hahn's Choice

    The mayor goes trolling for a twofer

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    An 'A' in Fraud

    It was too good -- and too bad -- to be true. For three years, investigators conclude, Manual Arts High School administrators graduated ineligible students and tampered with students' grades

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Not Such a Hot Deal

    L.A.’s school district pays $19.3 million for zero air conditioners

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    The Wrong Battle

    L.A.’s black political elite bamboozles itself

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    Endorsements

    Our recommendations in the June 5 Los Angeles city election

  • News

    May 10, 2001

    Is This Any Place for a School?

    Yes. It's time to finish the Belmont Learning Complex

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Getting to 50-plus-1

    Hahn and Villaraigosa look to their right

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Superintendent Dick

    It’s the mayor vs. the teachers

  • News

    September 14, 2000

    Barry Groveman’s Secret

    Or, what they don’t know can’t hurt you

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    Letters

    Or, what they don’t know can’t hurt you

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    The Short Season of Howard Miller

    School district’s No. 2 departs as suddenly as he arrived

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    No Vacancy

    The school district's space crunch is much worse than you know. And no one has a plan that will fix it.

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Double-Standard Dick

    School reformer Riordan is the mayor of inertia at the LAPD

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Life Without Ramon

    Massive changes await L.A. Unified

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Letters

    Massive changes await L.A. Unified

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    The Hot Seat

    Ramon Cortines has Promised to Reinvent the City's Schools. But Can He Deliver?

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Wanted: Backbone

    School board let the public down on Belmont

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Rough Justice

    L.A.'s school bureaucrats belong on the Belmont site

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    TV Guy Axed

    L.A.’s school-station problems didn’t end at stale programming

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Radio Radar

    L.A.’s school-station problems didn’t end at stale programming

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Sucker Among the Sharks

    The Mullinax Report chronicles incompetence in high places. And retells an old story.

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    The Day the Bureaucrats Listened

    L.A. school reform gets last-minute reprieve

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Ruben Could Be Right

    Forgotten reform plan of ousted L.A. schools chief could at least be a starting point

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Dialogue of Slurs

    Ethnic insults have no place in school district’s power struggle

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    One District, Under Genethia

    The descent of L.A. school-board president Genethia Hayes from mediator to tyrant

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    And Another Thing

    Little-known skirmish two years ago got canned school superintendent on the wrong side of Genethia Hayes

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Acting Out

    Like it or not, the school board seems, well, almost decisive these days.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    A School System is a Terrible Thing to Waste

    Like it or not, the school board seems, well, almost decisive these days.

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    The Old New Guy

    Howard Miller brings history — and baggage — to his new job at L.A. Unified

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Another Fine Mess

    Can’t anyone in this school district play this game?

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Come to Order, Class

    Whoever’s running L.A. Unified deserves high marks in chaos, struggle and discontent

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Reform on the Cheap

    Schools lose money, control and programs

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Deny, Defend and Deflect

    L.A. Unified blasted by its own inspector for Belmont boondoggle

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    Stop Time

    School board suspends most work at Belmont, halts all comments

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Judicial Litmus

    School board suspends most work at Belmont, halts all comments

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Magic's Deep Pockets

    School board suspends most work at Belmont, halts all comments

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Reform in Reverse

    L.A. district accused of backing off clean sites mandate

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Belmont’s Beleaguered Bureaucrat

    Shambra has his say

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Riordan’s Stealth Reformers

    Dual role for corporate consultants in school power plays

  • News

    March 11, 1999

    Echoes of Impeachment

    Dual role for corporate consultants in school power plays

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    Quiet Coup at LAUSD TV

    Zacarias places obscure exec in charge of district broadcast

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Los Angeles' Shuttered School Yards

    Zacarias places obscure exec in charge of district broadcast

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Alatorre’s Tangled Web

    “Service” takes on special meaning in the 14th district

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    Riordan's Back

    And he's blasting his personal Saddam

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